Français!

Today, I started my French classes!  It really felt like being back in elementary school, since we started with the question, "how did you spend your winter vacation?".  It was a good way to start and get comfortable.  By the end of the class we were talking about the referendum on payment for abortions and on immigration that is happening this weekend in Switzerland, so I think our conversations did progress.  It's a small group, only 6 of us and our instructor.  I'm looking forward to the rest of the classes.

The classes are on the other side of the river, and it is a really beautiful walk along the river at night.  I didn't bring my camera, so I stole this picture from the Internet to share.

Geneva skyline at night.

At work, I am nearing the end of my list of 872 abstracts to review, and it looks like I'll have around 200 papers to review in full text.  Nicole and I are going to split those, so it should be more manageable.  It's actually really nice to only have one project to focus on.  I thought it would be really boring to spend 8 hours a day working on the same thing, but I find I am able to focus better and get more done, as compared to my job at the HCHU where I am always working on a bunch of projects at once.  It may also be that this is a topic that I know little about, so I am learning a lot as I go.