The past two weeks have been very exciting, and filled with
travel! Last weekend the interns and I went to Paris for two days,
and the city is amazing! Filled with beautiful squares, statues, and memorials, Paris
is a must-see for anyone traveling through Europe.
My favorite part was probably visiting the Louvre (the
biggest art museum in the world!). Although I spent more than three hours walking through the
museum, I managed to only explore maybe one-fifth of the art! Also, I was able to enjoy a free orchestral
concert in of the many beautiful churches. Overall, Paris is such a big city with so much to see, and
if I could return for another weekend I would love to.
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| Enjoying the free orchestral concerts in Paris |
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| Enjoying views of the Eiffel Tower |
After our French excursion, we had to celebrate the 4th
of July! Because we are the only Americans, our celebration was
small, but we managed to put together a real American barbecue, with fat
burgers and chicken wings :) Then this past weekend us interns went to explore Amsterdam
together! The city is truly unique, and again I really enjoyed the
museums. We visited the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum and I was
surprised to actually enjoy the Rijksmuseum more! Although I am a big fan of
Van Gogh, all the huge stained-glass windows at the Rijksmuseum really blew me
away.
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| Enjoying our 4th of July celebration with proper American cuisine! |
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| Stained glass windows in Rijksmuseum. |
As far as my research project is going, it is making steady
progress. My supervisor went on vacation last week so I have been
doing a lot of computer work: including COMSOL physics simulations of the
microfluidic channels in my device and redesigning the device mask in AutoCAD.
Now this weekend, I am going to Rome! Needless to say, I am very excited and I’ll be
sure to update all of you in my next blog post.
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