Blue skies!

Today was the first real blue sky day since I've been in Geneva.  I decided to take the scenic route to work, along the lake and through the botanical gardens.  Unfortunately, the gardens weren't open yet, and the gate was locked, so I had to do a fair bit of backtracking, but the views were worth it!

Not a bad view on the walk to work in the morning.

I did exciting work things today like library training.  I also got to sit in on a dicussion between WHO staff and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  It was interesting to hear the questions asked by staff.  Even though the scale is huge, (the Gates Foundation granted the WHO $580 million this year), most of the questions were very narrowly focused, along the lines of , "why do you give money to that program, but not my program area..."  There were only a couple of really good questions, and it made me think of how difficult it really is to ask a meaninful question.  The Gates Foundation representative was an excellent speaker and had good responses to even the terrible questions.  I think he would make a good politician!

Lac Leman in the morning.