Reformation Wall (Mur de la Reformation) Geneva

... so we booked the 4:20 pm. This was actually nice because now we had time to wander around Geneva. We walked to John Calvin's church and the Reformation Wall. The Wall is really quite a tribute to some of the men who influenced the Reformation. We ...

... to the working replica of the 1930 Moulix steam engine. Gave up there and went to Espace Rousseau and looked at the big Reformation Wall dedicated to Calvin, Knox, Cromwell and others. Saw numbers of large chess games being played. Maccas for lunch (not ...

... and the place where the first Geneva Convention was signed in 1864), the Saint Peter's Cathedral, and the Bastions Park containing the Reformation Wall, and a bunch of people who need an entire courtyard for a chess board. In the evening, we took a boat ...

... Geneva. The "Place du Bourge-De-Four" is one of those places where you just want to sit and watch the world go by. The Reformation Wall stands on the edge of the park - Parc Du Refomation - and the park is also very pretty.    The ...

... the "Parc Des Bastions" a city park where as well as people playing chess on giant chess sets there is the imposing "Reformation Wall", including the 4m high statues of the great leaders of the protestant reformation (Beza, Calvin, Farel and Knox). I ...

... but the contrast for me was stark.      Today we visited the new International Museum of the Reformation.  In its effective summaries and dramatizations, I saw the social revolution that followed the reformers' ideas about our ...

... a couple Americans). True to Peregrinatio form, we marched into a restaurant just outside the Old City, not far from the Reformation Wall, and were seated at three long outdoor tables out back. Raclette is a traditional cheese supper. The tables were ...

... and sleep to recover?  Of course not, this is me we're talking about.  I was all booked to travel again to Geneva, Switzerland.  I must say, at the beginning of the year, it sounded like a great idea.  We figured that we could squeeze ...

... still there were some interesting sights to see with interesting stories to tell. St Peter's Cathedral was impressive along with the Reformation wall. I’m a big fan of audio guides now as they allow you to pause at any time especially when you find ...

... the main and modern shopping street. A number of streets are named after Swiss cities. After the Old City, I managed to find the Reformation wall in the park which was really cool.  The Swiss seem to be quite a close knit community as many families ...