For the 3rd consecutive year (and the 4th time now) I have visited the EMAG (European Mensa Annual Gathering). An event lasting 5 days full of lectures, trips, workshops and social events. Each year another country hosts the event, making it very hard to compare them.
Bratislava, capital city of Slovakia, has not yet been discovered by tourists. I understand this, for me the city didn't bring a thrill. Sure the city center is nice, as is the Danube and the castle on the hilltop. However this all can be seen in one day. The other days were spent hanging out in a mall, outside on a terrace with a coke or playing games. The food I must say, is very tasty and affordable.
One of the high lights of the trip was visiting the
Nuclear Power Plant Bohunice V2. Nuclear power has had my interest ever since I learned about it in high school. I like the view of cooling towers, I like how everyone has got an opinion on the topic, it's just overall excitement. So the option to go visit one made my whole trip to Bratislava worthwile. Even though the plant is not that spectacular. We got a one hour introduction and got to visit the new safety bunker, the part of the plant with steam turbines and the control room (which was actually awesome). We were not allowed to take any pictures but here are two I found online of the
control room and
the entire plant.
Next year they will open a visitor center with options to 'control the plant' in a simulator... how cool is that!
~Aimée
