Geneva from the Sky
29 July 2002 | ||
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| Flying into Geneva..... | ||
Lake de Geneve
29 July 2002 | ||
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| Better look upon the Lake de Geneve and the Jet d'eau.... | ||
European Agreement
30 July 2002 | ||
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| Seen at a TVA meeting at the European Broadcast Union in Brussels... | ||
Nice table to stare at
30 July 2002 | ||
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| Seen in an arts store in Geneva.... Which gets overflooded by shoppers from the middle east.... | ||
Reflections in the rain
30 July 2002 | ||
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| A street in Geneva's city centre.... | ||
Lake de Geneve at night
30 July 2002 | ||
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| Reflections of the banks and hotels.... | ||
National Holiday in Switzerland
1 August 2002 | ||
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| At our TVA meeting we had the mayor even join us and sing us the national anthem.... It went on for minutes with lots of passion and our of key... After repeating the verse for the 10th time he expected us to join in, but we all had to suppress our laughter.... | ||
L'origin de m'existance
1 August 2002 | ||
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| This is the place where my parents met by accident for the first time... sometime in the mid-sixties.... my Dad chatted up my mum... and that's why I am here today.... | ||
Place Eaux-Vives
1 August 2002 | ||
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| Again, me saying thank you to this historic site.... | ||
Swans on the Lake Geneva
1 August 2002 | ||
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| Swans at the shore of the lake of Geneva.... | ||
Le Jet d'Eau et moi!
1 August 2002 | ||
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| The famous landmark of Geneva and myself posing together for the first time.... | ||
A thin wall of water....
1 August 2002 | ||
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| ...separates the fearfull and the fearless.... | ||
On the other side....
1 August 2002 | ||
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| Still dry.... | ||
Once more, the Jet d'Eau
1 August 2002 | ||
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| In all its glory.... | ||
My camera is not waterproof
1 August 2002 | ||
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| Starting to get wet through and through.... My camera as well.... | ||
In the middle of the Rainbow
1 August 2002 | ||
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| Me in the middle of the rainbow.... | ||
Swans at the shore
1 August 2002 | ||
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| I was totally soaked by this time.... | ||
140 meters high
1 August 2002 | ||
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| On my way to a taxi I looked back and saw just how high it was.... | ||
Grand Saconnex's celebrations
1 August 2002 | ||
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| Fireworks for the national holiday.... | ||
Giant Bonfire
1 August 2002 | ||
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| But not as high as the Jet dEau.... | ||
Highest Mountain in Europe
2 August 2002 | ||
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| The mont blanc... My Daddy was on the top some years ago.... | ||
Trainride
2 August 2002 | ||
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| View from a trainride over Switzerland's countryside.... | ||
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