I haven't posted lately because there hasn't been much going on besides classes, but the last two days had interesting things to tell you all about:

Friday: I had an interview at FIACAT (The International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture) with Nathalie, but I was quite flustered because I had left late and then gotten a little lost. I never realize how limited I actually am in my French until I have to have a full conversation, so I was a little ashamed of myself on that end. She offered to switch to English but I declined because I'm here to work on my French; I just wish how much I need to work on it wasn't evident in our first meeting. Sigh. Anyway I got the internship, and I will be starting the week of the 20th. For the next month or so after that I will be going to meetings at the UN to take notes and writes resumes of what's going on at the Human Rights Council. After that is over I will be doing research on funding and creating information sheets for use by the ACATs (all the smaller groups that make up the FIACAT). Then Nathalie will be going on maternity leave in June so I'll be all done!

Saturday: We went as a group to Yverdon-les-Bains, a cute little town about 45 minutes by train from Geneva. We went to the hot springs there, and essentially spent 3 hours lounging around in hot water, sometimes outside. It was very odd to be warm in the water but have the cold wind attacking your head. That's why we spent most of the time in the indoor pool, which also happened to be kiddie pool, and I never realized how loud Americans are until we're with Europeans. I think we were louder than all the small kids and their parents put together, so we got stared at quite a bit. Afterwards a group of us stayed in town for about an hour and took a tour around the Chateau d'Yverdon-les-Bains. This is the view from one of the windows, showing the church in town square:

Here was a sign in the museum that I thought was awesome: ("Vaudois: If we were the first this time! Woman assumes all the work. Give her the rights of a citizen of Vaud and Switzerland. Vote twice "Yes")

 The chateau also had a small fashion museum in it. Here are my favorites: