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Day 14 – CERN

We certainly left the best for last!!!! The reason Shawn chose Switzerland for his trip was to visit CERN. CERN is the European organization for Nuclear Research, which houses the world’s largest particle accelerator. If you wish to tour CERN you need to apply well in advance of coming, I booked in January and I … Continue reading »

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Day 13 – The United Nations

Another great sunny day as we left Fribourg to travel to Geneva. When we first arrived almost two weeks ago, we wandered around Geneva but didn’t have the time to tour the UN, so we planned to do that before flying home. The UN is a little ways from downtown but it was a wonderful … Continue reading »

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Day 1 – May 15 & 16

Left Edmonton at 11 a.m heading to Toronto (instead of Montreal like originally scheduled). After three and a half hours and one movie each we arrived on time in Toronto, only to find out that the plane to Geneva was being routed through Montreal. Oh well. So another hour flight to Montreal, 2 beers and … Continue reading »

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