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Switzerland, anyone?; Need some help
Topic Started: May 12 2010, 12:56 PM (296 Views)
Red Rice
HOLY CARP!!!
Going to a wedding in Geneva next month... is there anything to do there? Preliminary reports are not encouraging... I may just take a detour and spend most of my time in Paris or London instead, where I can enjoy favorable exchange rates.
Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool.

I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss!

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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
Go down to the Lake Geneva shoreline and play some Deep Purple air guitar.


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Piano*Dad
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I'm more familiar with the opposite end of the lake. There you'll find Montreux and the Chateau de Chillon. Well worth a visit. As is the train up to the Rochers-de-Naye.
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sue
May 12 2010, 02:46 PM
Go down to the Lake Geneva shoreline and play some Deep Purple air guitar.


:lol2:
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Maybe Dewey can give you suggestions for all the Calvinist historical sites.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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brenda
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Hubby says Basel is pretty interesting.
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apple
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eat a lot of cheese.
it behooves me to behold
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Piano*Dad
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Eat Cheese with Basel. :lol2:
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u can visit my money.

banque privée geneve, vault # d7239w+

most of it is in twenties and hundreds.
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I don't know much about Geneva, but if you should go to Basel, here's what to see (if you're into art and architecture, that is):

- the Münster. A big church built of red sandstone sitting high atop the Rhine. It took quite a while to build and as a result is an unusual mix of romanesque and gothic styles. Well worth seeing. Don't miss the cloister.
- the Beyeler foundation. A museum in Riehen, a bit outside of Basel, with an extensive collection, mainly early 20th century. Monet's famous Waterlilies are also there. The museum building was designed by Renzo Piano and sits in the middle of a large park, a work of art in itself.
- the Art museum. This one's right in the middle of Basel. Amongst others, they have a number of Picassos and a collection of Renaissance paintings.
- the Tinguely museum. Tinguely was famous for his kinetic art, machines which he built of scrap metal and other junk material. They move and make sounds, very poetic.
- Paulus Church. A beautiful church of yellow sandstone sitting in the middle of a small park. It was built at the beginning of the 20th century in a quite odd, half neo-romanesque half art nouveau style. If you get a chance to hear the organ, you shouldn't miss it.
- the Rhine. On a sunny day, sit on the river bank and relax.
- the Old Town. Lots of old buildings, narrow alleys and courtyards.

And make sure to get a bag or two of Basler Läckerli.
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the Münster.


Indeed. It's also famous for that dance invented a number of years ago ..... the Münster Mash.

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Zurich is interesting for a couple of days.
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apple
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i travelled thru, years ago. It was absolutely gorgeous. I wish I was a world traveller.
it behooves me to behold
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mrenaud
May 13 2010, 02:16 AM
I don't know much about Geneva, but if you should go to Basel, here's what to see (if you're into art and architecture, that is):

- the Münster. A big church built of red sandstone sitting high atop the Rhine. It took quite a while to build and as a result is an unusual mix of romanesque and gothic styles. Well worth seeing. Don't miss the cloister.
- the Beyeler foundation. A museum in Riehen, a bit outside of Basel, with an extensive collection, mainly early 20th century. Monet's famous Waterlilies are also there. The museum building was designed by Renzo Piano and sits in the middle of a large park, a work of art in itself.
- the Art museum. This one's right in the middle of Basel. Amongst others, they have a number of Picassos and a collection of Renaissance paintings.
- the Tinguely museum. Tinguely was famous for his kinetic art, machines which he built of scrap metal and other junk material. They move and make sounds, very poetic.
- Paulus Church. A beautiful church of yellow sandstone sitting in the middle of a small park. It was built at the beginning of the 20th century in a quite odd, half neo-romanesque half art nouveau style. If you get a chance to hear the organ, you shouldn't miss it.
- the Rhine. On a sunny day, sit on the river bank and relax.
- the Old Town. Lots of old buildings, narrow alleys and courtyards.

And make sure to get a bag or two of Basler Läckerli.
mrenaud agrees with my hubby.

Have you been talking to my hubby, mrenaud? :lol2:

There is a very good fondue restaurant in Basel, too. So, yes, you can eat cheese in Basel. (Nod to PD.)
“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
~A.A. Milne
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sue
May 12 2010, 02:46 PM
Go down to the Lake Geneva shoreline and play some Deep Purple air guitar.


:lol: :lol:

I'd totally do that and come back feeling the trip hadn't been a waste.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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