Thursday, July 24, 2014

Geneve 24th july.....

Entrance of olympic Museum.
The Olympic Museum (French: Musée olympique) in Lausanne, Switzerland houses permanent and temporary exhibits relating to sport and the Olympic movement. With more than 10,000 pieces, the museum is the largest archive of Olympic Games in the world[1] and one of Lausanne's prime tourist site draws[2] attracting more than 250,000 visitors each year.[3]
The Olympic Museum and the Olympic Park (sculpture garden between the museum and the Lake Léman) are located at Ouchy. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee are located at Vidy (to the west of Ouchy).





The Château de Chillon (Chillon Castle) is an island castle located on Lake Geneva, south of Veytaux in the canton of Vaud. It is situated at the eastern end of the lake, on the narrow shore between Montreux and Villeneuve, which gives access to the Alpine valley of the Rhone. The castle consists of 100 independent buildings that were gradually connected to become the building as it stands now[citation needed]. Chillon is amongst the most visited castles in Switzerland and Europe.[1]






And this is the SIXPACK .........



Wednesday, July 23, 2014

First day in Geneva 22/7/14 lots to do.


View house we staying, thanks to Isabel & Celinho to let us in.

early morning...back of the house.

                                                                   
Early morning , chess...


                                               
Nice style .....
mmmmm lemon...
aiaiaiiaiaiaiaiaia
                                                                                                   
Concert live came out of the blue. Kids loved it..

Five hundred litres (132 gallons) of water per second are jetted to an altitude of 140 metres (459 feet) by two 500 kW pumps, operating at 2,400 V, consuming over one megawatt of electricity.[3][4][5] The water leaves the nozzle at a speed of 200 km/h (124 mph). When it is in operation, at any given moment there are about 7,000 litres (1849 gallons) of water in the air. Unsuspecting visitors to the fountain—which can be reached via a stone jetty from the left bank of the lake—may be surprised to find themselves drenched after a slight change in wind direction.






Tuesday, July 22, 2014