First Glimpses of London

Our adventure started at 7 am at the train station in Solothurn. Unlike the classes before us, we asked the organizers of the week, wether we could take the train instead of the aeroplane. SimplyScience and Roche kindly took our wish into account. At times where the consequences of climate change are very apparent, it was an important issue for us and we were glad that our concerns were taken into consideration. By taking the train we only emitted one 8th of the co2 we would have emitted by flying. As we were such a big group this had an even bigger impact. And so we finally departed. After stopping in Basel, Strasbourg and Paris we arrived at London St. Pancras and transferred to the Hotel by coach. Refreshed by a short shower we met for our first briefing where we were introduced to the local organizers. Besides getting some snacks, we went through the program for the week, which amazed us and made us look forward to the upcoming days even more. In the evening we enjoyed our first dinner in China Town. Following a delicious meal we took a short stroll back to the hotel. We enjoyed some muffins for desert and fell tired to sleep.