Bonjour from the Confoederatio Helvetica (hence the country code CH)!
Orientation week is finally over and it seems that I have both just arrived and yet still have been here forever. I have previously left you off at the great experience of the US Mission. The next day we took a tour of the Red Cross museum and a tour of the old town. The Red Cross museum was very interesting. Below is a picture of a statue of a person helping someone without asking for anything in return. I have edited the photo a bit to give it a darker tone. I like it:
After the museum we visited the old town section of the city. It was also something that you cannot really convey in words. You can just feel the history that occurred in this city from the reformation to the Alabama claims arbitration. We also visited the St. Pierre Cathedral which is where John Calvin preached during the reformation. It is quite funny how things that Americans think of as old are quite young in respect to many of the buildings here and in all of Europe. Below are pictures of the entrance to and the inside of the cathedral.
Yesterday we took a train up to the Jura Mountain where we hiked up the mountain to a restaurant to eat some fondue. It was quite delicious. Very Cheesy. More so than cheetos. Geneva has been blanketed in fog however the train took us above the cloud line and the sites from within the train and during the hike were quite spectacular to say the least. Below is a picture of the fondue as well as my personal favorite picture of the hike.
I hope all is well at home and don't forget you can always contact me by email at Jacob.A.Chodash@gmail.com
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