Photos from my weekend in Geneva, Switzerland, March 20-22. Biggest memories: They speak French. Swiss Francs is the accepted currency–beautiful, colorful money that is too long for a standard sized American or European wallet. Fifty cents is a coin labeled 1/2 Fr. The Jet d’Eau (The Geneva Water Fountain) was described as “The Empire State Building of Geneva because it is a fountain in the middle of the lake” in an overheard conversation. I enjoyed the permanent exhibition at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum. Having just had a class about the effects of disaster on children and “playing” a computer game on stopdisastersgame.org, the museum’s interactive game teaching visitors about preparing for natural disasters was especially relevant. I can honestly say, it is a serious challenge to prepare for any kind of natural disaster–earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, whatever. I also think it is somewhat morbid to play a game with the premise being the occurrence of a massive disaster. Lastly, EVERYTHING is closed on Sundays.

Photos from my trip to Barcelona, March 13-15.

As always, for photo-documentation of all my adventures, click through to See What I’m Seeing.