Geneva, Switzerland
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Lake Geneva under the jurisdiction of France. So, we got to get on such town in France, what a beautiful ancient city there!
**Yvoire is a small medieval town in the department of Haute-Savoie, in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located 24 kilometers (14.9 miles) northeast of Geneva.
"Broken Chair" is located on the representative Place of Nations, right in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva. This monument is a symbol of protest against the use of anti-personnel mines in ongoing wars. The chair is over 12 m high.
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"ZŁAMANE KRZESŁO" znajduje się na reprezentacyjnym Placu Narodów, tuż przed siedzibą ONZ w Genewie. Pomnik ten jest symbolem protestu przeciwko używaniu, w toczących się wojnach, min przeciwpiechotnych. Krzesło ma wysokość ponad 12 m.
Geneva is a global city, a financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy due to the presence of numerous international organizations, including the headquarters of many agencies of the United Nations[9] and the Red Cross.[10] Geneva hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world.[11] It is also where the Geneva Conventions were signed, which chiefly concern the treatment of wartime non-combatants and prisoners of war. Together with for instance New York City (global headquarters of the UN), Basel (Bank for International Settlements), and Strasbourg (Council of Europe), Geneva is a city serving as the headquarters of one of the most important international organizations, without being the capital of a country.
Quai du Seujet, Geneva, Switzerland
A peaceful blue hour moment in Geneva along the docks. The building sitting on the water, named “Bâtiment des Forces Motrices”, is an old factory that became an opera house.
A single EMD SD70AH is in charge of an eastbound intermodal transfer through Geneva, Illinois on the Union Pacific Geneva Subdivision.
10-13-2022
With 10,908 ft. Mt. Cascade looming in the background, Union Pacific's LUL41 local works the Geneva Pipe Mill Spur in Lindon, Utah on May 25, 2023.
I was at the music library today (Grütli center in Geneva), picking up some Donizetti and Bellini scores, and while leaving the 3rd floor, my eyes caught that beautiful sky, and I realized the windows of the building had this orange color, which made me think of the sun.. and I thought, maybe that is where the sun disappears when it sets at night? It is way too cold here for the sun to set in the sea or behind a mountain... But in this house it seems to be warm and soft... I felt like finding Father Christmas' house... ehehehe... good night Mr Sun, I promise I won't tell where you live exactely... :-)
An EMD SW9 shuffles a coil steel car through Geneva Steel of Utah's Vineyard plant the morning of Dec. 18, 1993. The mill would shut down in 2001, and the plant demolished.
GS 43 was built Duluth Missabe & Iron Range No. 11 in March 1953. It would later migrate Utah's Carbon County Railway, renumbered CBC 1201. By 1983, it would become Geneva Steel 43.
Historic timeline courtesy UtahRails.net.
Excerpt from myswitzerland.com:
Belle Epoque boats have plied Central Europe's largest lake for 130 years, offering cruises between France and Switzerland and between Geneva and the upper end of the lake (known as the Haut Lac).
Lake Geneva is a water body of superlatives: mildest climate, largest lake and lake with the largest amount of water in Central Europe.The Celts called it “Large Water” or “Lem an”, and to this day it is called Lac Léman in French.
And it certainly is big. Scheduled boats, historic paddle steamers and small ferries ply this 582km2 body of water, breaking records as they go. The Compagnie Générale de Navigation (GGN) on Lake Geneva operates eight paddle steamers, the largest European fleet of its kind. Shipping on Lake Geneva also breaks records.Regularly scheduled lake boats connect the numerous villages and cities, and small ferries, called "Mouettes", carry passengers in Geneva rapidly from one shore of the lake to another.
Visitors who want to enjoy a comfortable journey book a special culinary trip or a cruise to notable sights, such as the emblem of the city of Geneva, the "Jet d'eau", an up to 140 meter high water fountain that is illuminated at night.
If you spend time around Chillon Castle and the Montreux promenade, sooner or later you'll be tempted to take a cruise on the “Haut Lac” between Vevey, Montreux, Chillon, Villeneuve and Le Bouveret.