Today is our last day in Cyprus. Looking back on my journey, there’s stuff that I’m going to miss here. However, the one thing I am not going to miss is the spotty Wi-Fi at the hotel. Other than that, everything was pretty good. Today started out with us getting a Covid test. We were…
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Day 10: PwC and the Farewell Dinner
In the morning at like 11 am, we headed over to PwC. It was a short bus ride, being very close to the hotel. We met with some of the senior staff on the top floor of the building. It was really nice. They had a hologram thingy which I’m pretty sure was just an…
Day 9: Northern Cyprus
Today we woke up early to go to Northern Cyprus, also known as the Turkish Republic of Cyprus, which is a de facto state that only Turkey recognizes. The “border crossing” was actually easier than I expected it to be as we only had to give our passports and we didn’t have to leave the…
Day 8: The Day at UNIC
After the weekend at Paphos, it was time to come back and learn about some industry in Cyprus. So at 9 o’clock, we headed over to UNIC and talked to Fleet Management Limited (FML) (it’s a bad acronym, but they chose it for some reason). Like other days dealing with the shipping industry, we were…
Day 6+7: Paphos
Over the weekend, we did an excursion to Paphos. On Saturday it was a bit cloudy. While we were going there, we had a tour guide (the same tour guide as the person who toured us around the Old City of Nicosia) giving us interesting tidbits about Cyprus. It was very interesting to listen to….
The End of Going to Limassol and Week 1
It’s the last day of Week 1 here for this Plus3 program. Our morning starts as usual with us driving down to Limmasol (we have literally gone here 4 out of the 5 days this week), but with a small twist: instead of leaving at 8, we got to leave at 9:30 (aka we got…
Day 4: Mountains
Today, we got on the bus a bit after 8 to go to Troodos Square, which is a resort town located in the mountains of Cyprus. During the winter months, people come here to ski, but as it is spring/almost summer, it is home to souvenir shops (at which I bought souvenirs for my mom…
Day 3: Port Stuff
Today we went back to Limassol, which has the largest port in all of Cyprus, and explored the shipping industry as well as the marina in the city. At 8 this morning we boarded a bus to go there. They required us to bring our passports for dock security purposes, which we ended up not…
Second Day in Cyprus and First Day of Company Tours
Today we had to wake up early to get on a bus to go to Limassol, a port city near the southern tip of Cyprus. Unlike yesterday during which we did cultural tours around Nicosia, we came to Limassol to visit a company headquartered there called Medochemie. For those unaware, this company makes generic versions…
First Day in Cyprus
Today, we toured the city Nicosia. In the morning after a breakfast at the hotel, we did a tour of the newer part of Nicosia. It was interesting to see how the new city compared to the old city, in which our hotel is located and which I still had not explored. It was also…
About Me: Ben Rickin-Marks
Hello internet! As you have probably read the blog title by now (unless you clicked randomly and got here somehow, in which case, good for you), you know that my name is Ben Rickin-Marks. I am a freshman in the Swanson School of Engineering, and planning to major in Computer Engineering. So far, I have…