With our dinner coming to an end, we had to prepare our bags and head off to the airport. With most of us having plentiful energy, we had one last music sesh in the back of the bus, getting all of the vibes rolling before we departed from Cyprus. Once we arrived at the airport,…
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Day in the Mountains
With our last day of exploring having arrived, I was excited, yet saddened. We started our day off with a tour of Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) training centre, which is a place where people can go and get the training required to be a shipman or an engineer on a boat. We got to see…
Safety First!
Today was an adventure! We started our day with a trip to Vassiliko Cement Company. Vassiliko is a cement company that was founded in 1963. Vassiliko is the largest producer of concrete in Cyprus and is also home to the only industrial port in Cyprus as well. This port is huge to their company as…
Ports and Pharma
Todays visits started with a stop to Medochemie. They are a pharmaceutical company that specializes in simple drugs and spreads them worldwide. We got a great presentation on their company goals, future, and progress. I was left with multiple questions on how they combated covid and hot they dealt with different insurance companies throughout the…
International Student for a day
For our splendid Monday, we started with a transfer to the University of Nicosia to hear a few lectures. The first lecture we heard was a brief introduction to block chain and crypto assets. The professor gave lots of analogies to twitter and email and how they relate to block chain. He also fielded questions…
City of the Gods
Todays visit was to the ancient city of Paphos. We left a little later in the morning as we were given a little bit of a later start to the day, so that meant a little extra sleep. Our first stop was to Aphrodite’s Rock just outside of Paphos. When I say we were at…
Clash of Castles
Today we started our cultural visits with a stop at Kolossi Castle right outside of Limassol. Kolossi castle was home to the St. John knights and was used as a stronghold/military base. The castle served largely in the crusader period. The castle has a beautiful mosaic of Jesus located in the bottom that shows proof…
Day of Ports
Today consisted of multiple visits to the ports of Cyprus. First being Dubai Port world. Dubai Port World is a private company that the government of Cyprus brought in under contract. DP World has 3 major terminals. First being their terminal for cruises and commercial traffic, Oil Gas, and Cargo. The speaker was very charismatic…
Game of War
Todays visits started with a company visit to the game developer Wargaming. Wargaming is a strategy based game developer founded in 1998 in Minsk, but later being headquartered in Nicosia. They have created the famous trio of World of Tanks, Warships, and Warplanes. Our visit started with a tour of the companies building, starting with…
Saving the Environment
Today we visited CMMI, the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute. CMMI was founded in 2019 on the principle of working to protect the blue ocean and the environment maintaining sustainability. They have a wide range of services ranging from research and development, along with working to contain emissions. The institute is funded by the government…
Visit to the Mediterranean Sea
Today was full of adventures. We visited the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to visit the nearly abandoned city of Famagusta. We met with Dmetri and headed off. As we got close to the buffer zone, our passports were collected and our escort was collected for our entry into the north. As we entered, we…
Γεια σας!
For our first official day in Cyprus we started our day with an amazing breakfast at our local cafe across the street. I ate an amazing array of yogurt, banana, oats, eggs, fresh orange juice, and some coffee. This started my day off to an an amazing start. Soon after, we walked to the bus…
The Arrival
We made it! After such a long day of traveling we reached Larnaca’s airport. When we got off the plane we got our bags relatively quickly and were picked up by Christina from Global semesters and taken to our hotel. This place is gorgeous by the way! It has three floors and a rooftop pool…
Frankfurt Pitt-Stop
Our Saturday full of traveling started with breakfast at Pamelas Diner with some of the group mates to get to know each a little better. We all ordered our food, ate, and then went back to Nordenburg Hall to prepare all of our belongings before we finally embarked. Our first flight, was a quick one….