Sunflowers, a quaint church and some kir

So after roaming around and having lunch in IKEA we were kinda tired, but the day was still young and since the sun sets around 9 pm only, we decided to head to the sunflower fields on the outskirts of Geneva.

It was beautiful, stunning to say the least... Fields of sunshine everywhere you look.

This lone tree near the sunshine fields...

Took lots of pictures in and around the fields. A man on horseback was roaming around making sure no one desecrates these fields of gold.

We then went to eat ice cream at a nice place, Gelatomania..

Ice creams were amazing.... we then went home and rested.

The next day, Tuesday, we didn't do anything much in the morning. I made some nice spinach and vegetable rice, with carrot/cucumber salad, mom fried king fish. In the evening we went to the church in Choulex, half an hour drive, but turns out there was no mass since July is the holiday season.

Just took a few pictures... (Church 3)

The holy family...

Some artistic wall...

The church is very pretty, with exposed stone wall throughout... and sunlight dancing through openings here and there.

The back of the church...

The pretty grotto...

The towering church...

Then walked a bit to reach a cafe...

Pretty views on the way...

Cute horses on the way...

Pretty entrance....

Picturesque..

Walked to Cafe Des Amis...

I had Kir, a common French cocktail made with white wine and blackcurrant liqueur. Then walked back to the church and drove back home. It was a splendid evening, exploring a quaint little village.

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