I don’t know why this day in particular is busy. It just feels that way and I am tired. Woke up and headed out to the dining hall. I ended up following some Australians to a sporting goods store after breakfast, and we almost missed getting to our specialty lectures on time. I made it to my group just as they were leaving, and it was good I made it, as the lecture was very interesting and not one to miss. I listened to Dr. Lucy Thorne, a virologist from the University College London, speak about the Norwalk Virus and Ebola and the role she has played in investigating both diseases. She was one of the scientists who traveled to Africa during the Ebola outbreak of 2014, and helped with diagnosis in treatment centers and with identifying genetic mutations occurring in the virus in an attempt to identify patterns in the spread of the disease.
After lectures was lunch, and of course another queue for us to have a group photo taken… photo to come. Post-photo we had an interesting lecture on the discovery of Richard III remains in Leicester and the forensic anthropology that goes along with identifying remains buried more than 500 years ago.
In the time we had between the lecture and dinner, a girl from Newfoundland and I went out shopping for a while. Shopping London is lovely, although I have to say with the exchange rate, it is not exactly cheap for us Canadians.
The great treasure hunt was tons of fun. Our team turned out to be especially competitive and we split up into pairs, racing across the campus and then finishing up the questions in a huddle on the Queen’s lawn as they call it. I think we ended up finishing first and we were extremely proud. But we will find out the results tomorrow. (Hoping to beat out Perrin’s team, but we shall see who is victorious 😉 ) . Despite the competition, we all had a really good team and bonded over the experience, ending the night with a round of compliments.
I have discovered that in order to get to the National Space Academy tomorrow I will be leaving at 6:15. This is rather early and I am worried about getting up on time. As such I will be heading off to bed.
Goodnight! T.
Between you and Perrin, we are getting a great picture of your time at LIYSF. Sounds like you are all very busy!!! Great to hear you are enjoying your time there. keep the posts coming (whenever you get the chance) 🙂