Mandarin Oriental du Rhone, Geneva

... Well, since this is technically a "third-world development" project, it has come under a little heat by campus critics. (Trust me, I have done my homework, and our project is justified, I even took the project to my "Anthropology of Development" course and asked them to rip it apart, and it still came out justified.) But, I have decided to frame my paper as justifying building the school in the framework of human rights and ...

... pepper and other ingredients in just the right proportions to achieve the sought-after taste. Melt (fondre in French, which is where the word fondue originates) it all together in a pot over a small flame to keep it hot. Then stick a small piece of thick bread on a long fork and swirl it around in the pot. When the bread is pulled out it is covered in cheese. This can be popped in the mouth right away, taking care not to get the fork in one’s mouth. It ...

... up as a B&B. They very kindly make a room available for me when I'm in the region. I got settled in and rested a bit. And around 4:00 we took their dog Loupi (from lupus or loup, Latin and French respectively for wolf) for a walk through the vinyards and farm fields near their house. It was a cool but pleasant and clear evening. Loupi ran through the fields, dug for rodents, and had to be called back from chasing the horses and riders we encountered. In spite of the noise we ...

Uninteresting day, finally escaped Mulhouse thought I would have to stay there forever ha ha. Got the train to Basel again then a coffee I needed the toilet so went off to find it taking only a small amount of swiss francs with me as we did not have many as we had not been in Switzerland. I only had 150 and the toilet was 2 so I spoke to the woman and she would not let ...

... a soccer game, and we all laughed and said we were Canadian, so the answer is no. We finished the night in an insanely smoky bar, we're too pooped to keep partying, so we all retreated to our quarters.<br><br>http://picasaweb.googl e.com/Jonny.D.Lawrence/9AroundTheWorldG eneva?authkey=Gv1sRgCLOSsZ2bopnx6wE&amp ;feat=directlink

... in Basel.<br><br>After our Vietnamese meal we ventured out to explore more of the city. The great thing about summer is there is still plenty of daylight hours after work! We walked to the UN building but unfortunately (but unsurprisingly) it was closed, so we just stuck our camera lenses through the gates and hoped for a decent shot or two. I only had my blackberry with me at the time (idiot!) so I don't expect to get anything too impressive from it.<br><br>Our last day in Geneva ...

... thinking about applying for a Denmark Green Card. My friend said that people from Denmark typically have darker hair. And I don't think that they have the same diet as their Scandinavian cousins...<br><br>I asked someone with Sweedish roots what do Scandinavians typically eat for dinner (these fish dishes are special occasion dishes). For some reason, he was very evasive. I am curious what the Scandinavians eat for dinner. Only one way to find out...

... a couple of really cool (sounding) places in our Professional Seminar Class. On Inauguration day we went to the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva. It was pretty awesome, I guess. They gave us a tour of the library (snooze) and then showed us around some of the huge conference rooms where really important world figures have held really important world meetings. We were given a talk by a representative from ...

... apartment and my jaw hit the ground. It was actually really beautiful and bigger than what I thought it was going to be (I picture all apartments in Geneva being about the size of a shoebox - possibly smaller). The person living here is going between Vienna and Geneva so is actually only in Geneva about 8 days a month. The idea is that this is a temporary solution - so it gets me out of the hotel and gives me ...

... off for the evening to an outdoor opera. It was a Cherubini thing. Lots of mistaken identity and people larking about. Couldn't understand a word but the singing was glorious, the setting was lovely and the show was funny. It was great. A very civilised evening. Tomorrow, we are hopping on a train to Montreaux so hopefully we will bump into Phil Collins or some such person and have lots of photos for you. Annette