European Holiday Prep 17 - 20 June: Montreux

The next morning we caught a train to Geneva changing trains at Lausanne, dropped our bags off at the Bernina Hotel and then got a ferry to Yvoire.

The ferry from Geneva to Yvoire

Arriving at Yvoire with the chateau in the background

Yvoire is a medieval town preserved for tourists with the old buildings converted into cafes and souvenir shops.

One of the streets in Yvoire

Visited the small but aesthetically appealing church of St Pancras.

Inside St Pancras Church

St Pancras Church

Took photos of the Chateau and visited the garden of six senses, completing the photos was the chateau in the background. The gardens originally belonged to the chateau's grounds and also houses aviaries.

Six senses garden

One of the aviaries housed these birds

That afternoon we returned to Geneva

Chateau seen from the ferry returning to Geneva

to do some shopping and clothes washing. Handy note the laundry mat is in the seedy part of town and I would not walk those streets alone as a female on her own.

13 July 2012 - The weather was the same as the day before coolish in the low 20's. This was our last day in Switzerland and Europe before returning home to Australia so we had to squeeze in some sightseeing of Geneva.

Flower Clock, Geneva

We walked to the Flower Clock, the largest flower clock in the world and then we visited Saint Pierre Cathedral which was where John Calvin preached.

Saint Pierre Cathedral, Geneva

Inside Saint Pierre Cathedral, Geneva

The pulpit John Calvin preached from

Under the church in the foundations was an interesting archaeological display with foundations dating back to the 4th Century plus remains of the early village.

Skeleton of an ancient person on which the village which would become Geneva was built

Remains on the early churches built on this site

We walked the streets around Saint Pierre Cathedral which was full of interesting historic buildings, one is said to be the oldest house in Geneva.