Wednesday, 5 December 2012

My Swiss Adventure Day 3 - Tuesday


So day 2 was a much more peaceful day.... sort of. Lots more chemistry for the main part. Sadly the snow has all gone and its not stopped raining since Monday evening, but such is life. It couldn’t be a winter wonderland all the time

The course is still just plodding along. I’m quite enjoying it although its pretty heavy stuff. I hope I can remember at least half of it when I get back.

Kate helped me make progress in getting to know people. Its such big news that Kate & Wills were on the front page of Swiss newspapers and this gave everyone something to strike up conversation about, so I think you Kate! We eat lunch in the local school which is quite cool. Its pretty good food and apparently they have an arrangement with the company because its quicker and simpler than trying to eat in a restaurant. The school itself looks just like a school in the UK, big concrete building, lots of school work on the walls etc. It does have electronic opening doors which threw me on the first day!

It was too wet and miserable to go out adventuring last night and I think everyone felt the same, so we had dinner in the hotel restaurant which was a laugh. We spoke about work for about 2 hours but eventually (with the help of a fair amount of Bavarian beer) we drifted into talking about families, politics and eventually the smoking ban. I’m sure this is very sad, but I found it fascinating to chat about the EU from the other side. My companion from Germany pointing out that the Germans have never had a choice as the whether to join the EU or not, while a very vocal companion from Bavaria (hence the beer) points out that the Germans have made 60m Euros from the loans to Greece.  Really fascinating to hear the other side. And they found it hilarious to hear what the British (not that I am very representative) think of Europe.

Today’s challenge is to learn everyone’s names. I learnt over dinner yesterday that they are all much more important than me so good contacts to make. Also going on a tour of the factory today which should be great fun. 

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