After a short night, we started our first day in Hefei with a really great breakfast. Lead by our scientific curiosity we tried algae, cucumber garlic salad and some stuff of which we can not say what it might have been – but it tasted good. Less adventurous team members could even enjoy German strawberry jam.

Following the breakfast we had our first team meeting and scouted the area. One group looked for the best way to get to the – still closed – Convention Center, while the other group went shopping in a nearby supermarket.

Both expeditions were successful and now we can use our rice cooker which we specifically brought from Hamburg to cook a fresh dinner.

Our plans for tomorrow are also ready, everyone knows his role for the set-up and thus everyone is right now working on preparations and anxiously awaiting the opening of the competition halls tomorrow.