Travel day home is unfortunately upon us. After our amazing dinner, we headed back and packed up and said our goodbye to the hotel we had loved our past weeks. We headed over to the bus with all of our luggage in the wee hours of the morning and as a group, we headed to…
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I’d Climb Mountains to Stay Here
Our last full day is here. Started the day with our last breakfast, definitely will be missing the fresh fruit and orange juice prepared for us every morning. Afterward we walked over to BSM as it was local to the marina. We got a short introduction about their company and explained that this facility was…
These hats go hard
A peaceful rest after yesterday’s visits was much needed before we started our day today. First, we headed over to Vassiliko which is a Cement company located here in Cyprus. They presented to us their process of how they make the cement and how they source their materials. This is a large industry as billions…
Man Overboard!
Another incredibly informative day with two company visits with vastly different industries. After breakfast, we headed over to Medochemie, a pharmaceutical company local to Limassol. Upon arrival, we entered a beautiful conference to learn the ins and outs of their company. Medochemie is an international generic pharmaceutical company meaning they focus on generic branded medications…
Last day at UNIC :(
Today was our final day at the University of Nicosia. Following breakfast we headed over to UNIC to start our day with some lectures. First, we were lectured on blockchain by the CEO of the university which was very cool. He spoke on the history of blockchain technology and explained how UNIC was the first…
Greek Gods Galore
Another beautiful day! After breakfast, we went back on our bus to head over to Aphrodite’s rock. It was over in Paphos and I really didn’t know what to expect. We walked through these stairs and tunnels and below it revealed a beautiful beach. There were beaches almost on two sides featuring the rock in…
Lots of beaches and castles!
After a day full of ships today we had a day full of castles! We got to sleep in a bit before breakfast and before heading out to the Crusader castle. The castle was multiple stories high and you could see so much from the top. Demetra explained where we could see old columns and…
All shipped out.
After the long day we had prior it was nice to rest up for today. We started by heading over to DP World at the Limassol port. We looked around at all of the large ships in port. We met with one of the port managers who presented to us about the company and…
Might just have to stay a while..
Today was packed but so much fun! We woke up got our classic breakfast and headed over to the wargaming headquarters which was such a cool site visit! We walked in and it was very modern with multiple consoles to play and demo their games. We then got a mini tour of the facilities by…
Small country big history
Today was another incredibly informative day! We woke up and had another fulfilling breakfast and got on the bus to start our day. We started by going to CMMI which stands for the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute and listened to multiple lectures about what they do there. They showed us videos and demonstrations of…
Cathy in Famagusta
After yesterday, I was so ready for today! Once we woke up we went to a delicious breakfast again which was perfect to start the day. We then got on the bus to head to Famagusta where the Turkish side of Cyprus was. With a little traffic trouble, we made it and had an incredible…
We left yesterday???
Finally, we’re getting here! Took long enough to get here but after taking a quick nap and finishing some movies I started on the flight before that, we had made it! It was so exciting to finally make it and land on the ground in Cyprus after an exhausting travel day. It was so surreal…
Hype for Cyprus
Hello everyone! My name is Grace Brignola and I will be traveling to Cyprus through Plus3 in just a few short weeks (crazy) but before that madness begins I thought I’d introduce myself! I am a first-year business student studying marketing and business information systems. Originally, I am from Phoenixville, PA, or the classic “an…