Monday, June 11th (Geneva, Switzerland)

We enjoyed our free breakfast once again and caught up on blogging cuz it was pouring rain outside! After that we drove into downtown Geneva as it had just started to let up raining. We went straight to the harbor where they have this Jet d’Eau (a giant water fountain in the middle of the harbor). I walked out under it and got soaked as Carla tried to take pictures, but then it started to pour again. We went to the Red Cross Museum and passed a giant Tamil Tiger protest (forgive my poor memory, but I thought the Tamil Tigers were a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka so I was confused why they were protesting but there were a lot of them). This as also odd because it is basically on the other side of the world, but I guess because of all the international organizations located here in Geneva, this happens quite often. At the Red Cross Museum we learned about the history of the organization in a very art nouveau way (I can’t even describe the displays really, except to say they were just weird). After that we went to old town and tried to stop at Saint Pierre Cathedral but it was closed because it was Monday. After a brief drive past all the headquarters of international organizations located in Geneva (there are tons here including Europe’s United Nations) we called it a day, disappointed that we did not get to enjoy Geneva in the sun.