Friday, May 19th Friday was probably my favorite day of the entire trip….psych. Friday consisted of leaving for the airport at midnight and boarding our first flight out of Larnaca at 3:30am, everyone’s dream start of the day. The first flight was 4 hours, but it felt like 12. I could not sleep and the…

Thursday, May 18th Today is our last day in Cyprus and I cannot believe that it is actually the end of the trip. We started the day at the Bernard Schulte Ship Management Training Center to learn about the education process for upper-level crew in the shipping industry. We were given a tour of the…

Wednesday, May 17th Today we began our day by visiting Vassiliko Port and Cement Works. Their cement business was established 60 years ago and since they created their line in 2011, they have been devoted to improving their sustainability. Vassiliko is the largest heavy industry in Cyprus and they own 5 quarries as well as…

Tuesday, May 16th Our first visit of the day was to the Medochemie facilities outside of Limassol. Medochemie is a pharmaceutical company specializing in generics. Their goal is to create affordable, high-quality medicine that is accessible for everyone. So far, they provide products to over 300 million people, they have offices in 20 different countries,…

Monday, May 15th Today was our last day visiting the University of Nicosia. We started the day with three lectures covering topics of blockchain, forecasting, and data science. Going into these presentations, I had very little background in any of these fields, so I was very fascinated by what the professors had to say. The…

Sunday, May 14th Today we spent the day in Paphos and on our drive there we stopped at Petra Tou Romiou which is also known as Aphrodite’s rock. She is the goddess of love and beauty, according to theology she was born from the foam in the waters of Paphos. The beach and the rocks…

Saturday, May 13th Today we spent the day visiting castles with our first stop at the Kolossi Castle which was a stronghold built by the Crusaders in the 13th century. While touring the castle there were many aspects of the construction, I found interesting. First, each floor consists of two main rooms that are oriented…

Friday, May 12th Today was all about shipping so we visited DP World and Eurogate which are leaders of the shipping industry in Cyprus and Europe. DP World has one of the largest ports in Cyprus and is responsible for a significant portion of incoming and outgoing ships. They were established in 1973 after the…

Thursday, May 11th Today we started the day by visiting the Wargaming headquarters in Nicosia. The building is one of the most well known landmarks in the downtown area because for a long time it was the tallest building in the city. Although it is no longer the tallest, the building still has many interesting…

Wednesday, May 10th Our first activity of the day was a visit to the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute in Larnaca. This company is a non-profit which aims to drive sustainable blue growth and uses the needs of industry and society to do so. They were established in 2019 and are supported by government funding…

Tuesday, May 9th Today we went to the Turkish occupied area of Cyprus on the Northern side of the island. It was about a two-hour drive, and we had to go through passport control and take a Turkish guide with us to enter the region. The drive to the medieval town was an event of…

Monday, May 8th Γειά σου! Today was our first full day in Cyprus and it began with a trip to the University of Nicosia in the Cyprian capitol. I was expecting UNIC to be an older and smaller university, but it was very modern and has about 18,000 students. We were given a short orientation…

Sunday, May 7th I am so happy to be done with flying for the next two weeks. Although the flights were long and bumpy, I am just happy everything was on time and everyone’s luggage made it to Cyprus. It is somewhat surreal that we are actually here. Seeing all the signs in Greek and…

Saturday, May 7th Today we began our 24 hours of travel to get to Cyprus. I am so excited for the trip, but I am also incredibly nervous because there is so much that could go wrong throughout the travel experience. My luggage could get lost, I could lose my passport, we could miss our…