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My Short Stay in Geneva

So last week I got an opportunity to in Geneva, Switzerland . I arrived on October 23rd and specifically resided at  Hôtel Mon Repos . Its beautiful hotel to stay. Just within reach of the city bus and train and a bit quiet.   I don't intend to delve into the details of my trip but just to let you know that I had travelled to learn.  Learning never ends! I got to learn for example about the right to privacy. I got to interact with people who use and inject drugs. And as long as they used the drugs by themselves, who are you to question them ? They use these drugs by choice and they don't harm or influence anybody. So let them be. I leant that.  But most importantly, I learnt that presidents if nations retire and live in freedom. In such deep freedom that one one knows a lot about them. so one of the former presidents of Switzerland came to my class and offered a lecture.  Ruth Dreifuss came to class, simple with no escorts and smiled. s...