Happy International Day of Peace! They had a ceremony in the courtyard of the UN where the little kids from the kindergarten did a little dance to some accordion music and then there was a moment of silence. In the courtyard there is a bell that was made from donations of coins from all over the world. The bell is a gift from Japan and it is a peace bell - it is said that if you ring it, the whole world hears and wishes for peace. We all then had the chance to ring it if we wanted to. Of course I want to! One of the other interns got this really amazing shot of me ringing the bell (see above). I think it's great - I really owe him for that one.
After work I went down to the UN Bar with a bunch of the other interns and had a couple drinks. Then 3 of us headed over to Charlie P's - an Irish pub near the university. There we had dinner and watched some of the Ireland v. France Rugby World Cup. It was hilarious - when they sang the French national anthem - all these people in the basement where we were started singing. It was hilarious - we found the French contingent - they are in the basement. The Irish were on the main floor - all decked out in their rugby gear. I decided to head home a bit back because (a) I'm tired and (b) I'm planning on going to the Tiergarten (the zoo over by Schonbrunn) tomorrow afternoon and I'd like to be lucid for it. I think Julie (Canada) and Sotirios (US via Greece) are going to meet me there (as far as I know). I'm silly-excited to see the pandas. I just have a thing for zoos - and this is one of the oldest in the world.
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