Hello all, welcome to the final blog of my trip to Cyprus! Today was such a nice way to end the trip. First up on our agenda was St. Mina’s Monastery, which was most likely made during the Byzantine era. It was beautiful. There was gold all around the photos at the front of the…
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Oh, To Sail The Seven Seas!
Hello all, welcome to my blog #9! Today, we visited Bernhardt Shulte and the Columbia Group, two ship management companies. I learned about the amount of effort and behind-the-scenes work that goes into management and seafaring. From the company visits, I got to see how the Columbia Performance Optimization team manages each ship to avoid…
Virtual Insanity
Hello all, welcome to blog #8 of my Cyprus trip! Today, we visited the Vassiliko Cement Company. As you may have already guessed from the name, this company focuses on the exportation of cement and clinker from Cyprus. One of the aspects that makes Vassiliko Cement Company so interesting is the degree to which they…
Hold Up, This One Is ImPORTant!!!
Hello everyone, welcome to blog #7! Today’s agenda was a little different from the others; we only traveled to one location—the Limassol Port. However, within this location were four transport companies: Cyprus Port Authority (CPA), DP World, P&O, and Eurogate. These companies work together to manage Cyprus’s imports and exports. This type of work is…
Tomb Raider… But Without The Violence
Hello all, welcome again for blog #6! Today was a long day of adventure. I tried to keep it to one paragraph, but there was too much information for only a single one to be enough, so I broke it into three smaller paragraphs for easier reading (also so I can add many photos!). First…
…And Everything Was Set in Stone
Hey everyone, it’s that time of the day again! Get ready for blog #5! On today’s agenda, we took a long(ish) bus ride from Limassol to Famagusta. During this bus ride, we were able to learn a lot about the history of Northern Cyprus from our tour guide, Georgia. One of the things that struck…
You Don’t Look a Day Over 500 ;)
Hello all, welcome to blog #4 of my trip to Cyprus! For today’s agenda, our first stop was the ancient Kourion archaeological site. At the site, we were able to visit two locations. The first was a Roman-style amphitheater. It was originally built in the 2nd century B.C. in the Greek style and was more…
Ease on Down the (Village) Road
Welcome to blog #3 of my Cyprus endeavors! First up for today’s agenda was a visit to War Gaming, the video game company that developed the World of Tanks game and other similar titles. During this visit, I learned how similar the business concepts for the game development industry are to those of other consumer…
Making My Way, It’s An Adventure Every Day!!
Well, folks, it’s time for blog #2! Our first item on today’s agenda was visiting a Vassos Eliades distribution warehouse. They are one of the top distributors of consumer goods across Cyprus. They work with a range of companies producing goods from food-centric to luxury watches. Visiting the warehouse, I noticed that the office space…
First-Day Feast
Hello everybody, today marked the first official day in Cyprus! What better way to kick off the time than to learn about cuisine? The instructors at the University of Nicosia presented us with the different foods native to Cyprus. One of the things that stuck out to me was the more prevalent types of seasonings…
Up, Up And Away… To Cyprus!
Hello! My name is Jasmine Horton. I am a first-year engineering student at the Swanson School of Engineering. I am interested in electrical engineering. I was born in Pittsburgh, PA, however, my family immediately moved to Arkansas, where we stayed until I was 5. Then, we made the 14-hour drive back to Pittsburgh, and I’ve…