I Was There....Geneva, Switzerland
Sgt. Robert L. Kienietz MEGA #0001 USMC 1953-1959

 

The world famous Jet d'Eau shoots water almost 400 feet high. Geneva is also the 'birthplace' of the world wide web and the HTML we all use. The water jet is located near a nuclear physics site known as CERN.

 

I fell in love with Geneva as soon as I stepped off the train. Geneva is truly an international city where you will meet people from all over the world. Yet it is a quaint historic town that feels like home at once. My two years there are the fondest of my Marine Corps career.

 

As is common in European cities, I found Geneva beautiful with the city property decorated with flowers and well maintained.

 

This was the start of a life long hobby, tropical fish, they have never been far away.

 

There are thousands of wild swans on Lake Geneva during the evenings and mornings. Many of them would fly level with the 4th floor windows of the Consulate and WHAT A SIGHT along the Rhone River going or returning from some feeding place. Everyone buys bread and feeds the swans and the many sea gulls that are in the lake area.

Note: Big Bob is the founder of the Marine Embassy Guard Association and also created our Association's original website in December 1996. Bob resigned from the Board of Directors on 23 May 2002 for health reasons. Please let Bob know how much you personally appreciate his efforts on behalf of all Marines who have served over the decades, or who are serving today, as Marine Security Guards worldwide. Bob may be reached via Email and his mailing address is as follows: 568 Aaron Court, Clifton, CO 81520. Telephone: 970-434-0657.