Day 4 - Thursday

Today was the first day Rob and I have started to feel we are on the right time schedule. We highly recommend that people plan on about two or three days of recovery after jumping time zones drastically.

Heading down to Geneva again, we briefly visited a small Christmas "marche" or market. It mostly consisted of people from other countries setting up booths and selling their various wares. The market was right off of the most expensive street to shop along with stores like Dolce and Gabbana, Cartier and many expensive watch stores. The street was busy with last minute Christmas shopping.


Uphill from the expensive area is old town Geneva which exudes history. I thought these photo were interesting because it shows how steep some areas are. Geneva is built on a hill.


An Old Street

I think Dad may have been getting a bit tired of Rob

This is the type of door Rob wants when we buy a house (someday)


We then visited the Saint-Pierre Cathedral. John Calvin, the Protestant reformer, adopted this church as his own.


Rob has decided that this is the type of burial he wants, but Dad mentioned what if may be hard to get out of there when the resurrection comes:


My favorite part was in the side chapel of the Maccabees




Now that you have seen the top layer of the cathedral, now let me take you underneath, to the archeological digs. There they have found traces of man's presence for about 200 years before Christ's birth.

Diorma of layers and land use

Pit used to make bells. Used around 1400.


Rob holding up an ancient arch

Showing age layers

Baptisimal Fonts. One of the signs mentions that people were originally immersed in water, but later sprinkling was adopted.

Bones of a chieftan found on the site

Ancient mosaic tile floor


After leaving the archeological digs we headed back to the car. I like the underground parking lot (which happens to be located UNDER Lake Geneva). When you drive in a sign tells you how many parking spaces left are open and little lights above each spot let you know where empty spots are when looking down an aisle.


In the evening we all headed over to President Bouney's home (stake president) for a Christmas evening program.

Delicious Appetizers

Smart Corner Planning

Sister Bouney explaining how to eat the delicious fondue items she prepared for dinner

President Murdock (Geneva mission president) lighting the Christmas tree candles

Singing Christmas hymns in French (and English)

President and Sister Bouney were so kind to have all of the senior missionary couples and their children over for dinner and evening program. Merci Beaucoup!

One the way home Mom and Dad stopped by a place called Fort l'Ecluse or Fort Locks. It is locate on the top of a mountain and the pictures you will see is the bottom entrance, near the river. Those in command of the fort would require a tax to be paid as ships came up the river to go to Geneva. Pictures of the top didn't turn out because it was so dark, but we thought the "landing" area was great anyway!