Geneva - WOW!

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This morning I got up at 3:30 AM so I could get myself checked out and get myself to the subway, so I could get myself to the above ground train, so I could get myself to the airport, so I could get myself to Geneva, Switzerland. Needless to say, I'm pretty tired. But I just couldn't sleep after checking into my new hotel, because this city looks SO awesome. I took about 200 photos of Geneva alone, so I obviously can't put them all on here. But basically the city has a beautiful waterfront (with a water jet that shoots 500 litres of water per second, 140 meters in the air), is surrounded by mountains, and has nice clean old buildings and parks. Accept for the water jet and the old buildings, Geneva actually reminds me a lot of Vancouver.
I haven't decided which photos I'm going to include but definitely the jet, the flower clock (which is another important thing about Geneva since every 2nd store here is a clock or watch store), the panoramic views from the tower of a really old cathedral and then whatever else I can squeeze in.
I wish I was staying here for more than just 1 day. Now that my main sightseeing is done, I'm going to rest then get dinner in awhile, and I'm thinking of visiting one of the many night clubs here if I have any energy left. They are open until 5am...so that's definitely something in contrast to Vancouver where they seem to close at 1am (2am if you're lucky and 3am at the VERY latest on occasion).
Anyway, enjoy the photos and I'll let you know if anything interesting happens tonight. Otherwise, its off to Grenoble tomorrow.

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Photos

Geneva
This is a view of the city and the lake with the water jet. Looking in this direction, to my left and right are mountains.

Alps from plane
coming in just after the sun came up made for a nice view of the alps.

Flower clock
here I am in front of the flower clock.

A close-up of the flowers
This one's for you mom.

Flower clock again
just from a different angle.

Another close-up view
Nice depth of field thanks to my macro setting.

Merry-go-round
I was surprised to see a Merry-go-round right in the middle of the town. Cool!

Cathedral
In the back you see the tower of the cathedral where I took the panoramic shot from.

Cobblestones
All the old part of town has cobble stone streets. I really liked using my macro lens today.

Cathedral
This was the front of the cathedral, the tower is off behind it to the right (out of the view).

Inside the Cathedral
I took a lot of pictures inside, but I'll just show 1 for now.

A different direction
You already saw the panorama, well this is just a different direction, facing the mountains in the distance.

Merry-go-round from atop
Here you can see the Merry-go-round again, plus the water jet, so it gives you an idea of where I walked around.

Height of the jet
This should give an idea of how high the water jet is. I'm looking straight out from the tower and its going higher than me. Plus compare to those boats that look so tiny.

Concert hall
Another water fountain out front, but this one is much smaller. :)

Rivers
The lake branches off into some man-made rivers that flow through the city like this. Reminds me a TINY bit of Amsterdam, only about 1% of the bridges they have there.