Blogs from Geneva, South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 4

The drive from Alice Bel Colle was as beautiful as the trip there through the Alps. We arrived at our next apartment in Geneva. In the evening, we met a student living in the apartments that was working on his doctorate at CERN. Pretty cool. The next morning, we awoke, packed and headed over to the exhibits at CERN (CERN is an international gathering of scientists and the largest particle accelerator in the world where they discovered the particle responsible for gravity!). Dad was quite excited by the whole thing, comparable to a child on Christmas morning. The exhibit was interesting too. There were live experiments, explanations, pieces of the historical accelerators as well as parts of the actual accelerators and detectors on display. The visual experience in the globe exhibition area explained about what they ... read more

My trip to Geneva was short, but very nice. I left from OTP on the 1st of May, at 06:25 am on the W6 3087 flight and got to GVA on time (08:05 am). The weather was lovely, cloudy and somewhat cold, perfect to walk around. I spent the 2nd of May wandering aimlessly around the streets... Because of the weather I didn't really take many pictures, but the feeling was nice... On the 3rd of May I went to visit CERN, which was amazing. I didn't really see much there, but simply stepping into such a research facility is a dream come true for me, as a researcher. A downside to this whole trip was how expensive everything was there. I didn't really expect it. Fortunately, I decided to make the most of it and ... read more

Murray had some work meetings in Geneva, and managed a day on the slopes in February 2014.... read more

More photos from Switzerland Geneva,we are in Venice now it's been sticking hot,but have walked everywhere,and this afternoon we went on a Gondola ride in our boat were 2Auzzies and 2 Kiwis!!!!!! We had a ball, whilst were ere being serendaded by an old bloke ,He was very good So tomorrow is he day we he'd off to terminal and pick up the cruise There is so many people in Venice it's unbelievable!!!!! But it's fun I'm getting quite sunburnt and looking a bit brown,so is Kevin,He's having fun taking all His pictures S... read more

Hello Everyone Ruth and David took us to Mt Titlis in Endelberg,absolutely stunning snow everywhere 3280 mtr high ,takes 3 cable cars it was awesome Photos attached Today we are in Geneva,Lovely train trip from Zurich,beautiful scenery. Fanny was there to meet us,she was a home stay with us in NZ It was lovely to see her,married now with 2 beautiful boys We went to France from her house only 2km away,she is on the border between SwitZerland And France Tomorrow we leave Switzerland and fly to Venice Love to you all S&K... read more