Geneva

It's fun looking at all these pictures again... my family had such a good time in Switzerland!

The Reformation wall

Two people that I like

Nobody is going to get this reference, but... my dad reminds me of Eloise in this picture.

Inside the bell tower of Calvin's church

The view from the top of the church is not bad, eh?

What a cutie!

Father-in-law and father. I should have made an "outlaw" joke but I just couldn't do it.

Outside the church

As a bonus, a couple more pictures from the Alps. This is my in-laws' backyard.

The view from their backyard. 

So what's next? I'm not sure... pictures of France? Pictures that I swipe from a friend's Facebook album? Pictures that I've taken with my NEW CAMERA? They all sound like good ideas, don't they?

Fun Stuff

Pictures from when my family was here... some time ago. It's not really important how long it has been since these were taken. What is important is that the pictures are up now.

Hegi castle. I'm pretty proud of this nearby attraction.

Some people really enjoy sibling photos

Same thought at the same time

Zurich

Trying to get artsy with a cell phone camera doesn't always work

Didier explaining the history of something

A rainy day in the Alps

Delicious

Next, we took my family to Geneva...

Back From the Land of Not Blogging

I can't believe I haven't done a new post in half a year! Now that we're into 2012, I will try to be better about posting. Really.

So to start off the year, here are a few pictures from the lovely city of Lausanne, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

Library.

I love how the buildings are all jumbled together.

Cathedral.

 

They didn't let us in.

 

Mountain men are fond of posing with large rocks.

Swiss people haven't quite got the hang of the whole "kissing" thing.

A Visitor

At the end of May our good friend Ben Osterhouse came to Europe with his orchestra from Northwestern College. They made a stop in Geneva, so Didier and I went to hear them play for the Sunday morning worship service at Cathédrale St. Pierre. The orchestra did a fantastic job! Afterwards we took Ben out for dinner, and then showed him some of the sights.

The front of the cathedral.

Ben took this picture at the restaurant. I swiped it off his facebook page.

Walking through the old town.

I love this part of town.

We went to a big park next to the university that Calvin founded.

Ben gets a quick overview of Swiss reformation history.

The Reformation wall, with statues of the four great reformers who left their mark on Switzerland (left to right): Farel, Calvin, Beza, and Knox.

What doors are supposed to look like.

We took Ben up to the tower of the cathedral. At one level you come to this room, and if you look through the window in the door that you see in the picture, you are rewarded with...

... this.

A view of Geneva with its lake, seen from the tower.

Going back down.

We had a lot of fun, and we're so glad we got to hear Ben and the orchestra!