Hallo! Welcome back to my final blog post! Today we started the day early in Rotterdam, heading to the Floating Farm. This concept began after Hurricane Sandy (in 2012- opened in 2019), inspiring the owners to make a farm that can survive in the water (more space, less flood risk), as climate change and flooding…

Hallo! Welcome back to day 12 of my blog: one more blog left after this! Today we went to InHolland’s School of Applied Sciences Rotterdam campus. This reminded much more of Pitt than Delft because it was more urban & larger in size. Still, it was confined to a few faculties similar to the Delft…

Hallo! Welcome back to day 11 of my blog. After today, I will have two more blogs and then I head home Friday! Today, we took a bus to Deltaworks, which was about 1.5 hours south of Rotterdam in the Zeeland delta region, the same area affected by the flood we saw in the Watersnoodmuseum….

Hallo! Welcome back to day 10 of my blog! Today we took public transit to InHolland’s College of Applied Sciences in Delft, which is just outside of Rotterdam. Colleges in the Netherlands are very different than the states, mainly because it is a much smaller country. Here, each school has it’s own “focus” or as…

Hallo! Welcome back to day 8 of my blog. Today we had a late start, which gave us free time to try a bagel cafe near our hostel. We had delicious mozzarella, tomato, basil bagels and coffee. After our refreshing brunch, we boarded the bus for Waternoodsmuseum in the South of Holland’s Delta region called…

Hallo! Welcome to day 7 of my blogs: today we ventured to the Zuiderzeemuseum, which is north of Amsterdam and Rotterdam on the North Sea. We took a journey on a ferry boat over to the town, which is on a peninsula. It was similar to colonial Williamsburg, filled with actors demonstrating 19th century Dutch…

Hallo! Welcome back to day 6 of my blog! It’s Friday the 10th and our last morning in Amsterdam at our hotel in Sloderdijk. I am sad to leave such a lively and beautiful place, but I am excited to see a new city: Rotterdam!  We started our day on a journey to De Zaanse…

Hallo! Welcome to day 5 of my blog. We started the day with a tour of Our Lord in the Attic museum in central Amsterdam, which is a hidden church. In the 16th century, catholicism was outlawed in the Netherlands, requiring all people must practice Protestant religion. The catholic church then decided to make several…

Hallo! Welcome back to day 3 of my blog. Today we traveled to the town Deventer, which is about 90 minutes outside of Amsterdam. Here we toured the chemical manufacturing company called Nouryon. This is a private equity company with around 8200 employees that manufactures many different polymer-based chemicals for a variety of purposes, including…

Hallo! Welcome to day 3 of my perspectives of Amsterdam: starting bright and early at 6AM. Why so early you ask? We were headed to Royal Flora Holland in Aalsmeer, the world’s largest international trade platform for flowers, which operates at early hours in the day. Upon entering the 250 football field size warehouse, the…

Hallo! Welcome back to my Amsterdam blog: day 2! Today, we started the day well-rested at 8AM for our first breakfast in Hotel Meininger. It was better than any hotel breakfast I’ve had in the States, and my favorite part was the cream puffs, which were light and fluffy. I also enjoyed the free espresso…

Hallo and welcome to my first Amsterdam blog! Today was an early morning start, with our 7-hour flight from Boston to Amsterdam arriving at 5:35AM. After making it through customs shockingly swiftly, we were introduced to our guide, Raha. She is very sweet and passionate about her job, and interestingly she knows five languages! We…