A Recap - Hong Kong / Zurich / Basel

The Chinese University team. A few more of them than us.

We're now, after some travel, sitting in our flat (fifth floor) in Basel. I imagine in the next day or so we can tell you all about the city and the two day pre-moot competition (against teams like LSE and with judges like Schwenzer). But for now we're just going to recap our time briefly since the last post.

Overlooking the central city

Our time in Hong Kong was fantastic. We were truly lucky to have the most amazing and generous hosts. Peter and Connie looked after us completely. On our first day (this is seriously a struggle, I've lost any conception of time), after arriving and settling in, Connie took us out on a walk through some old abandoned villages and to see some of the more rural elements of Hong Kong. The place is pretty crazy; in a couple of decades, rice fields become 'communities' of massive populations where, instead of houses, they just build apartment blocks around 50 stories.

Alex pondering the difference
between shrimp and squid

In the afternoon we met the Chinese University of Hong Kong moot team. We were very impressed by their ability and enjoyed the challenge of our first moots against actual teams. The next day we toured around the city and went up to the Peak to get a nice view down on Hong Kong island. We had a dinner of roast goose (amazing) and took an evening flight.

The flight wasn't the greatest - there was a baby with a solid determination to be noticed. Landed in Zurich, unexpectedly took a train rather than plane to Basel, and here we after a quick nap. Which was supposed to be two hours and ended up more like six. The Swiss (and also the Serbians and Germans - and an American) we've met so far seem very lovely. Looking forward to the next few days!


There are photos from Hong Kong here