With today being our last in Geneva we got up early, checked out of the hostel and put our backpack into storage.  We were on a mission today!

Claire and I headed straight for the Musee d'Art et d'Histoire and spent a couple of enjoyable hours viewing ancient Egyptian artefacts and Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Picasso paintings.

This time we made it onto the cruise with plenty of time to spare and had quite possibly the best couple of hours of our trip.  The views of the mountains that surround Geneva are just spectacular.  It was certainly worth the wait!  This was fast becoming our best day of what was already a very enjoyable trip.

After the cruise had finished we walked up to the Botanic Gardens and had our lunch whilst admiring the view of the sun on Mont Blanc.  The Maison Tavel was next on our list.  This was a museum that depicted life in Geneva through the last five hundred years.  Here we saw an impressive model of 1850's Geneva that took eighteen years to complete.

We were kicked out of the Maison Tavel at closing time and made our way down to Place Neuve in order to see the Reformation and Rousseau monuments.  To my delight there was a 'Rampant Lion' mosaic by Calvin's feet at the Reformation monument.  Us Scots get everywhere you see!

After this it was time to collect our backpack and make our way to the airport. Claire and I had both thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Geneva and were sad to be leaving. Although we had managed to cover almost every inch of the city we felt at home there and it was a real wrench to leave - always the sign that it's been a good trip.

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