First we walked for about 15mins to a local park, where 3 days a week they have a fruit/veg market and on 2 days a 'flea market'. We wandered along though it was getting hot, and I didn't buy any fleas, but did get some sheep, a cow, a donkey etc.
They don't have a hop-on-hop-off bus here, but they do have 3 sightseeing routes that intersect, and are cheaper if you do all 3, so that's what we did. The first was a little train that went through the old town, but I hadn't aided my hearing, so I had some trouble with the background noise and the speaker system in the open carriages. It is a shame that they don't let you off to catch the next train coming, because I would have liked to see in the cathedral and some of the other buildings in the area.
The Armory, near the Town Hall. I would have liked to see the mosaics at least.
Second was an open-top bus, which was very hot. It had headphones, but again I had trouble. It toured the United Nations area, where many of the agencies have their headquarters.
Rose gardens in the Parc des Eaux Vives (living waters?)
This is the Brunswick monument. German Duke B willed that if Geneva gave him a good monument, he would give them his money. Our tour said that with what was left over they bought land for a public park.
Red Cross HQ
Water fountains opposite the UN building. Kids and adults getting wet.
The UN building. It would look good when the wind is blowing, more like this.
After lunch beside the lake we did the 2nd train trip, that went through the local gardens.
There are some very grand ex-houses, now offices or something else.
A cute little harbour on the lake
While having lunch, we could see the little ferries zooming about, so after our train, we got a ticket and did 2 return trips across the lake and 1 single, which took us back to our side of the river.
Swans by the ferry ramp
Locals at the swimming enclosure
A mother duck sitting on eggs right beside the wharf.
Heading under the bridge.
At a couple of places we have seen pianos left for passers-by to play a bit, and this morning while we were waiting for our bus a girl was playing. This afternoon a bunch of schoolkids were there, and one was doing an excellent job playing Scott Joplin, then the hymn "Who would true valour see", and we joined in with the kids as they sang.
Then we walked home with our daily icecream. Although not quite as hot as yesterday, is was still over 30deg, so I jumped straight into the shower, and have felt much better.
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