I had a wonderful sleep and fortunately no jet lag this time. So happy! Yes! In deed I woke up so fresh and made myself ready to head off to the Vienna UN center, where the famous IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) is located. I joined by colleagues from BC and MIT and took a train to UN center. A train ticket, which is valid for 48 hours, costs 12.50 Euro. The train is so convenient and it took us right outside the UN center. Unlike other meetings, this one required a formal dressing as you can see me in the figure below with one of my colleague from MIT (Dr Anthea Coster). We passed through the security and started figuring out where our meeting room will be which we successfully located it out of the complicated UN building. Since this meeting is so international and by invitation only, the number of participants are not that many (~45 people from different countries around the world). As expected the meeting venue is so fancy and well equipped. The morning session went out successfully. Lunch time! Ya lunch, what do I want to eat (I mean what country’s food)? You can find all sort of food from different countries. Indeed it is a UN center; but no ‘Injera’, so sad :). I had vegetarian dish which was very nice. BTW, the food price at the UN center is way cheaper than other restaurants outside the center. After we concluded the first day of our meeting, a group of USA contingent went out for dinner. We went to Sky Bar, which has a bar as well as restaurant. Unlike many US bars, here in Vienna smoking inside the bar is allowed. Thus to avoid the smoking, we went to the restaurant part and have dinner. Finally, we walk back to our hotel safely. What a successfully day in deed. See you tomorrow!
Main entrance to the center
Partial view of the center!
Here I'm in front of the center with Dr Anthea Coster
This where we were wondering around to find our meeting room
Night view of the Vienna Cathedral
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