Cheese!

This morning, I finally managed to get to the pool at the same time as Eleni to give her some tips on her swimming.   I convinced her that she should join a Masters program when she gets back to Australia.  I'm pretty jealous of the year-round outdoor pool access, and just the sheer number of pools she has access to in Sydney. 

After work tonight, we went to Cafe du Soleil so that Eleni and Loren could try Swiss fondue for the first time.  I opted out of the fondue, because I still don't feel fully recovered from the last fondue I had 2 weeks ago. I ordered a gueyere pie, which was just as rich and decadent as fondue, but at least it had some vegetables with it!  We spent a few hours enjoying our dinner and good conversation. 

Delicious tarte de gueyere at Cafe du  Soleil

One of the other interns told us about how she had been treated by her supervisor while she was sick, and it made me really angry.  She was basically being threatened with a bad reference to work while sick, which I think is really exploitative of her supervisor.  Internships are unpaid, and are to be a training experience, so the intern needs to be getting something out of the work that they are putting in.  It made me really appreciative of the supervisor I have here at WHO, and also of the fact that I am not reliant on a good reference from this internship to get a job.  If an project's deadlines are affected by an intern's illness, than that is a reflection on poor management, not poor performance by the intern.  It's also a reflection on how much the organization as aw whole relies on unpaid labour.