Geneva, Part II

"Geneva", in this part of Sweden, is pronounced (something like), "Whe (with wind) -nev".  It is a pronunciation derived from the French...Hey! - I'm trying!

One of the many interesting sites in Geneva is CERN.  CERN, which stands for...something I suppose...is a European organization for nuclear research.  That's pretty cool.  Below you see the CERN's "Globe of Science and Innovation".  The globe is beautiful from the outside, but, to be completely honest, I am not particularly impressed with the building.  The inside is primarily exposed particle board.  Also, the lavatories are, unbelievably, outside in what appear to be portable buildings...

OK - I looked it up.  Apparently CERN stands for "Conseil Europe'en pour la Recherche Nucle'aire" which is French for European Laboratory for Particle Physics.  Which is, of course, exactly what I thought.

OK- so that is pretty much above my head, so on to more everyday things...

While walking past a laundry, we saw this old iron.  Hopefully you can see that there is a heat source in the center and ~ 5 irons which were placed in the cylindrical holder to heat up.   Pretty neat. 

Maison Tavel is a a historic building and museum in the old part of the city.  The building's foundation dates back to the 12th century.  This museum, which documents the history of the city, was my favorite.   I took way too many pictures to include in this post.  But I will include the two below, primarily for David.  The tiles depict St. George and the dragon.  They date back to ~1350.  

At the end of a long and lovely afternoon walk we ended up at the Ariana museum.  We really needed a cup of tea.  To our delight, we were able to enjoy it on this balcony.  And although I do not think you can see it, the building ahead and to the right is the U.N.

Sunday afternoon we flew home.  This sign at the airport caught my attention.  Yup.  This is Switzerland!