GENEVA ..... Last ..SWITZERLAND City..

Effective introduction ...????
      ..yehhh ... with ........ a simple MAPping... would DO
.............those like  ......going back to Geography class .......
                             .........................      yyyeeeee  .....................
 .......... for reference ......... easier to remember ..my ..... routes .......
                              ..........of endless journey ..............
First     .............Zurich
Second .............Lucerne ..........or Luzern.
Third    ............ Lauterbrunnen... at .. Interlaken
Fourth  ........ Geneva .......now... Last city of Switzerland .....
                   .... to South West ........as in d' MAP...............
Looking at d' MAP  of Switzerland ..... Geneva is just near to d' border...... neighbouring ......country FRAnce .....

YYeees ... really......... surrounded by neighbours..... countries ..like ..... German to North...... Austria to East ......... Italy to South nn South - East  ..........................

...... nnn ...now FRANce to WESt............. Geneva is 2nd  MOSt Populous city in Switzerland (after ZURICh) nn d' most populous city of Romandie d' FREnch SPeaking part of Switzerland ..................

                   
                          ..... want to know mOre about .....GEneva ...???
eeeemmm ......... rarely heard ........... but...... ONce in .....BLue MOON......

GENeva ... a Global CIty ....a financial centre ... eeeh... described as 3rd European Financial centre after LONDon nn..... ZUrich ...nn ... d' WOrld 8th most important financial centre by GLOBal FINancial Centre INDEX ........... 

.... MOre.....a WOrld wide centre for DIplomacy .... nn ....mOSt important UN ... International co-operation centre with NEw York .........................

Geneva is also......... a place where d' GENEVA CONVENTIONs were signed .... chiefly concern ... treatment of WARtime ...non-combatants nn.... prisoner of WAR ....... as INTERnational HUManitarian LAW...d' body of International LAW that regulates ......         nnn ........

.............one more thing..... for ...SUre....  to know ......

                 Geneva was RANked as d' 4th MOST EXPENsive

                                          .................city in d' WORld....................

              ............ok... all ranking seemed .......One sided...

               ...........as world  .....leaders.......

                                .......... why ....????



 May BE..... this final city choice ....... relevant...    might NOT ... !!!
             Popular NAme .... bUT.... foreign ..... unfamiliar ....... place
Ok..... today ......................
WE felt ....... like .......a long Way ... a long DAy ..........to relax ......
          ..... infact... NOt .....we just counting ....d' SWiss Clock's ticking..... 
               .........ticking every seconds ........minutes ............ finally hours.....
HOtel Holiday INN Express......... to start with..
........ viewing .... d' road  ......  d' way to Geneva Airport .........
........ last night was a good night slept ..........on arrival we just ....resting..
Morning ..................
Before leaving room for BREakfast.......... make sure .........
                                   things ..............properly packed .......

FREe morning breakfast ............

NOT us alone  ....Inquiring .......Hotel reception ...........

                  .......how ........... to city....... which way....

                  ...... which .... BUs    .. which tram  ......... so...nn .... so..

STudy d' given leaflets ... map.... directions ..... so ready to walk ........

........crossing ............road.... than using lift to upper road.............
Met a..  tram station near .......10 minutes walked ........................ railing bus to carry passengers by............ TRam NO 16 ...... to city ................


left.... front ...to ......right .........
Clear picutre ....scenery ......... viewing d' heart of Geneva .....
Never been here ............ so .... Good thing about trams..............
Open...... pacefully ..... step by step ......nicely clear to take pictures.... too..
Frankly ..... do NO ....to tell .......... just sharing lives views  ....



IF ........  we aware enough ........ even uuUUU can SEE ... kan ?? 

Everywhere .......... TWO wheels ...... popular .... properly allocated parking..

BUt .... ONE thing ...... for SUre ......... some DO NOt like ... naughty HAnds ...... hand writing ........ called ....GRAFFiti ... of images or lettering scratched ... scrawled ... painted .. or marked in a manner ......

Ok .. some graffiti writers ...creates visualizations of d' often UNSeen ....

So mmany here ........... in this developed society ........ first touch of trial ... "ON d' WAll" ...... ?????

Beautiful Graffiti ..... of cos ..... gOT    .....Price Tag..... as well..............



Just arrived ON time ........... early morning ... at 10 am
Met d' twin mini billboards ........... written ... inviting tourists especially .......
Choice...Trolley tour...... of OLd Town ...... reason.... would take around ONE hour Thirty MInutes ......... d' only sensible good timing to see Geneva ........
No Swiss Pass accepted .... Geneva Pass ... nn ... had to buy 3 tickets... each cost SWiss ...CHF 9.90 so .... 29.70 altogether....



Leaflet tells everything.. we need to know .........
                ........so Language choice .... English..



IN EURope .... now ..... especially in cities .... Switzerland ........
Buildings ........... beautifully built with clocks towers .........
.......so popular .......             oooookkk ...
Next time.....DO NOt forget ..to buy ....... SWiss Made WATch
                                 .............. eeeeh..


 




D' Trolley ....where WE were IN ........ took round ...sort oF ... d' OLd town ........... showing ...seemed .. sound... OLd Important Buildings in Geneva  ..........

............. of COz....  ????

La Statue Equestre...... General Dufour equestrian statue ......

Nn... went right round about to turn...    Right .......

       .......... remember ....here   ......LEFT Hand DRIVe.......  wow...

.........Entering compound.....   University of Geneva   ..... founded by John Calvin in 1559....... so called MEDIUm SIZe of 13,000 students ....... this UNi is regularly RAnKed among d' BESt WORld University   ....... in 2011 along...d' ranking comes as 35th European University ...........
.....   NOT bad... eeeh

As being mentioned...... previously ....part here was ........... botanical garden ............ library .....

On d' WALL ...standing statues .....of.... Le Mur des Reformateurs ...... nn 4 statue reformers........



 STOPped here .... Place ST PIERRE ....   St Pierre Cathedral .........
                                      given times........ ONLy ....5 minutes......
                                      for a look around ........... 
see d' archological site...................... here at d' basement ......

..............BUt within d' frame-time limit  ........managed to grapped......
              this important media information.......

Leaflet ........ explains everything ...........
                    ........ unknown .......to be known .........
.....simple idea to generate conciousness of people for immediate ........... .....reading .......nn .... INFO .... information .....................



 

 TRolley ...... as called .......... just seated after 5 minutes ..........
           ................while waiting ................. for next move ............



 Parents ......... or .....  school teachers ..... ????  NO asked....
Real eXposure......... at  younger ages .... that's best thing here ...
  ..... children were seeing REal  things .... so process of learning begin here .................................
So... trolley ....moving ......... passing another group .....
                                   ............but adults nn mixed ages ......... here
                                   probably families..........  ????????????


Repeat...........  to say again ....
SWIss so popular with   ........ so Clocks everywhere ...........a repair building clock ... nn ...... a building just on water ..........
Construction...... of RED IRon.... could be ... bridge construction ... nOt sure .........??
Passing .......... bridge crossing ....... an island connected by road bridge ........... passed near a lone...performer ...one man show....... road side guitarist .....
Last drop out point at...............at a place where started this morning........
at around 10 40...
 

A full view.......... Geneva ...........
                ..........retaken photo .........



 D' LANDmark ........... fountain ......... water shoots to sky ......
               .............at.........mid river facing d' city..........

 So.......... repeating .................... two wheels .....
               bicycles ...... motorcycles .... most
All............ types of brands .......... American ...... Europeans .... Japanese...



 Souvenirs ............ d' last shop needed to buy few take home gifts....
Swiss HOMe made....... this kind of multi purpose knives ............. originally MADE of Swiss ....from here............ but  ..... nowadays........ duplicated by many productions companies from many countries ...... ?????
NOT ..... least ... wall CLOCks ...... pop IN OUT.... pendulum.....  wow....
Also local MADE........ original ...  too...
    some ...with....pop OUT ....cock.... kooookk  ... koooo
BUY ONe ........... nn ....... UuuuUU know..... d' QUality .....  ?????
And ...... many ... small... easy ... light ..... to take home for GIfts........



NOT to waste ........... another hour to GO ..... 
Yeess ..... OPen Market ....... here.. only selected FEw stall visited ......
Similar at any markets ......... could be compared like OUrs.... too...........
Uniqueness ........... could nOt be found elsewhere ..... like .....walking advertisements poster ............. mobile tricycles ......... parking-locked bicycles .... multi types bikes .........
So ....... PEOple are FRee ...... to DO.... to show ....to sell ... 
.....bUTttt ... within......... limit .....by .... local authority approval too ......




Tram ...at 11.52  ....stopped at Blandonnet ......using tram to nn fo no 16..
Way back to hotel....................

Last 2 hours  ............ what can uUU do ............?

First.....check out hotel ........past ..... late 12.10.............
      so .... had to reprogramme d' card's door key ............

Bought SWiss knife .......this should not carry on hand .... limited amount of Liquid too ....... so uUU have to know d' regulations to entre d' airport before departure hall ...
Packed carefully ....nn put them in luggage ....





 12.50pm .....to be exact ...... hotel's shuttle van ... carried passengers from Hotel Holiday INN Express  airport........ within .... 10  minutes ....

Before IN .....
Kiosk.... see nn ..looked at reference number ......... to produce own luggage tag ........ large bag.......... needed to be clearified for ...... nn checked by Airport officer ..............
SO at Airport .... check in .... simple by own ..anywhere .... press...nO reference .... check IN seats .....  to where uUUu wanted ....................... 

Waiting times .....hungry.........NO .....'makan' ... yet....................

So ....ordered .......berto............... shrime nn spicy saurce......rice ....
.........  paid CHF 17.00 ........
                       .....oooohhh nyammmm....  nyammm..
             HOt  ........... standard taste ....here.....

AT...2.00pm ... entered gate 027 ...........
............ quite ...... a distant walked ...........

Next .... as everybody DID .............
........took off .....belts .....watches ...... shoes ......even coins ...... 
........liquid things ... with small amount ..... allowed ....   passed but ......
                                  .....should put in a plastic .....transparent bag ..... 
...........all these seemed ....... became ........................
...........normal procedure .. here.......Europe.......... especially.................
...................after 911





IN SHort............ 
                                by.....3.00 pm .....leaved Geneva Airport......
                                nnnn ... by 4.35 ...... our easyJET touched DOwn..
                                .................................we arrived at this airport....
                                  ........ another popular .... City .... in SPAin....

                                   
                   anywhere ............ see ..NExt BLog......