Hello everyone! Today was our last day in Amsterdam and I’m sad I have to go but excited to come back to my family. This trip has been an incredible experience and I met some amazing friends along the way! For our last activity today we got to hear from Joke, a worker from Tony’s…

Hey everyone! This morning the group headed to the University of Amsterdam, where we were greeted by some students to get a tour around the campus. Our tour guide, Aaron, is a current business student and he decided to attend the university after a trip from his home country Germany. Unlike any American schools, housing…

Hello! Today was much lighter than yesterday but still packed with fun activities. Today the group took a train to Utrecht, which is a city located south of Amsterdam. Here, we got to meet with Aurea Imaging, which is an agriculture imaging company that uses drones and other cameras to analysis crop production. The analyzed…

Today was a very long day with a lot of activities. We started the day at Vrije University and got our own tour of the campus. It had some astonishing buildings and the tuition really shocked me. For out of country students, the tuition is about $15,000 dollars, which is less than half of in-state…

Today was an amazing day! I can’t believe I’ve already been here for a week. Today we got to travel to the largest flea market in all of Europe, and it definitely was ginormous. We took the ferry to get to where it was and I was amazed by how accessible it was. The ferry…

Today started off with Watersnoodmuseum. The museum highlighted a tragic flood that happened in the area in 1953. This flood killed over 1800 people, and this included many children too. The artifacts that I got to see in the museum were from Zeeland, even though this flood was on a lot of the Netherlands coast….

Today was a very exciting day as we got to visit Rotterdam! The city is very modern and is the most American-like city I’ve seen in Europe. This is unfortunately due to the fact that it was heavily bombed during WWII. It was quite a process to get to the city. We took a train…

Today started a little bit later than the other days. Around noon, we got to travel down to central Amsterdam and saw the MX3d bridge. This famous bridge was entirely 3D printed, and it is an impressive feat of architecture and engineering. The company MX3d is a 3D printing company that has outstanding printing capabilities….

Today was an amazing day to see some flowers in The Netherlands. We got to visit Royal Flora Holland, which holds some of the largest flower auctions in the world. They have the name “Royal” because they’ve kept amazing standards over many years. Their warehouse was huge, and can fit over 200 football fields. There…

Day 3 in Amsterdam was very successful (and very rainy!). Today our group got the pleasure of visiting Zaanse Schans. The town is about 40 minutes north of Amsterdam and is a famous tourist location. Right when we got there it immediately smelled like chocolate. The main attraction of the town is their windmills, which…

After a good nights sleep, day 2 was on its way. Breakfast in the hostel was amazing and I enjoyed their fresh fruits and coffee. Today I had the pleasure of hearing from Karel Bockstael, a sustainability advocate who used to be the VP of Sustainability at KLM Airlines. He taught our group the importance…

Hello everyone! My name is Ethan Roncace and I am wrapping up my first year in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. My intended major is mechanical engineering and I plan on obtaining a sustainability certificate in the future. Outside of academics, I love to be outside with my friends. Golfing…