Geneva and Lausanne

Tuesday we were able to get some days off. We took a train to the French side of Switzerland into Geneva. It was a big business city actually. There were people in suits everywhere. We walked along the lakeside and saw one of the highest fountains in the world. It was more like a giant spurt of water into the air. It was not avery nice set up, but was impressive. The fountain is in the background of the first picture. It was hard to catch on camera.

We then went into the Altstadt, or the old town, of the city. It was very nice. The weather was sunny even a little hot. We went and visited the world known church Saint Peters Cathedral. It was very Roman Catholic looking. It was a historic church for the Reformation though. John Calvin gave a famous speech there. It was pretty cool architecture and fun to see an old church. The front had the huge Roman columns. We enjoyed looking at the old city around it as well.

The streets there were very confusing. We were looking for the Museum of Natural History that we could go to for free and got very turned around. None of the streets were straight. We were going in circles it seems. We tried asking for directions once but weirdly no one speaks or likes to speak English or German... only French there. We did finally find the museum though. It wasn't as great as we though it would be. It was full of field trip children. After touring the museum and the winding streets of Geneva, we headed to Lausanne. We didn't spend too much time there because we were so tired, but did walk the streets. We headed home tired from another day full of fun adventures.