Classes and the Establishment of Groove

This will, unfortunately, be a picture-free update, because I'm feeling inspired to write one from a café in the Old Town of Geneva. It's a beautiful day here in Switzerland: it's been raining off and on, and now it's a little breezy with some sun. Nice day.

I'm sitting in here, actually:


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It's a pretty good place to write a paper, with the exception of the loud Rihanna music playing over the speakers (which I will not be linking here. Sorry).

I will now, for sure, be interning at the World Health Organization and am waiting for my department and work schedule. I'm pretty excited about it, but also intimidated. I don't really know that much about public health, and it's supposed to be a bit of an intense work environment. The pros to this are obvious, such as it being a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and it will also be a great experience. Granted, it isn't quite what I wanted to do originally (work permit issues) but I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Plus, since I didn't sign up for an internship initially, I can't be super picky.

There isn't much else to report here. I've now been to all my classes twice and enjoy them all, particularly French. The professor is a delightful guy, Gerard Piquet, and a native Swiss. Class consists of us talking about day-to-day things, such as politics and sports, with him stopping to correct my dismally broken French in the process. He also gives me his opinion of Swiss political happenings and about international politics, which is incredibly interesting. I like that class a lot.

This weekend we (a group of friends I met on the trip and myself) may take a ferry to Lausanne and stay a night in a hostel there. Bigger trip plans are being made, with places such as Rome, Paris, Prague, and Amsterdam being the main targets. I'll keep this posted on future and past travels, and will try and put up the pictures I have sitting on the computer soon.

The music just shifted to some cheerful French folk music so, on this note, I will go write my paper for my human rights class and enjoy the environment. Again, if you'd like to be in touch, email me at anwilkins AT davidson.edu.

Santé!