Richard Flynn

Lake Geneva, Nyon, and La Cure, 15th September 2007

Photos from Issy’s and my day out before the University term begins. We went on a sightseeing cruise to see Geneva from the lake, before taking the train to Nyon (on the north shore of Lake Geneva), and then taking the mountain railway to the Swiss–French border at La Cure.

Sunlight streaming in • Morning sunlight streams through the clouds over Geneva. As seen looking south-east from my flat.
City City Views Clouds Sunrise View rhjf 20070914 9032
Lake Geneva
City Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva Lighthouse Trees rhjf 20070915 9034
Lake Geneva
City Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva Lighthouse rhjf 20070915 9035
Lake Geneva
Boat City Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva Lighthouse rhjf 20070915 9036
The Jet d’Eau
City Jet dEau Geneva Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva rhjf 20070915 9037
The Jet d’Eau
Boat City Jet dEau Geneva Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva rhjf 20070915 9043
Fishing • A couple of men out on Lake Geneva for some Saturday-morning fishing. One of the men seems more intent on closely examining our tour-boat with his binoculars.
Boat City Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva People rhjf 20070915 9044
Sailing lesson • Children lining up on Lake Geneva in their own sailing boats for a lesson, or perhaps a competition.
Boat City Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva People Sailing rhjf 20070915 9053
Lakeside houses • Houses by Lake Geneva.
City Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva Swiss house Trees rhjf 20070915 9054
Lakeside houses • Houses by Lake Geneva.
City Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva Swiss house Trees rhjf 20070915 9056
Lakeside houses • Houses by Lake Geneva.
City Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva Swiss house Trees rhjf 20070915 9059
Lakeside houses • Houses by Lake Geneva.
City Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva Swiss house Trees rhjf 20070915 9060
The north shore • The lower north shore of Lake Geneva, on the east side of the city.
City House Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva Swiss house Trees rhjf 20070915 9066
UNOG • The United Nations Office, Geneva (UNOG).
Boat City Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva Trees United Nations Office Geneva UNOG rhjf 20070915 9068
Jet-skiing • A man jet-skiing on Lake Geneva on Saturday morning.
Boat City Jetskiing Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva rhjf 20070915 9072
Fishing
Boat City Fishing Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva People rhjf 20070915 9074
Geneva from the lake
Boat City City Views Jet dEau Geneva Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva rhjf 20070915 9075
Geneva from the lake
City City Views Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva Lighthouse Trees rhjf 20070915 9077
Lighthouse
City Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva Lighthouse Trees rhjf 20070915 9083
Paddle steamer • A paddle steamer owned and used by the Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le Lac Leman (CGN), which operates pleasure-ferry services all around Lake Geneva.
City Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva Paddle Steamer Trees rhjf 20070915 9086
Jetty • A boat sits at a jetty in Nyon, north-east of Geneva on the shore of the lake. The journey between Geneva and Nyon takes ten minutes by train or ninety minutes by boat!
Boat Jetty Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva Trees rhjf 20070915 9090
Duck • A duck in the lake at Nyon.
Duck Lac Léman Lake Lake Geneva rhjf 20070915 9094
Roman colonnade • Looking up towards a Roman colonnade, part of the Colonia Julia Equestris, a place built by Julius Caesar in 52 BC as a good location for his old soldiers to spend their retirement.
Fountain Grass Roman Ruins Trees rhjf 20070915 9101
Fountain • A fountain in Nyon.
Flowers Fountain Grass rhjf 20070915 9102
Isobel • Isobel sitting next to the columns in Nyon.
Friends Portrait Posed Roman Ruins rhjf 20070915 9103
Isobel • Isobel sitting next to the columns in Nyon.
Friends Portrait Posed Roman Ruins rhjf 20070915 9105
Château de Nyon
Castle Château Flag rhjf 20070915 9106
La Cure • The hilly country of La Cure, which in winter is a popular—if low-traffic—place for skiing, and which sits on the border between Switzerland and France.
Alpine Clouds Grass Hill Mountain Path Swiss house Trees rhjf 20070915 9115
La Cure • The hilly country of La Cure, which in winter is a popular—if low-traffic—place for skiing, and which sits on the border between Switzerland and France.
Alpine Grass Hill Mountain Trees rhjf 20070915 9116
Alpine cows • Cows in front of a farmhouse in La Cure. The cows wear the expected Alpine cow bells.
Alpine Cow Grass Hill Mountain Swiss house Trees rhjf 20070915 9118
La Cure • The hilly country of La Cure, which in winter is a popular—if low-traffic—place for skiing, and which sits on the border between Switzerland and France.
Alpine Grass Hill Mountain Swiss house Trees rhjf 20070915 9120