Our first meeting was with the organisers of the logical Olympics from Czech Mensa. This is an amazing initiative and we are looking at the ways we can implement Logical Olympics in our national Mensas.
Logical Olympics is a competition for school aged children in the Czech Republic that 32,000 school children registered for last year. The aim of the competition is multiple rounds of logic and puzzle solving questions in 3 stages.
The first stage is online, then 50 people from each age group are selected to the next stage held in person in each region. Then there is a national final held in either Parliament and now Prague Castle which attracts parents, supporters and media. The competition is fierce and winners receive great prizes.
It was amazing to hear how the Logical Olympics is run and it really sounds like something that Mensa New Zealand could be involved in participating in. Czech Mensa are looking at providing the facilities for running this internationally and we look forward to hearing more from them.
Next we retired to an Irish pub where we had a little fun, 
but actually wanted to have a serious discussion about what we had learned so far. We talked about what information and initiatives we as LEAP participants had learned and what we want to keep discussing.
I talked about Young Members and the kinds of initiatives we are looking at introducing. Being surrounded by such efficient and enthusiastic people is really infectious and the discussions were great.
Jessie and I decided to explode Eurovea, a big shopping complex near the banks of the Danube. It was nice and cool inside especially since the temperature was really heating up.
We headed back to the hotel for a break from the heat, then went and met up with a few others for dinner. Bratislava has quite a strong restaurant and cafe culture so we were spoilt for choice.
We knew we had a big day the next day, so an early night was definitely in order!
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