The originals, which you can see by clicking on the smaller pictures are all from my digital camera, an Agfa ePhoto 1280, and are either 1024x780 or 1280x1024. They are relatively large (about 400Kb so they might take a while to appear.) I can heartily recommend the Agfa 1280 for ease of use and quality of pictures, at least from the opinion of an amateur.

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The first shot is of the Jet d'Eau, the Geneva landmark. There are actually two shots I like of the Jet d'Eau, one from the second day I was in Geneva and the second taken about a week later as I stumbled around the downtown, turned a street corner and boom! there was the Jet d'Eau between the two rows of houses. It is a little hard to see because I'm in shadows and the sun is full on the Jet. By the time I'd walked to the end of this street they had turned the Jet off because the wind was too high. When I first read about the Jet d'Eau, I thought, with sarcasm, wow, big deal. In fact it is a very neat thing to see (7 tonnes of water shooting straight up) and it is nice to know each morning when I look out my window it will be there (they do turn it off in the fall though). At night, they light it up and it is truly amazing. It is also a nice focal point for the downtown and the Jardin Anglais park that lies on the near side of the lake. So the next shot is what I see in the morning from my bedroom window. The mountains in the background are the Jura and actually lie in France. Geneva is completely surrounded by France and it is not difficult to inadvertantly pass into it without realizing. Always carry your passport! Okay, what's next? Well, this is Rue de Mont Blanc, the tourist street in Geneva. It runs downhill from the main train station, Gare Cornavin, to the Pont de Mont Blanc, the main bridge across the Rhone. American restaurants have monopolized some of it, so it's best to go elsewhere for real Genevois charm. The Jet d'Eau would be visible if the buildings on the left would disappear. If you keep looking you can see Mont Blanc, in France in the distance (but only if the buildings were to disappear). The bus is a tourist agency and the staff are very helpful. The next two pictures are a little more personal and not as interesting to the general masses. If I look outside my bedroom window and to the left, the School's rear lawns are there and at the bottom of the slope is the soccer (football) pitch. The window you can see straight across is the Staff Room. There is also a Grecian theatre more to the left. I provide this for those interested in how Shiva is doing. (The picture's a little fuzzy because I'm shooting into the sun... forgive me, I'm an amateur.) Lastly, for now, is my tram stop, looking toward the downtown. Geneva's public transportation is excellent and wonderfully civilized. The tram stop (Grange-Canal) is about 200m from the School on Route de Chene. The School is right behind that pink apartment building.