Hello! Welcome back to the final day of the blog. I’m actually writing this the morning after our last day in the Netherlands in the airport because we were given permission to wait until today. So, yesterday morning we left the hostel at around 8 am to start our day off. First we went to…
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Still InHolland! – Day 11
Welcome back! Today we visited another InHolland campus, this time the one in Rotterdam. We arrived at 10 am and met our two guides, which this time were two faculty members. The Delft campus was more of applied sciences with a focus in engineering, but the Rotterdam campus is focused more on social studies with…
So, Do the Delta Works Work? – Day 10
Welcome back! Today we took a trip to Delta Works. we left at around 8:30 and arrived at 10. The Delta Works actually refers to the whole system of dams, dikes, and flood gates that exist in the Netherlands, but there’s also a Delta Works museum located outside of Rotterdam, and that what we visited….
Freaks InHolland – Day 9
Welcome back! Today we visited the InHolland University of Applied Sciences in Delft. We took a train to Delft and arrived at 10 am and met our student guides. First we had two presentations with faculty members who work in the aeronautical engineering department at the university. We learned about what InHolland Delft’s aeronautical engineering…
Preparing for Tomorrow Through the Lens of Yesterday- Day 8
Today we had no group events until 1 pm, so I took a much needed sleep in and slept until noon. At one, we boarded the bus and headed off to the Watersnoodmuseum. The Watersnoodmuseum is a national museum dedicated to the Floods of 1953. The museum is located on the dike south of the…
Zuider-zeeing the Sights – Day 7
Welcome back! Today we were up bright and early for a 7 am breakfast and left the hostel at 8 am. We travelled one and a half hours to the Zuiderzeemuseum via private bus and we all got a good nap in on the way. The outdoor section of the Zuiderzeemuseum museum is actually a…
Clogs and Windmills: a Quintessential Dutch Experience – Day 6
Welcome back! This morning we said goodbye to Amsterdam and left for Rotterdam. On the way we stopped a village called Zaandijk Zaanse Schans for a few hours. The village is an open air museum that encapsulates the essence of what the Netherlands used to be like in the past. It’s a cheerful and beautiful…
Museums and Emotions – Day 5
Today was the Ascension, which is a national holiday in the Netherlands meaning most places of business are closed. Because of that, we had a day full of museum visits and tours of import places in Amsterdam. We started out at 10:00 am with a tour of the Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder Museum, which…
Chemis-trying to understand – Day 4
Welcome back! Today we visited Nouryon, a Netherlands based chemical production company. The headquarters are based in Deventer, which is about a two hour drive from Amsterdam, so we started our day off with a nice bus ride through the countryside. Upon arrival we were given two presentations from Nouryon employees, in which we were…
Pollen in love with all these flowers – Day 3
Welcome back! Today was all about the Netherlands flower and bulb business. We started off the day early, leaving the hotel at 6am to travel to the Royal Flora Holland auction house. Royal Flora Holland is the biggest flower and bulb exporter in the Netherlands. It’s run as a cooperative between many different farms and…
Day 2 – Of politics and Chocolate: a Reflection.
After finally getting to sleep a night, I woke up with a positive attitude and ready for the day. We started with a delicious breakfast at the hotel followed by a canal cruise at 10:00. The cruise was very fun, and very informative. On the cruise, the guide talked a bit about the history of…
Day 1: Arriving in the Netherlands
Today we spent our first day in the Netherlands. After waking up at 6:30 EST, we hit the road at 7:30 to begin our adventure. First we had a layover in Boston, and by the time we arrived to Amsterdam, it was 11:30 EST. Of course, the local time was 5:30 am, so a new…
Introduction – Ariel Maroney
Hi! My name is Ariel Maroney, and I’m currently a freshman environmental engineering student at the University of Pittsburgh. I’m from Trumansburg New York, and I’ve lived my whole life before college in the Finger Lakes region. In my free time I enjoy reading, playing video games, and going to the gym. In high school…