A Day of Discovery (23/03/13)

It’s fair to say that I have learnt a lot about myself over the past few months but last Saturday I actually learnt a lot about my self ; my body. Appropriately by one of the University of Leiden’s faculties the CORPUS is certainly an eye-catcher. 
A humongous copper-coloured human figure sits within the CORPUS’s modern framework of glass and grey. We truly unveiled the extent of the building’s size and indeed the extensive intricacy of our human body in the arranged audio tour. Starting at the entrance you can amazingly go step by step (physically) through each major part of the body with the occasional stop to watch a 3D video. The trip of the sperm to the egg was certainly a 3D experience I won’t forget any time soon. My favourite part was jumping on the springy nature of the tongue! We even journeyed with the red blood cells on a sort stationary roller-coaster experience to the heart! 

The tour was expertly organised and all the information was simply explained. Within an hour we were finished and free to wonder the interactive section of the museum where the focus was on diet, exercise and general health. Exercise bikes, optical illusions, quiz shows all stood side by side in each room until we had travelled all the way back down to the ground floor. Apparently the average person will spend 12 years of their life talking! 

Definitely a day of discovery!