Programme
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Wednesday, 23 August 2006
From 08.00 to 18.00 registration, Salle Communale
9.00-21.00, exchanges, Salle
Communale
OPTIONAL EXCURSION to GENEVA:
11.00 Departure by bus from the Salle Communale
11.30 - 12.15 Bus tour of Geneva (International
organisations, old town)
12.30 Lunch, University cafeteria
14.30 – 16.30 Walk around the Old Town and visit to
the Art and History museum
16.45 Departure to the Bodmer
Foundation, Cologny
17.00-18.30 visit to the Bodmer Foundation and to the
ex-libris exhibition. Refreshments
offered by the
Foundation.
19.00 departure by the STAR OF GENEVA from the
Jardins Anglais.
20.30 arrival in Nyon
Evening? Free!
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Day 1
Notes
During most of the day there was someone at the Salle Communale (Municipal Hall, main venue of the Congress) registering participants and distributing badges and Congress materials, as well as a person from the Tourist Office to answer questions as to
accommodation, restaurants, etc.
The tour of Geneva’s international organisations
was followed by lunch at the University
Restaurant. As the weather was
good, a tour on foot of the Old Town was
made, with visits to the Cathedral, the
arsenal, the Town Hall and the Bourg-de-Four (from ‘Burgundum Forum’, the market place of the Burgundians), the heart of Geneva’s old
city.
The exhibition on the Origins and early days of printed ex-libris was viewed at the prestigious Bodmer Foundation, and
was a unique presentation of mediaeval manuscripts,
gold-stamped bindings, and printed bookplates dating from before 1620.
The boat trip back to Nyon allowed participants to enjoy the view of the shores of Lake Léman,
and the Mont Blanc looming white at dusk.
All venues of events in Nyon could
be found on this
map!
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