what i've been up to :)

field trip to Geneva, Switzerland:
On Monday and Tuesday, my health policy class took a field trip to visit the WHO, ILO (international labor organization), and MSF (doctors without borders). Overall, it was an okay trip. We didn't get to see much of the city because we spent most of our time traveling between the organization buildings, the hotel, and the train station. We heard presentations at each organization. At the WHO, we heard about the polio eradication in Africa and India and about gender rights in Afghanistan. Then we ate a yummy fondue dinner, something Geneva is known for. On Tuesday, we heard about social security in low income countries I think. I don't even really remember because the speaker was so so so boring and repeated repeated repeated almost every word 3 times. We then went to MSF and heard a speaker from their operations office talk about medical missions. Although all these presentations sound great, the trip was a little too rushed and I'll have to return to Geneva to actually see the city. It was definitely a trip all about business!

This weekend I'll be visiting my friend in Copenhagen, which will be a great break before I have to finish up the semester and start doing real work. I have a 20-page group research paper due in a couple weeks and also finals and presentations. I can't believe my time abroad will be over in about a month! There are definitely some things I miss about home (my friends, my family, large fountain diet cokes with ice), but I know that as I arrive in America I'll begin to miss les petits choses(the little things) of Paris that I've grown to love.