Here's a travel bag ready, and the driver waiting for me at the door of my house located in the neighborhood «Knzington» London, to take me to the airport «Heathrow». A distance of twenty kilometers from the airport which Tvsalni, was shared between the houses adorned with scenic sandstone and brick, red, gray, and green meadows and plains, which includes the perennial chestnut trees and some trees antique rice. And every now and then I consider the highest to the top, on the horizon Ftertzm swarms of aircraft landing and taking off from the airport «Heathrow» every minute ...
The rhythm of the swish wheels travel bags, and signed the rapid pace of traveling, I went with others from passengers about the plane Swiss Swiss sailing for us minutes after the space swirl around Geneva, a city of peace. The plane took off, and we started moving away from the Earth slowly to resign ourselves to the world above the clouds. And followed the plane on its way, and flew us over the British territory a bit, before it turns towards the English Channel and then the French territory. After an hour and forty-five minutes, we overlooked the Alps and the majestic landscapes Bakmmha Gorgeous. While you're stranded in the hopes the greatness of the Creator creative engraved on the mountains, the aircraft began landing over the city of beautiful, glowing and rest at the feet of the mountains. It is derived by the Geneva city to return to it again.
First day
Is this the first time you visit the Geneva Convention? Of course not, Vziaratne to be repeated annually. This question, the taxi driver started talking with me and we make our way from Geneva airport to the hotel. Eastern features and brown skin led me to ask the question about his nationality, he replied that he Tunisia. Then we forget the French and English and we started talking in Arabic, sometimes about life in Geneva, and at other times of «revolution Jasmine» in Tunisia, green, until I arrived the hotel where I stood up out of the car and entered the world of «President Palace Wilson» Hôtel Président Wilson, who is considered the pearl of Geneva Hotels and place the most distinctive and famous . How many of the king and the President of the Republic and the world figure entered this place and spent the recess.
If you are one of the owners of money and wealth, there is nothing equivalent to a fun stay in the suite «Panthaus Royal Suite» Royal Penthouse Suite, which occupies an area of 1680 square meters on the upper floor of the hotel. Luxury and luxury is the headline of which is true that we give to this wing of the tariffs of up to overnight accommodation in which about 58 thousand euros. But what will give you this amount? 12-room bed 0.12 bath, a spacious reception hall overlooking the White Mountain and Lake Geneva, surrounding a big-screen television is one of the top 3 screens in the world of this size produced by the company «Bang & Olfsson» Danish.Here guests will enjoy a private Jacuzzi room luxurious decor inspired by the East and fragrant charm.
I leave the hotel room and eighty percent and suites up to 48 suites, on his way to the heart of the old Geneva. And walking along the lake. Vtstoagafni Nafortha giant and the process of ejection of water in space 140 meters highly, and then dance to the rhythm of voices of the tourists who congregate around, back and relaxing on a page of clean water. Vgaip love and harmony between the lake and fountain long and dates back to 1886, it was used to reduce the water pressure when pumping the population of the city, and by 1891 was developed to become an attractive tourist and the ability at that time only 90 meters. In 1951, pumps were equipped with modern lighting to become the city's most famous teacher. And I follow the traffic and cross the bridge «Mont Blanc» Mont-Blanc, which is the focal point between the hotel district and the international organizations, and the commercial streets of Geneva and the old Central. Welcomed me there are the flags of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, flags, and flags of other Swiss cantons, which flaps on both sides of the bridge, which is that they infantry through the Swiss National Holiday which is celebrated on the country in the first of August (August).
There she stood, and at the end of the bridge an hour flower that symbolizes the status of Switzerland to the world in the manufacture of watches, including the smell of flowers, which meets in Qrsa and the approximately 6500 flower. In each chapter is changing color and flowers, handing patrons plate spring length of two and a half meters at the gates of the English Garden. Certainly, the English Garden Stnqlkm to the atmosphere of the film «Syriana», which starred George Clooney, Matt Damon and pictures of some scenes in this fascinating place. I discovered the other side of Geneva on board a small boat set sail from my starting point near the English Garden, the direction of the city of Lausanne. And the lake become more extensive and more beautiful and romantic as've moved away from Geneva and you approach from Swiss cities and other French.
On the way back to Geneva, I heard a passenger asks the tour guide about the reason for naming the lake on behalf of «Lake Geneva» and not to any other name?The answer was: «lake bearing its name because of the current possession of Switzerland, 60 percent of the area waters, and 40 percent is the king of France, and also because of the famous Geneva Global. The French do not still call it the name «Lake Lehman» since the eighth century
Tenth ».
Second day
Ah, if I was able to Geneva to speak and reveal the wealth and the money deposited in banks, to take it that «Wikileaks» financial scandals in the present century. At every turn by a bank that embraces millions, but billions of dollars to prominent names from the world. This was the city like a small Swiss Bmgarp Ali Baba treasures, money and precious jewelry. Swiss neutrality has lured many foreign companies to put their deposits in banks in Geneva Finance, which said it owns more than half the amount of foreign capital.
Not only banks, which delineate the features of Geneva, the city is also a center for diplomacy, and a center for international cooperation and serves as the headquarters of the United Nations and intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations that up to 250 organizations, including the International Committee of Red Cross and Red Crescent and others. Mounds are scattered on the Geneva charming series of international organizations, such as the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization and the Organization for Human Rights and Intellectual Property Organization and the World Trade Organization and the International Union of Mail ... It is also a city of peace, wherein many of the signed agreements, known as the Geneva Conventions.
And a tour of the city Stdjalkm discover that Geneva is a cosmopolitan city, Forty percent of the population who are not more than two hundred thousand people are foreigners who work Bgalepthm in those international organizations. Amid tight security, entered the Palais des Nations, and I got more to how the work within the subdivision. In the battleground and stood in front of «broken chair» enormous size.Upon inquiry, I learned that it was designed this way because as you can not stand the chair with three legs, so that we can not walk well if his leg was amputated because of a landmine. Comes «Holy broken» to symbolize to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and cluster munitions launched by 6 international organizations in 1992, after seeing the tragic results caused by these weapons in many countries of the world.
And update the path in Geneva, and leave myself freedom to roam between alleys, old neighborhoods and monuments that evoke the past the best of pictures, separator after the rise of 157 degree St. Peter's Basilica which dominates the existing buildings around it, and provides an excellent example of architectural heritage that prevailed at its founding in 1160. Atmosphere of calm and tranquility that inhabit the cathedral, offset abroad sounds condescending and cries of joy fired by each of the Square attracted «Plus de Burg de Four» Place du Bourg-de-Four nearby.
Arena, where there is the Palace of Justice, is the backbone of life in the city and attract cafes and restaurants which are spread around a beautiful fountain of thousands per day. Led me to a small alley Branched from the arena to the home of Tavel, the oldest houses of Geneva, which once belonged to the ancient family of Tavel. In spite of the fire that table in 1334, it was renovated again to introduce the geometric method, which dates back to medieval times. Approached from the world of the Swiss philosopher and writer Jean Jacques Rousseau when I entered his home, squatting among the historic homes of Geneva and with the number 40. Here he saw light in 1712. And his writings and ideas have enriched the international library bold, while helped form a philosophy of political events that led to the French Revolution in 1789.
Terminated on the second visit the shop «Vavareign» Favarger Chocolate Swiss, which was founded in 1826, and it tasted varieties of chocolate delicious Pennekhadtha multiple, before I go to the hotel «President Palace Wilson» again for dinner in the restaurant «to Arabesque» L'Arabesque. Valmazp famous Lebanese and glomus and tabbouleh are presented, as well as Eastern music and songs of Fairuz, Amr Diab ring also, and this is what makes him an Arab Bmokulatha space and airspace, and intent of many Arab tourists and residents in Geneva alike.
Third day
Wherever there are scenes of Gal delight the heart, and paintings with color and boasts a natural swaying on those mounds and hills. Village «Colony» Cologny, which lies about 6 km to the north of Lake Geneva was on the third morning of my purpose.I liked that it was the name of «village rich». For every hill Chmk huge villa or an elegant home to some of them waving the flags of Arab countries, it is likely that it houses to Arab ambassadors in Switzerland.
Entered in the «Colony» to the Foundation «Martin Bodmer» Martin Bodmer Foundation, which includes a museum and a library. There she met the official of the institution that took me on a tour among those literary and artistic treasures collected by the «Martin Bodmer» slope of a wealthy Swiss family. At the age of sixteen began «Bodmer» collection of rare books, literary. And shed lights light in the organization on the tanks glass boasts offer the oldest manuscripts of the Gospel of St. John, and some books of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, and the poet and playwright the English William Shakespeare, as well as for the writer Johann Goethe, and many of those who left their mark prominent in the world of poetry and literature.
The museum traces of ancient civilizations, such as coins, Greek, Romanian, and some ancient Egyptian paintings.
The keenness «Bodmer» before his death in 1971, not to the scattering of this unique heritage, which
Eagerly collected, was the idea of the institution that shed light on these historical masterpieces under one roof. And expire on the third day in Geneva, and here is the night falls it again, and now I live in the atmosphere all the elements of a traditional Swiss restaurant «Iidelfis» Edelweiss. All the images stored in memory for Switzerland are featured in this restaurant where the identity of the Swiss capital in the form of a senior, starting with the decor of wooden Chaababeckh small decorated with flowers to the point of the wooden Enqlkm to the lower class, where the songs coming from the Swiss mountains was sought by men in traditional dress, and they playing musical instruments made of wood in the form of a long century where they are blown, sending musical voices sounding cause of joy and ecstasy in the hearts, and make the trip to Geneva, a good memory is difficult to forget.
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