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July 25, 1984

Karen, Lee and Brian Duquette in Geneve, Switzerland

Wednesday, July 25, 1984 was spent traveling from Paris to Switzerland. A super speed trail called La SNCF or TGV traveled at 260 km/h (161.567 miles per hour). The train held 275 people in second class and 111 people in first class. It was air conditioned and very comfortable, plus one of the most amazing rides Karen, Lee and Brian Duquette ever experienced.

A super speed trail called La SNCF
A super speed trail called La SNCF
A super speed trail called La SNCF
Geneve Switzerland
Switzerland sign

From the train station, everyone was bussed to the hotel. While waiting for the bus to take off, Karen Duquette saw some ice cream cones blow off the shelf of a small ice cream stand. The sales person merely picked up the cones out of the dirt and restacked them to sell to customers.

Before going to the hotel, the bus took everyone on a short tour of Geneve. It was a foggy day. The most impressive thing seen was a lake with the "Jet D'Eau", which is a jet of water spouting 60 feet up into the air. Then the bus passed the European headquarters of the United Nations.

Upon arrival, Karen Duquette went to the ladies room and encountered self-flushing toilets. they cannot be flushed because they flush themselves when they feel they are full. The toilets were disgusting and the floors were flooded. There were no doors on the toilet stalls and no toilet paper.

I Love Switzerland sign chocolate candy wrapper
chocolate candy wrappe

The sign below means encourages fair play
(good sportsmanship).
So why is Brian Duquette giving out
that hand-signal????

 
Paul Levin and Brian Duquette Karen Duquette and Lee Duquette

Below: Directional round-about for Geneve and
Ouchy (which are in opposite directions from each other) plus other places

Geneve is distinguished as the European headquarters of the United Nations, including the international headquarters of the World Health Organization. In lovely Ariana Park is the U.N. building, known as the Palace of Nations. The city is also a center for numerous other international organizations,

Directional round-about U.N. building

In a nearby park, there was the Monument De La Reformation, a 90-meter long wall featuring an impressive group of statues of four leaders of he Reformation (Beze, Calvin, Farel and Knox) with a group of smaller figures and inscriptions depicting the movement.

Brian and Lee Duquette at the Monument De La Reformation Monument De La Reformation

Below: A castle on the hill. Photos were taken from across the lake with a zoom lens on a very foggy day.

A castle on the hill A castle on the hill

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