Inauguration

Today we had our formal inauguration beginning at 1100.  It was actually pretty cool.  Most of it was in Polish but they did speak to the English program students in English.  The venue was beautiful.  It kind of felt like a cult in a way with the clothes the people wore, staffs and gavels, etc.  It went on for about 2 hours.  The last 45 minutes was devoted to a Nobel Prize nominee speaking on his research.  Unfortunately it was in Polish but the slides were in English.  He discussed the importance to nitric oxide in various systems in the body and other applications to paintings.  Much of it was devoted to how NO contributes to disease and how at a nano-level these molecules can be detected.  His studies focused on nano-technology ranging from nanobatteries to nanoengines.  Very interesting stuff.  Here are some photos from the event.

The ladies who I cabbed with to the Inauguration

Mr. Nobel nominee 

Outside

Friends at the Stary Rynek to get food