Today we visited floating farm, a company that houses twenty-ish cows on a floating building in the harbor. They specialize in sustainable infrastructure and focus on expanding such infrastructure. Their sustainability begins with the location of the cows. these cows are located, as previously stated, floating in the harbor. We learned during the presentation that…
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what The Hague are we doing in Den Haag
Today we visited the inHolland Rotterdam campus. We began the morning with a tour around the campus and a portion of Rotterdam. On this tour we learned about the city, including the effect World War Two had on Rotterdam. We learned that 85% of the city was bombed towards the end of the war, and…
ΔFdcos(θ)s
Today we visited the Deltaworks museum, it primarily showcased the construction of the Deltaworks dams constructed to keep storm surges occurring in the North Sea from entering and harming the Dutch and their property. In the museum, we learned that construction began in mid 1970’s and continued for about 10 years. We learned that the…
Delft Dynasty was robbed
Today began with a 7:30 wake up, which led to breakfast, and then led to a train ride to the Inholland college in Delft. We toured some spots inside the school, as well as got numerous presentations from various faculty members. The school is an aeronautical engineering school of applied sciences, so naturally, we learned…
Flood
Today we were blessed with the opportunity to sleep in, one that I took advantage of. After waking up, having breakfast, we left for the flood museum. This museum primarily focused on the 1953 flood of the Netherlands which killed nearly 2,000 people. I learned that flooding has been occurring a TON over the Netherland’s…
Look at me, I’m the captain now
Today was an early seven AM wake up, which preceded breakfast. After breakfast, we traveled an hour and a half to the Zuiderzee museum. This museum houses a small fishing town located in a small bay of the North Sea in the northwest of Holland. The brackish water surrounding the town is blocked in by…
Cheesing at Zaanse Schans
I woke up at 8:30 this morning and not so promptly got out of bed and headed to breakfast. After breakfast we headed to Zaanse Schans. I learned that Zaanse Schans is a 16th century windmill town, and the majority of the windmills were relocated to their present location. We visited a cheese store where…
Museum Day
Our last day in Amsterdam I visited three museums, our lord in the attic. Anne Frank’s house, and the Rijksmuseum. When we arrived to our lord in the attic museum, we took a tour throughout the three combined houses. Nonetheless, the three houses seemed very big and obviously big enough to fit a three-story church…
the Noble Nurturing Natural Nuanced Nifty Notable Nonviolent Nebulous Noteworthy Nouryon visit.
Today we visited a chemical manufacturing plant called Nouryon. Nouryon produces chemicals, specifically organic peroxides that are shipped off to customers that further use these chemicals to produce products like sunscreen or plastics. During this company visit, we learned a lot about Nueryon’s commitment to a sustainable future by using sustainable materials from sustainable sources…
day 3
Today we visited a tulip shipping cooperative, where hundreds and hundreds of workers were moving millions of flowers, all just for today. I learned and gained perspective on the true scale of the flower trade in the Netherlands, and how vital it is to the economy and to their culture. I learned about a smaller…
Day 2
Today began with a canal cruise where I learned a lot about the architecture of Amsterdam. I learned that there are big hooks at the very top of each building used to hoist furniture into the respective floors, as many houses did not have the space to afford a large door to fit large furniture…
Day 1
Day one was filled with travel, as expected. We landed around 6 in the morning Amsterdam time and proceeded to the hotel where we stashed our bags and participated in a scavenger hunt across the city to explore and get our bearings. My group traveled across many beaches, discovered a church, a historic gay bar,…
Introduction – Ben Kelley
Hello! My name is Ben Kelley, I am currently a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh. I am studying bioengineering with a premed intent. I am from southeastern New Hampshire. back home I spend lots of time outside, hiking, fishing and swimming at the beach. I also enjoy playing basketball and going to the gym….