This morning, Bell and I took a trip to the Rijksmuseum which was an enormous building with an overwhelming amount of art. We tried to take everything in but there just was not enough time. Some of the artists’ artwork that I enjoyed were Ruisdael, Aert van der Neer, Paul Gabriel, and Hendrick Willem. My…
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Word of the Day: Karamel
Today started out with a visit to the University van (of) Amsterdam (UVA) business campus. The campus had many beautiful modern buildings but, like many campuses in the US, also had some older buildings mixed in. Also similar to Pitt and other campuses I have visited, there seemed to be an abundance of construction. While…
Word of the Day: Gebakken
Today we traveled to Ultrecht, another gorgeous city in The Netherlands. It is impressive how many of these beautiful cities the country has and how easy it is to travel between them. The more time I spend here, the more I love the public transportation and wish the US had something comparable. One of my…
Word of the Day: Econoom
Today began with a visit to the VU University which is a beautiful but small campus situated within the city of Amsterdam. Again, I am a huge fan of the architecture used in the city around their campus, especially their gorgeous and expansive engineering building. The abundance of glass is beautiful and the big open…
Word of the Day: Marktplaats
Today started with a visit to the flee market in Amsterdam. The market was extremely large, with so many different people selling their old things. It was unlike anything I had ever seen before, like a supersized garage sale. There were t-shirts, jeans, suits, leather pants, chinaware, model cars, cameras, and more. Almost anything you…
Word of the Day: Lekker
Today started out at another very sad museum. The museum commemorated the 1,836 people in the Zeelandic islands who were killed in the flood of 1953. The museum does a very good job of depicting the deaths as more than just numbers, describing the stories of some of the people and displaying the belongings of…
Word of the Day: Hanes
Today started with a train ride to Rotterdam. There were some hiccups with the transportation but overall I enjoy the public transportation a lot. Since it is provided as part of our trip, I am not really sure how the price compares to driving a car but I feel like the trains and trams are…
Word of the Day: Ingang
Today began with a visit to the bridge that MX3D built and installed in central Amsterdam. It was neat to stand on the bridge knowing it was the first 3D printed bridge in the world. It feels like a special place considering that 3D printing is something that has exploded in popularity recently and likely…
Word of the Day: Afmijnzaal
Today we woke up early to travel to the warehouse of one of the flower auctions held in the Netherlands. The warehouse was extremely large and bustling with activity as flowers were being sold and shipped in real time. The ability for all this selling to occur online, in real time, to corporations across the…
Word of the Day: Bruidsklompen
Today we took the tram and train across the city to see Zaans Schans, an industrial part area of The Netherlands. We had the opportunity to try some incredible cheese which was very fun. We also learned about how the cheeses were made. We were told about how the farm is using a special breed…
Word of the Day: Achterhuis
Today started off with a delicious breakfast that felt to me like something I would eat in France. The croissants were some of the best I have ever had and the other pastries were very good. We then visited a nearby university to hear a lecture from Karel, who was previously an executive at KLM…
Word of the Day: Oost
We landed in the Netherlands around 8 am local time today. The first thing I noticed when I got off the plane was that much of the signage was in both English and Dutch. I wondered if this was a phenomenon isolated to the airport which presumable had many foreign English speakers pass through it…
Off to the Netherlands!
I am Frederick Laudati but I go by Jack. I am a Computer Engineering student at Pitt and I love to learn by doing. I am part of Pitt’s Formula Society of Automotive Engineers where I get to help build a race car. This is very special to me because I get to apply what…