Montreux is about a 1-hour drive from Geneva, so we decided
that a day trip was a must.
Our first stop in Geneva was the United Nations offices and
conference centre. We also took some
photos at the broken chair, which is a symbol of those affected by land mines. Taylor also visited the Red Cross
museum.
From there we continued to the lakefront where the 140m-water
fountain squirts into the air and is home to the famous flower clock (which was
still being planted for Spring). We also
looked at some watch shops along the lakefront; Geneva is the birthplace of
fine watch making. The most expensive
watch we saw was 99,600 Swiss Franks (NZ$134, 063.04).
Heading into Old Town we wandered through the cute little
streets until we found St-Pierre (Saint Peters) Cathedral. St-Pierre was the centre of the reformation
movement in the 14th Century.
The people destroyed many of the paintings and altars, only the original
pulpit and choirs seating were left.
Since Geneva is famous for watch making we visited the Patek
and Philippe Watch Museum next. Our
expectations of the museum weren’t that high, however we were blown away with
how amazing it was. There were
interactive presentations and the most beautiful and intricately detailed
watches from the past 500 years.
Unfortunately we were not allowed to take photos, so I found a YouTube
clip (it doesn’t do justice to the amazing detail and skill we saw). Watch
making used to be a true craftsman ship!
Along with the watches were various pieces of jewellery, tiny mechanical birds,
bugs and fans. We are definitely pleased
that we visited this museum; it was really different from other museums we have
visited and the pieces were stunning.
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