Sunday, July 13, 2014

Around Geneva Lake

We spent a couple of days exploring the Geneva area. We found castles on the lake, old steam paddle boats and great museums in Geneva.

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We went to Chateau de Chillon to explore a castle on an island rock in the lake.

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The audio tour started in the dungeon where some not so happy prisoners lived.


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Here is the entrance to the third and most important courtyard in the castle. How many courtyards do you have?

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Part of the weaponry collection at the castle.

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View from one of the former bedrooms at the castle. We would eventually hop a a steam paddleboat like this one.

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Now that is my kind of armor!

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The first courtyard at the castle.

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We took the steamboat around the lake back to Lausanne.

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The steamboat crankshaft is open for viewing from the deck. It is an impressive piece of machinery.

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The weather threatened to get us wet but cleared up.

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We headed to the Red Cross Museum in Geneva where the original Geneva Convention is on display.

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Ali standing next to a giant foot at the Red Cross Museum. 

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Next we stopped by the UN building in Geneva for a picture. We wanted to take a tour of the place, but they were closed for the day.

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