I am a little sad writing this as I realize this will be our last day in Cyprus and I will have to start packing once I finish this. Today we had our final company visits with VTTV and the Vasiliko Cement Company, both stationed at Vasiliko port. First we visited the cement factory where…
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Crossing the Green Line One Last Time
With the bus leaving at 11am I got the chance to catch up on some much needed sleep and realize how much more sleep I needed to catch up. At 11 we hopped on the bus and took a short ride to PwC’s offices. At PwC we first witnessed a presentation from Michael Muller about…
Adventure into the Ghost Town
Today was a nice leisurely day where we first got to do some sightseeing in the Turkish Republic of Cyprus. In order to get into a country only Turkey’s government recognized we had to pass through a checkpoint and were given a silent guide to make sure we did everything right. While in the Turkish…
Hanging out at UNIC
Today we spent the whole day of University Nicosia listening to different speakers. The first speaker we listened to was from Fleet Management Limited. They are a company that manages ships for the owners of them. They talked about the different types of cargo boats, for example the panamax class which is made for specifically…
The Weekend in Paphos
Saturday morning we woke up and began our trek to the other side of the island. Along the way we stopped at many different places. We first stopped at Kourion archaeological where we explored the ruins of an old town destroyed by an earthquake. It was really interesting to hear about a rich man in…
Day 5: Crashing Boats
Thankfully a day with a late wake up has arrived. We left the hotel at 9:30 where we headed back to Limassol to Bernhard Schulte Marine Services Training Center. We walked around the training center and learned about the training cadets had to do to work aboard container ships. We even had the opportunity to…
Day 4: Trek through the mountains
In reverse of yesterday we first leisurely headed to Trodos square to explore the mountains and take in the breath taking scenery. After our stop we headed further into the mountains to visit Omodos village and Timios Stravos Monastery. In the monastery there was a lot of relics, the most important one being a small…
Day 3: Enjoying Limassol’s Ports
With another early start at 8am we headed back out to Limassol. In the morning we visited Limassol port where we met with two of the three companies that run the port, DP World and Eurogate. DP World runs the economic part, dealing with cruise lines, cars and anything that doesn’t come in crates. Eurogate…
The Journey continues, Day 2 in Cyprus
Today we started our professional visits with companies. The first company we visited with was Medochemie, a generic pharmaceutical manufacturing company. Here I learned about the different types of ways things can be stored. For example, medochemie utilizes mobile storage racks to maximize area in the warehouse. After Medochemie we headed to the University of…
Day 1 in Cyprus
Today was the first day in Cyprus and we attempted to get over jet lag as we walked around the city. The first thing we did was take a walking tour around the new part of Nicosia. It was really interesting and cool to see the different architectures of their skyscrapers. As well as seeing…
The Pre-Cyprus Introduction
Hi, my name is Joseph Loesner, although I normally just go by Joe. I am a freshman from Cherry Hill, New Jersey and am enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh business school with a major in marketing. I am super excited for the upcoming trip to Cyprus as I feel it will provide me with…