• Geneva Greenhouse

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    The greenhouses in Geneva are free and warm.

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    Here is a tropical enclosure where we spent time warming up.

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    There were also pretty flowers which didn’t hurt the situation.

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    There were also cacti, but we didn’t get so close to those.

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    The whole botanical gardens had these displays everywhere which show what you get out of the various plants which was informative.

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    This was in the humid tropical area which had lots of condensation and was dripping a bit, but even warmer than the previous area. We lingered here a bit longer.

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  • Basilica of Sant’ Ambrogio

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    This is a column that saved Saint Ambrose from the devil. See the horn marks. Kerri is much taller than the devil.

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    This is one of the oldest basilicas in Italy.

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    Considering its age it is pretty fancy inside.

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    Ambrose along with two others are relics of the basilica.

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    Unlike many relics they don’t cover the face at all. He had pretty healthy teeth for the 4th century.

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    There are nice mosaics and carvings throughout.

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    This is THE snake that cured all the wandering Israelites in the desert. Moses was also thousands of years ahead of his time in both artistic style and technology.

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    There were some happy sheep and wolves? looking down on the benches.

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    The pulpit was pretty elaborately carved. No idea what the scene is though. We don’t remember any tiny flying horses.

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  • Milan Duomo Roof

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    We could climb up the Duomo and actually wander quite a bit on the roof of the building.

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    It went up even higher.

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    It was pretty cool to see all the architecture up close.

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    The view was cool and not really sure what that building is off in the distance. It looks a little strange like they decided they wanted to build wider about halfway up.

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