Sunday, March 11, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Miriam in Geneva - UN visit
the Human Rights Council
gift from Finland portraying the world
Art Deco
Globe vase gift from Japan
Room for Disarmament, true progress means peace
above - abolition of slavery
Conference on disarmament - Consensus
True progress means peace:
Technical and scientific advances
Women w baby representing hope
5 giants (continents) solidarity
Even the conquerors lose in war
Basic stats:
UN budget 2 billion
Zurich 3 billion
Warfare 80 billion
3 Pillars
Peace
Development
Human rights
Eleanor Roosevelt first human rights president
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Cailler-(via Broc, Bulle) Montreux-Lausanne, Jess' bday
Cailler chocolate factory
In the last room you can eat as much chocolate as you want.
We had 40 minutes before taking our next little train, so we decided
to walk to the next stop the village of Broc
We had another 30 minute wait in Bulle, which also turned
out to be a cute town
From Montbovon we took the GoldenPass as recommended
by the sales agent in Geneva, otherwise we would have had to
backtrack to Lausanne ...
above - stops along the Goldenpass, below - the trains
Our next destination was Montreux - Reviera, palm trees etc.
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]We made some new friends along the way
Castle of Chillon in the fog
Lausanne Cathedral and Museum
Jess' bday dinner: petit crepe, Jungle Speed and Pictionary in French.
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