A Typical Day

Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, Geologist

In winter, Cynthia works in her university office in North Carolina. She gives lectures and she talks to her students every week. She often has meetings with other geologists. Every summer, she travels to Africa. She usually gets up and has breakfast at six o’clock in the morning because it’s very hot. She never works late. She has dinner at eight o’clock. She goes to bed early, but she sometimes wakes up because the animals are noisy.

Julia Mayo Torne, Archaeologist

Julia is originally from Panama. After twenty years in Spain, she’s in Panama again. Her typical day changes with the seasons. In the dry season, Julia goes to her site. It’s a good site and she usually finds objects every day. She sometimes finds dinosaur skeletons. She often has lunch at the site. In the evening, she always has coffee with her colleagues. They talk about their day. Then she reads before she goes to bed. In the rainy season, Julia returns to her laboratory. She studies the objects from the site, and writes articles and reports.