Tag: geneva
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Day Two Hundred Thirty Three, September 12, 2011
Smoke screens, we all have them, don’t we? We present a face to the world, an identity, an image, a made up representation of who we want others to think we are. It is often rougher than we are, sharper, tougher, with an edge and with a certain amount of vagueness. We protect our inner…
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Day Two Hundred Thirty Two, September 11, 2011
re·bel·lionNoun/riˈbelyən/ 1. An act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler. 2. The action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention: “an act of teenage rebellion“. A fascinating phenomenon, most certainly on the rise in our world today, rebellion is a symptom of the young rejecting the control of the…
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Day Two Hundred Thirty One, September 10, 2011
One of the most charming things about Geneva and the neighboring villages in Switzerland is the little fountain in every village square. Beautiful stone pools with a tap of running water and a background of glorious looking flowers in shades of red and pink. They just make you stop, look, sigh and wonder at the…
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Day Two Hundred Thirty, September 9, 2011
Every little girl’s dream, the moment she becomes princess and joins her prince, the most romantic moment to look forward to, the happy ending to most fairy tales… It is just moving to see this tradition still alive in our world of today, to witness a moving ceremony of pledged loyalty, mutual respect and of…
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Day Two Hundred Twenty Nine, Septmeber 8, 2011
To be winged, to be light, to not be weighed down, to be free, to travel with your mind, to fly in your dreams, to allow yourself to soar, to be what you were meant to be, to play your part in the creation plan… to really live! photo: Sasha running in a field near…
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Day Two Hundred Twenty Six, September 5, 2011
I arrived in Geneva today after long long hours on the plane and the first thing I felt like doing was to feel the land. I drove around the country side for more than one hour until I felt like stopping and I stopped on a dirt road where this cow was grazing with her…
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Breathing fresh air in Switzerland
I have been in Founex in the suburbs of Geneva for the last 2 days. I came to Switzerland to attend an exhibition of my photos in Lausanne. As this area has been home to my sister for some years, I have been here on many visits and each single time, the strongest impression I…