Proof that God exists in the dance of birds

Aug 12th 2022, Friday

Dad made lamb curry, me and Nam went to the little free library and

I picked up five books here...

Also kept five books that my brother had in his cupboard...

The little free library... it was fun browsing here.

Then drove back home and came across the Jet d'Eau ...

Fun song...

The defining symbol of Geneva...

Reached home, ate and slept. Woke up, got ready, went to eglise Christ Roi for the 18:30 pm mass and the father was incredibly sweet. He spoke to us and welcomed us during the mass too, and explained what was happening in between in English and at the end he wished us all a good day in English.

Then we came home, picked up Nam and drove to Vernier...

Went to the eglise first, then just drove through the cute village. 

Church 31 in Vernier...

The front view... eglise de vernier.

This is the protestant church...

How beautiful is this entrance...

    

Pretty purple flowers forming an arch around the church doors...

Found this wild reed there with beautiful starry fluff.

How pretty...

Then we walked the cobbled streets in Vernier in search of a café...

Found a nice café nearby, Café Etiole...  had coffee, some prawns,

and escargot (snails).

Some wine too...

Walking around you find these potable water taps...

Nice flowers...

Cow bells decor... we then drove back home.

Aug 13th 2022, Saturday

Woke up early at 5am to go to Bain de Paquis (a place near the lake), to watch the free concert that takes place during summer.

Sunrise near the lake... and all the people at the free summer concert. 

Here are the performers. Me, Nam, Vinod and mom went and it was fun. 

The dance of the birds was magical, how can you not know God, seeing that... 

It was breathtaking. 

They played some music from movies, and pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack, it was good.

The concert venue...

Then went to coop, picked up bread, croissant, ham and came home. Slept for a while, woke up ate a nice breakfast of ham and cheese on toast with lettuce. 

Then got ready and went to Carouge church. Mom and dad attended mass, while Nam and I walked around taking pictures. Saw this giant dog there... s/he was such a gentle creature.

Saw this beautiful statue there... I love how they have women statues in many places. The human body is normal and people learn to not sexualize the human form when we acknowledge that it is normal.

After mom and dad came out we realised that our parking ticket was not readable, so we pushed the information button on the machine and a lady spoke to us, asked us for the ticket number and issued a new one and it was free. That was pretty cool... How they think of everything. Went home, picked up Vinod and drove to ikea. 

I ate veg balls and mashed potatoes with ebly, then drove to Chexbres and Saint Saphorin. 

View on the way...

Flowering lampposts...

Chexbres was hot this August.

 

Last time when we visited in  August 2017, Chexbres felt beautiful, like a dream. 

Then we drove to Saint Saphorin...

Saint saphorin is a small place...

 Cute everywhere

But everything was closed.

Calm and quiet...

Sleepy village...

Cute corners

Quaint roads..

Cobbled steps...

Just a corner...

Arched pathways...

Mom, dad and Nam... sitting in the shade.

Cute window flowers...

Another arched pathway...

Visited the church in Saint Saphorin (church 32)

A man and his giant dog nearby...

Drove back home and stopped at restaurant Calia

Ate some cannelloni dessert, everything was overprized here and not great. Reached home, Vinod made some sheek kabab with minced lamb. I ate bread and lettuce with tomato since I'm not fond of lamb or beef. It was a good day just roaming around.