The first 24 hours have passed - surprise-surprise - extremely quickly.
The trip to become a step closer to a "real scientist" started with a personal fanclub at the Tallinn Airport:
After some 8 hours of travelling, I finally happily arrived to Zürich. Well, maybe, not happily as such, more like "Omg! Am I really here!?!?" It will probably take some time to get used to the fact that I'll not join people for lunch in Mikro and will not go to Forte every time there is something to celebrate.
Probably, the first question from many of you: Where will you livee???
My hostel for the first night was in the "red district" of Zürich (on a street called "Langstrasse") which was still surprisingly nice. The locals said that it's kind of becoming the fashionable artistic place - like Kreuzberg in Berlin - but not quite there yet. In the next morning I moved to a new student accommodation (probably for youngsters because offers breakfast and dinner - life is soooo easy like this! hihi). My new room (until mid-February) looks like this:
The first day at work was paperwork and some more paperwork. On the other hand, I didn't get much done but felt like doing something all the time - bank account, sim card for phone... The lab members seem really cool and I can't wait to feel at home with them! Tomorrow I will try to start with some labwork, even making buffers would be a good start.
The first impressions about Zürich... For example, coffee cup seems to accompany almost everything. The woman who helped me to open a bank account sipped coffee every once in a while and the guy showing us some university stuff also carried his cup with him... I don't know whether it means that Swiss people drink a lot of coffee or they just don't leave things undone despite having a coffee (break) :D
Oh, and I had never before run into "bicycle trees"!? Funny things...
Today is the last day to wish happy new year - so happy and a successful new year to everyone! :)
Does it really save space to use those "bicycle trees"? Seems like too much hassle with very minute, if any, benefit. Although they do look cool :D
ReplyDeleteWell you can put like 10 or even more bicycles there - so it SHOULD be a small win in space - but yeah - I still don't know if it's worth it!!!
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