Today is Day 11 and it is bittersweet since it is our last day abroad, but it was also my birthday! We first spent the day at University of Nicosia for the second time and attended lectures. The first one was given by Dr. Trihinas who gave us an introduction and overview of data science….

Today is day 10 and we had our last company visit at G.A.P Vassilopoulos. It was started by the father of George, Aris, and Petros who named the company after them. The company started as a shipping company and has grown since they were established in 1964. They are a vertically integrated company which means…

Day 9 we took on the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. We visited the small town of Kakopetria which was super beautiful. We did a walking tour of the old town and learned about the architecture of the homes and buildings. Since the mountains usually get a lot of rain and snow almost all the roofs…

Day 8 began with us visiting the University of Nicosia for the first time. We attended two presentations today. The first was given by Dr. Solomon and he gave us an overview of Cyprus’s long history. One main topic he explained to us was the British occupation of Cyprus between 1878 and 1960. The British…

Day 7 in Cyprus started with us checking out of our hotel in Limassol and then headed to Petra tou Romiou or Aphrodite’s Rock which is considered to be the location that the Greek goddess was born. She is the goddess of Love and Beauty. On the bus ride to the location, our tour guide…

Today, our tour guide Dimitra joined us again as we traveled to the Turkish side of Cyprus known as “The Turkish Republic in Cyprus”. Most Cypriots put the name in quotes since no other country recognizes the Turkish side of Cyprus as its own state other than Turkey. In order to cross to the other…

Today is day 5 of Cyprus and it was another day full of company visits. Our first stop was in Vassiliko at the Vassiliko Cement Works Headquarters. They were established in 1963 and their first cement production began in 1967. Concrete is the second most consumed material in the world and Vassiliko produces 75 billion…

Today was day 3 in Cyprus! We spent the day touring 3 different companies that we had explored and researched before. The first company we visited was Bernard Schulte Shipmanagement Training Center (BSM). We first attended a lecture that the Chief Engineer and one of the instructors at the training center presented. He explained the…

Today we went to three locations in Larnaca which was about an hour from our hotel near the airport we arrived at. Our first stop was at Hala Sultan Tekke to see the mosque and tomb of Umm Haram who is believed to be the sister of the Prophet Mohammed’s foster mother. She is seen…

Today was our first official day in Cyprus! We went to two historical locations in Limassol Cyprus. The first location was Kourion, an ancient city built by Greeks that originally inhabited the land, but was then taken over by the Romans. We visited two parts of the ancient city the House of Eustolios which was…