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| A flag that includes all the cantons in Switzerland. |
The weather has been beautiful in Geneva lately, and so it is a cause for adventures outdoors. On this past Friday, Nuno and I went to go walk around an outside park area and this place had archery so we decided to give it a try. As many of you know archery has been a popular pastime in some recent movies: The Hunger Games and Brave. I turned out not to be so good at it and the cord injured my arm in the process. Nuno was pretty natural at it (I blame video games).
During the weekend, Nuno, his best friend Fred, and Fred's girlfriend Claudine visited a place called The Grottos of Vallorbe, which is about an hour-and-a-half away from Geneva. It is a beautiful cave formation that is filled partly with water. It was 10 degrees Celcius inside, but the natural beauty of the inside of the caves was worth it. My favorite part was at the very end of the tour which includes a light show accompanied by music.
Our last mini-adventure was an a 1940's bunker not to far away from the Grottos. It was 8 degrees inside and it was interested to see, unfortunately the tour guide spoke rapid French so I did not understand much. The tour was interesting because those kind of military places are often off limits in the United States. The more I see in Switzerland, the more I realize I have barely covered much ground in Europe, but the future deems itself open to more traveling possibilities.
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| Me and the target were not friends. |
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| Nuno showing off. |
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| I shot this arrow! |
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| In the grotto, no flash was allowed. |
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| The rock formations inside the grotto |
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| The outside of the bunker, notice the US flag. |
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| A map of the locations of the other bunkers. |
Wow. Looks like a fun day! Now I want to try archery! The last time I tried was in the 7th grade.
ReplyDeleteI see you are making the swich to that crazy (and oh so popular) Celcius scale. :) You will do anthing to fit in. Hahaha.
Miss you!
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