Lausanne, the first few days

It's been only three days since I arrived in Lausanne. Before already jumping to all kinds of philosophical conclusions, it may just be better to stick to the facts.

For the moment I will be living in a 'compact' 8 m2 studio on the Avenue Dapples. 8 m2 sounds worse than it actually is, since the place is efficiently organised, is in the middle of the city and allows me to move out almosta t any time I would find something permanent.

Today I went to work for the first day. I will be working in the Cancer Institute of the EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. I will probably soon try to write a bit about the research I will be doing. For now you can find some background information here.

My parents were nice enough to drive me to Lausanne on Friday. The weekend we spent together, seeing a bit of the city and the surroundings. Lausanne lies on the shores of Lake Geneva (or Lake Léman, as the Swiss like to call it). Since it is a Swiss city, there's several hundred meters of difference in height within the city. I'm glad my newly bought bike has quite a number of gears!
So far, my first impression is that the city is not too big and a wild. A lot of events and activities are announced though, so I don't think I will be easily bored. Soon I hope to give you more details!