Back home in France :)

We arrived back to our familiar surroundings of Villefranche on Saturday night, after 2 weeks away. Several days in Geneva, and then last week in Bern. We were in Bern because Catherine had a course (in English!) to complete for her work.

Here are some photos of Bern.


A very cool 'Zytgloggeturm' (clock tower) in the middle of Bern


The Cathedral of St Vincent (The Munster) in the 'Old Town' of Bern

On Friday afternoon we had a little trip to a near by (50 minutes by train) village called Solothurn.







Besides following Catherine from country to country, I have been on my own adventures, where every Monday, for the last 4 weeks, I have had to be in London for my course. So the pattern is that I will fly out, from wherever we are in Europe, to London on Sunday and arrive back on the Tuesday. I am becoming very familiar with the lovely (& everything is orange) Easy Jet! :)

I'm going to London again this Friday, as I have a full on week of lectures (Friday-Friday!). But I'm really looking forward to it, except for the fact that I'll be away from Catherine for so long! :(

Catherine has started back at the 'Institut de Francais' again, and will be here (Villefranche) for a month.

Till next time,
Paul

Geneva & a bit of History

We've had a couple of exciting days in Geneva. Well, more for me than for Catherine, as she's had to work :)


Geneva's famous fountain


A typical street in Geneva

It's been great timing as I'm currently studying church history within my course, and conveniently Geneva is home to some pretty amazing history. I explored a museum that was dedicated to the Reformation & John Calvin (an interesting & important time in church history, in the 16th century).



This church is called the "Auditore de Calvin", built in the 15th century. It was a lecture hall for students following the teachings of John Calvin. John Knox (the founder of the Presbyterian church) preached here when he was a refugee in Geneva (in the mid 16th century).



Behind me is Saint Pierre Cathedral, it was built between 1150-1250!! This the church that John Calvin preached at, during the Reformation (mid 16th century).



On the 4th October 2008 a young married couple decided to visit this sight :)



A beautiful sight :)

I'm off to London tomorrow for my course, and Catherine is off to Bern for work.

Paul

Happy Birthday to Me!

It's amazing how cut off from the world you feel when you have no internet. That's pretty much been the case for us as we've been moving around Europe, after finishing our language training last week.

Today is my birthday and I'm celebrating it in Geneva! Catherine is here for work, so I've come along for the ride. The only disappointing thing is that she has to work today. So I'm going to venture out of our hotel to see the sights. They have this really cool deal for tourists, where you get a pass to travel on the public transport free during your stay in Geneva. So you can guess who's going to be my tour guide!

It's nice to have a day off after a wee bit of travel. I counted up I've been in 5 different Airports in UK & Europe over the last 2 weeks! I was in Villefranche (South of France) last Friday, London in the weekend, Paris on Tues & Wed, and Geneva today :)

I started my studies in London 2 weeks ago, hence my travels to London. I'm off there again this Sunday for class on Monday.

Ok, I better go as I realise this is too many words & not enough pictures! So I'm heading out to try and take a few pics for you.

Paul :)