First day experiences (short version)
After arriving to the airport yesterday evening I managed to meet with the other participants who arrived before me, and the project coordinator Hinano. I am glad that I decided to choose the taxi, because I felt a little ill by the end of the day. After a few hours sleep we started our first day on Casaccia. Monday was just an introduction to the life of the ENEA researchers. The first challenge is to get through the security which is very tight by the way, we had to check in with passports, they registered our equipments (cameras, laptops). We almost felt like we’re travelled back like 20 years or so, into a real spy movie. (Specially because we have very strict rules for taking pictures on the territory.)
After arriving we had a tour. 
We were lucky to visit 3 main research facilities: one of ENEA’s proudest research, the Thermodynamic Solar Plant, where we were guided by Mr. Fabrizi, who filled us in on the contemporary energy efficient solar energy research’s world. After that we visited the Sismic 
and Dinamic Tests Hall, which is used for testing and modeling earthquakes and building movements by the help of a “shaking table” (which is actually is the coolest device I saw), and later where the video recordings are analysed and recreated as a mockup for further study. The third part of the tour was the “Semi-Anecoich” Chamber which used to study electromagnetic waves and effects. 
After the introduction-tour we have our first experience with italian cuisine and the very traditional way of quickly having a small, but strong espresso. The rest of the day was spent in the news room, viewing some ground rules, the ReLaTe project itself. Talking about the topic: ‘how should a good science journalist communicate science’ is generated a fascinating discussion about bad journalism and the wrong ways and experiences that how its usually done.
