So today we finally were at the actual place where we would be competing, sleeping and eating for the next 8 days. After waking up at around 7am, and feeling really tired, I managed to have some nice pancakes with maple syrup, apparently a Canadian special. We then packed our stuff, and boarded a bus which would take us to the university campus.
After arriving there, we were all pretty excited and ready to be, as Jarrah challenged us 'sociable', a somewhat foreign concept to us. We managed to meet a nice Belgium guy, who we spent a while talking to, and when we went on a tour of the campus he came along as well. By this time, the already moderately warm day had turned quite hot, and was quickly becoming very humid. After spending an hour walking around, we were all very sweaty and after quickly eating lunch, went to our rooms to change.
After eating lunch, we decided to fulfill Jarrah's challenge by bringing some cards up to the lunch tables and playing Bartog, an interesting game which encourages memory, logic and speed, all things that an information would need, thus explaining its part in the Australian selection process. After getting bored of that, we went exploring in search of a candy shop, and while on the way Evgeny decided to climb a pole, chase a squirrel and climb trees. While on the way we found the Macedonians and the English, both who we had interesting discussions with. After heading back to socialise again, we had dinner and went to a welcoming party.
The welcoming party was fun, meeting the French, Irish and a news reporter. We soon left though, to go play Bartog and the hat game with the New Zealanders and Irish, and after getting too tired, going to sleep.