Day 1 First Impression of CERN

CERN is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On my arrival, i was given my room keys and a white, A5 envelope.

On opening it, i found a necklace for hanging my ID card, (kind of like the ones you get for school ID badges) and a map of the place! A map! CERN is so big that they give you a proper map to navigate around with!

(My Room)

The coolest part is that all the roads on the site are named after famous Physicists. I will have to take pictures before i leave.

CERN is a really beautiful place. There are lots of tree lined avenues and open green spaces for you to look at. There is also the imposing spectacle of Mount Blanc which I can see from the room. (At least i think it is Mt Blanc) It also has a wonderful calm atmosphere despite the fact that it looks like some kind of industrial site. It is strange as looking at it, you would not think that underground there are big massive particle accelerators being assembled/used.

(The View From My Room)

It's neat too as there are lots of people moving round using bikes as there are so many buildings on the site.

It is really hard to describe this place using words. Sometimes i look at it and it reminds me of an old industrial site that is still in use because of the warehouse and almost identikit huts. But other times i look at the trees, the mixture of old and new buildings and get a sense of the history and collection of unique individuals who work here.