The university itself is pretty unique. Very different from universities in Israel.
It's just one very big building. I guess it's built around the idea that you can expect rain any day of the year here.
In the center of the university there is a main hall connected to all the buildings. In the main hall there are two floors with shops and cafeterias and such.
Coffee stand (emphasis on the word "stand"):
Today they had a human-foosbal attraction set up in the middle of the hall. Looks like fun. I got a video of it, but for now you'll just have to settle with a picture:
Especially nice is the Mensa. It's a very big dining hall where you can choose one of about 3-4 inexpensive meals. Before lunch time the dish samples are presented for the students outside the Mensa:
Today's dishes:
You can select, for example, Menu 1, and then you just go to the menu 1 line and wait for your dish to come out of the ground on an automatic conveyer belt!
Then you pay with your pre-paid Mensa card. Really cool.
I also got a video of it.. it's much cooler than my pictures show.
My office is in the T8 floor, at the philosophy department. I share it with a PHD student. The room is very nice and I have a computer with internet access.
(My table is on the left)
The only thing I can't stand is the heat.. it's 30+ something here, even though it rains from time to time, yet there's no air-conditioning. Wherever I go I just sweat... in the train, the bus, the office, the apartment. This country isn't built for heat.
The university has its own train station, which is very convenient. The main entrance leads directly to the train station. Looks nice:
Main entrance:
That's about it.
(you can click on the images to zoom, by the way. It will take you to my flickr picture gallery, into which I recently added a zillion photos. They're not yet organized and sorted, but you can take a peek.)
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