Weather

Weather is clearly the most popular topic at talking among British people. Extremity includes everything different from the average (cloudy sky, fog and drizzling rain). If the temperature drops down to 1-3 degrees, cold alert comes into force; if the sun emerges sunglasses and suncream are suggested (immediately). Anyway, you can see people wearing T-shirt with shorts on each day of the year :-) 

Last weekend, we went into Central London to see the christmas lights at the Covent Garden. After getting off the train, fell in with some interesing people celebrating the Remembrance Day.

I think one of the best experiences so far is the high number of scientific presentations each week. Working at a world-wide renowned cancer centre provides you the opportunity to listen to talks of top-level (internal and external) scientists which is extremely motivating. Not only the info about cutting-edge technologies but also the ways of thinking presented are useful for young researchers. Sometimes it's really hard to decide which talk I should opt for. If you are planning your future in the biomedicine, I can highly recommend London as working place since this vivid scientific life makes you really obsessed.