This week was a little more interesting for me at work. Up until now, I've pretty much been reading papers that people had written previously on the project, mostly about the theory/concepts we deal with in the project, and I've also been doing a lot of observing the Ph.D. student I'm working under, watching her do prep work and also doing experiments. This week, I got to do some experiments on my own, with Judith's supervision. Wednesday, one of the women who works at the Max Bergmann Zentrum had a BBQ. Most of the people I know from the lab went to that, it was fun! Everyone seems really cool, very relaxed, even at work.

The weather was nice today, so Judith and her boyfriend took me to Swiss Saxonia. And I forgot my camera!! I can't believe I did that. It's sooo beautiful, I wish I had pictures. We took about a 3o-minute train ride east out of Dresden, toward the Czech Republic, then crossed the Elbe river on a ferry to get to the base of the hills.



I found this picture on google.(http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00039/saxon-switzerland_39283t.jpg)
The whole area is very wooded, and once you get higher up, there are these sandstone peaks. We hiked up the normal dirt trails in the forest, but when we got to the rocks they had metal ladders and supports for us to climb up. I'm pretty sure this isn't the exact peak we were on, but we were on something similar. The view was amazing!