It's day 4 of our wonderful Germany trip. I have seen many beautiful places and met many beautiful people. It's hard to believe I have traveled within and between so many countries in the past four days considering that a week ago I had never traveled over seas.
So far, my favorite part of the trip was our city tour of Basal and our interactions with the Leipzig University students. Basal seemed to be a city full of history, especially in terms of pharmaceuticals. I enjoyed learning how the city came to be a major center for pharmaceutical research and its role in animal health. Additionally, I have loved spending time with the Leipzig students. They are so wonderful and welcoming. Today, we participated in their anatomy lab. I enjoyed getting to compare how they are required to learn veterinary medicine and how we are required to learn it. There were very many similiarities in terms of classes and terminology but there were also many differences. I noticed there were some discrepancies on the terms we used to describe certain anatomical parts, but we very easily understood each other after a little bit of explaining, describing, and pointing. I also really enjoyed the tour of the University's experimental monkey research facility. I have never been in that close of contact with monkeys, so it was interesting to see how they interacted with us as well as their environment. I really enjoyed listening to the students and veterinarians speak of their role in research and the medial advancements they are working towards. I specifically was interested in the research involving the offspring of mother's who were injected with dexamethasone. These offsprings were found to have difficulty with lipid metabolism. I know we're on a tight time schedule, but I definitely would have loved to learn more about that!
Tomorrow, we are visiting the Leipzig historical collection of Veterinary Medicine and the zoo. Also, there is another Bergfest celebration tomorrow night that the students have spoke wonders about, so I am SUPER excited.
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