Headed to Leipzig! This was the first time for me on a train! It was so much fun to get to see the beautiful landscape on the way. It was such a long train ride so a few of us decided to work on our German! Didnt take long before we were all laughing at our Texas German accents. When we first arrived in Leipzig the hosts were waiting for us at the train station. My hosts name was Lena. She was such a sweet host. I loved hearing about what university was like for her and i couldn't believe how cheap it was for them to attend school! The first night we headed to the university for the unveiling of the mascot. We walked out of her apartment to head there and to my surprise she had two bikes waiting for us! I have not been on a bike since freshman year in undergrad and i have only used mountain bikes so i was not sure how riding these bikes was going to go. Especially since the seat was a lot higher than what I am used to. I made it to the university in one piece but im sure i looked hilarious! Bergfest was alot of fun! I really got a kick out of their mascot the buck and the dances they had for all of the class years. I hope that we can bring something like bergfest to Texas A&M. When I got back to Lena apartment we opened up a pull out bed for me to sleep on. The way it was made it had the wheels and supports in the middle of the bed with nothing on each end so when laying down u have to be careful not to flip it. Apparently while sleeping i shifted my weight too far to one side and the entire bed flipped over and i was catapulted onto the ground! It was so funny! Luckily no one saw it hahaha
It was an early day for us the next day since we were all so tired from being up the night before for bergfest. We started the day off at the city center for a tour of the city. After a quick lunch we made our way to the university for an hour and a half of anatomy lab with some of the first year vet students. They were all so young! There were even some that were only 17 years old! I loved their anatomy lab. Each table had a computer with a large screen with notes,im ages, and study aids that they could use while going through the dissections. I think that would be a great study aid especially for a group of people in laboratories. We were going over nerve blocks in the horse limbs most of the lab, man did i forget a lot.... After lab we made our way to a research building where we got to feed marmosets! After a long day a few of us walked around city center and enjoyed some local food before calling it a night. Lena and i had a movie night to end the long day :)
Our last full day in Leipzig we got to see the historical collection of the university. They had so many instruments, documents and books from Pre and post World War Two. They even had a Manuel centrifuge! I also got kisses from baby cows cutest thing ever! After lunch we made our way to the Leipzig zoo. My favorite part of the zoo was getting to practice with the dart gun. My first try ended up in the chair cushion but by the fourth try i finally hit the lion! It was so funny watching all of us shoot the dart gun. The zoo was massive. We spent 4 hours walking around and learning about the animals and i think we could have easily stayed there longer. I thought it was really interesting when Dr. Bernhard Talked about the elephant exhibit. The zookeepers have 100 % access to the elephants. I have never seen that before since the only other zoos i have been to have either fence or glass between the zoo keepers and the elephants. We ended the day with our hosts at bergfest and danced the night away! The next morning we toured the large animal facilities at the vet school. It amazes me how much modern equipment they are able to incorporate into those historical buildings. They don't let it slow them down! Before catching the train to Prague we were able to watch the clinical games with the professors and it was so fun seeing them having fun and laughing with the students. I really enjoyed Leipzig and im really excited to spend the weekend in Prague :)
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