Today was our last day fully in country, as tomorrow we will be flying back home. We started the day by visiting a floating farm, which is literally a cow farm that floats on the river. We started with a presentation about the farm and how the owners started it after seeing the devastation in…

Today we had another visit to Inholland, this time to its campus in Rotterdam. This visit started with a small walking tour of the city, going over it’s recent development and factors that affected it. Because a lot of the city was destroyed, this has enabled the building of many more modern looking buildings. Through…

Today we visited Delta Works, a park near one of the Netherland’s flood control barriers. Our visit started with an informational movie about how the barriers were built. These barriers were built after the flood of 1953 in order to shorten the coastline as well as prevent future flooding from taking place. The barriers are…

Today we visited Inholland, a University of applied sciences with a branch in Delft. We got to learn about the aeronautical engineering program that this branch has, which I found interesting as an engineering student myself. We started with a couple of presentations about the university as well as aeronautical engineering. This second presentation went…

Today we visited the Watersnoodmuseum, a museum that shows the history of a horrible flood that occurred in the Netherlands in 1953, as well as work being done to prevent similar floods from happening in the future. This museum started by describing the flood itself as well as the victims of it, giving faces to…

Today we visited Zuiderzeemuseum, an indoor and outdoor museum showcasing the culture of the Zuiderzee region of the Netherlands. This museum had many outdoor buildings showing how the people of this region used to live, which was obviously interesting. One of these regions showed how they smoked fish, at which I was able to try…

Today we visited Zaanse Schans, a village outside of Amsterdam. This town was going for the “traditional Dutch” vibe, and had things such as windmills, a clog store, and a Henri Willig cheese store. This cheese story was the site of our company visit today, though the presentation was rather short. We learned how they…

Today was the Ascension, so a lot of the places in the Netherlands were closed. This meant that the visits that we did today had to be more cultural sites, though that doesn’t mean they weren’t interesting. We started by visiting Our Lord in the Attic, a house turned Catholic Church turned museum. After the…

Today we visited Nouryon, a Dutch Chemical company. This has been the largest company that we have visited so far, as well as the longest visit that we’ve had. After a long bus ride to Deventer, where one of their facilities is, we started with a talk on safety followed by another on the company…

We had a pretty early start today, as we had to leave for our first location a little after 6 am. This location was Royal Flora Holland, a Dutch flower auction. I actually had to do research on this company as part of one of our pre-departure meetings, so it was interesting to see a…

Today we had two main activities planned, a canal cruise and a visit to a sustainable chocolate store. We left for the canal cruise after breakfast, and it lasted for an hour. It was pretty nice, as not only did we get to see the city from a different angle, but we also got to…

Today was our first day in the Netherlands, and it certainly was exciting. We landed at around 5:00 in the morning (11:00 Pittsburgh time), went through customs, and waited for our guide to meet us at the Airport. Once she arrived, we took the train to our hotel and dropped off our luggage, and then…

Hello, my name is David Hersick, and I am a freshman Engineer majoring in Materials Science. I’m from Irwin, Pa, which is in the greater Pittsburgh area. The most notable thing about Irwin, Pa, is that it is home to the Big Mac Museum, which is like a regular McDonald except for the fact that…