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29 Mar 1555: Sir William & Lady Dorothy Stafford take up residence at #Geneva#otd John Calvin stood godfather to their son John, born in Jan 1556 (DulwichGallery). Dorothy was a future favourite sleeping companion of Elizabeth I.
Flower clock at the Jardin Anglais, with thousands of flowers that change with the seasons. Created in appreciation of, you guessed it, Swiss watchmaking.
L'Horloge Fleurie, Geneva, Switzerland. July 2018, Canon PowerShot.
Flower clock at the Jardin Anglais, with thousands of flowers that change with the seasons. Created in appreciation of, you guessed it, Swiss watchmaking.
HB-IZK, Saab 2000, CrossAir, wearing a black and white promotional livery for the musical "The Phantom Of The Opera", at Geneva Cointrin, 5th October 2016. I posted a photo of the tail last week, and someone expressed interest in seeing the whole thing, so here you go.
Next I'm staying overnight in #Lille. I need to be in #Harrogate midday tomorrow. #Flying from Lyon or #Geneva wouldn't have been better: starting from #Grenoble, not doable in a half day, so I'd have started today too and have had to stay in a more expensive hotel at destination tonight.
22 Mar 1655: d. Sir Théodore Turquet de Mayerne of #Geneva#otd Huguenot doctor to James VI & I, who also treated Oliver Cromwell & many others, aged 82 at #Chelsea (BM)
From a Swiss friend: "Geneva is changing: because of budget cuts across the Atlantic, international organizations and NGOs are laying off hundreds of people. And since they are international employees, they are not entitled to unemployment benefits. And if they are not European, they must return to their countries. A disaster for hundreds of people and for the Geneva economy! " #Geneva#genève#UN
Luc Chareyron brought his hilarious monologue and acting to Cern for an evening as part of the Festival of Quantum -all tickets were free. Very enjoyable, funny poetic and moving. #Cern#LukeChareyron#Geneva lucchareyron.com
Pro tip: after you give so much space to cars, don't forget to make sure pedestrians blame it on the cyclists by banning them in lakeside parks. /s
On a positive note, an army of bats didn't seem too disturbed living in the trees along these traffic jams and flew at dusk. I had never seen so many bats at once!
In contrast, Geneva is a great example of car-centric urbanism: the waterfront space and 6-lane bridge is clogged with cars, so all you propose is a 60M€ project to build an extra pedestrian bridge, rather than simply reclaiming space back from cars.
2017-05-09
, 18 February 2025
busy
block doors
#nerds who like #programming in @ruby and/or #webprogramming who would also like to visit 
CERN in 
#web.
/s
