Update from Geneva

well yes, here we are! the three of us - me, aedan and stuart - have made it to Geneva. It's cold, it's snowing, but we're all happy to be here! So what's happening with the Commission, I hear you ask...? Well, we are being briefed on Tuesday and we will be attending meetings etc on Wednesday, but I think officially the Commission is starting Monday week. In recent days we've even heard rumours that it's going to last for the whole 6 weeks, which would be fantastic!

Aedan and I got here from Paris on Thursday after a bit of a shocking day. Our bags were heavy and everything was just a bit of a stress. Stuart had already been here for almost a week. My accommodation is brilliant - I'm right between the Aust mission and the UN - a 5 minute walk from each. Stuart's is also brill - he's in this old condemned-but-cool mansion about 20 minutes out of town with a houseload of very european europeans. I was there for dinner last night and I must say they put on rather an impressive spread! Aedan's first night in Geneva was pure nightmare material, but I shan't steal his thunder... he should really be the one to relay that story! Anyway the three of us get along really well and I think it's going to be fun. Predictably our conversations oscillate from the nonsensical to the extremely serious, but it seems that that's fairly normal for all of us, so great!

Anyway I'm going to go up to my local little cafe and drink a cup. Lovely!

Catch you soon.

Jess x