Yesterday was the first day at EIA and man, was it a wild one.
The program itself was fine. We started out the day in the University of Nice in Sophia Antipolis with an Art Hackathon. We created a painting, which we are going to have to peddle in Nice to raise some funds for our companies. The team that raises the most money will get a helicopter ride to Monaco! We listened to a bunch of speakers, including Peter Vesterbacka from Rovio (Angry Birds). We also built Lego cars and helicopters as a team building exercise. We got to meet a bunch of people, but nowhere close to how many I want to meet. Everyone seems really interesting and passionate - I love people like that. I really want to start building my team and start to work on our projects!
The day went wild after we went the wrong direction on the bus. We ended up in Antibes, quite the opposite direction from the dorms in Valbonne. Then it started to POUR and I was in a thin, flowy dress. We waited in the rain for the next bus, which took us to a town near the dorms. We then had to walk 20 minutes in the rain, carrying groceries, all the way back up to the dorms. It was definitely an adventure, and I got to become friends with some cool guys from London and Norway.
We all unwound later and played some games in the common room downstairs in the dorms. We got to know each other a little - although I'm not so sure they've gotten to know me quite yet. I tend to observe at first. There are people from all over the world, which I found really cool.
I'm writing this while eating Doritos, since there is no real breakfast here (I didn't feel like walking down to the main hall for hot chocolate today). Send me food please! #nomnom
Definitely looking forward to today, when we get to form our teams - wish me luck!
The program itself was fine. We started out the day in the University of Nice in Sophia Antipolis with an Art Hackathon. We created a painting, which we are going to have to peddle in Nice to raise some funds for our companies. The team that raises the most money will get a helicopter ride to Monaco! We listened to a bunch of speakers, including Peter Vesterbacka from Rovio (Angry Birds). We also built Lego cars and helicopters as a team building exercise. We got to meet a bunch of people, but nowhere close to how many I want to meet. Everyone seems really interesting and passionate - I love people like that. I really want to start building my team and start to work on our projects!
The day went wild after we went the wrong direction on the bus. We ended up in Antibes, quite the opposite direction from the dorms in Valbonne. Then it started to POUR and I was in a thin, flowy dress. We waited in the rain for the next bus, which took us to a town near the dorms. We then had to walk 20 minutes in the rain, carrying groceries, all the way back up to the dorms. It was definitely an adventure, and I got to become friends with some cool guys from London and Norway.
We all unwound later and played some games in the common room downstairs in the dorms. We got to know each other a little - although I'm not so sure they've gotten to know me quite yet. I tend to observe at first. There are people from all over the world, which I found really cool.
I'm writing this while eating Doritos, since there is no real breakfast here (I didn't feel like walking down to the main hall for hot chocolate today). Send me food please! #nomnom
Definitely looking forward to today, when we get to form our teams - wish me luck!
Nice that sounds like a blast, keep it up I'd like to hear more
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