Switzerland is my favorite country I’ve visited so far in Europe. The land is so green and beautiful here… and the chocolate isn’t too bad either! We arrived early in Basel and went to the hotel to check in. It was nice having our own rooms in Basel because we were able to relax and spread out after 2 weeks of being with our classmates 24/7. I unpacked my whole suitcase when we arrive because I’m getting pretty tired of living out of a backpack and relaxed for a while watching trashy MTV.
Sierra, Sarah, and I enjoyed a sauna in the hotel and even toughed it out the whole 15 minutes despite our dyspnea and hyperemia of the face, haha. We had a short meeting once the whole group arrived and then headed to a Thai restaurant for dinner. The one downside of Switzerland was the extremely high prices. After dinner, Sierra and I played some poker (we had to use the cheat sheet to remember what makes up each hand) and watched Britain’s got Talent (we decided for the most part, Britain does not have talent).
Tuesday was our Novartis visit day. We first headed to their office for some lectures about the company structure and how animal health plays a role in the overall business and then took the bus to their animal research facility. First we had lunch (not as elegant as Steffi had suspected) and then listened to a brief lecture that unfortunately had a lot of overlap with the morning lecture. With that out of the way, the fun began. We toured the facilities and got to see their labs, tick and fly colonies, dog and cat colonies, canine testing room and equipment, and a couple of us went through the cattle barns. This was all very interesting and our guide was fantastic.
Wednesday we did a city tour of Basel in the morning which was great. As the trip progresses, I’m learning that it’s very hard to get to know a city without some sort of structured tour. Our guide on this tour was also very good and made me fall in love with her town. After the tour we had free time until we had to meet back up to go to the airport. We went clothes shopping which was awesome and bought Steffi some flowers. At the airport we all said goodbye to Steffi (so sad) and browsed the duty free shops until our flight arrived.
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