The day started with us getting a presentation from a lady who works for Tony’s Chocolonely. We learned about how the company wants to stop child labor or minimize the gap between them and other big chocolate brands from the production of cocoa. The company is leading a great cause and sells tasty chocolate in…

The day started with us getting a tour of University of Amsterdam business school. Their business school has the largest number of people than any of the other schools. We got to see different buildings related to different types of business. Examples include the law school and economics building. The tour I was on was…

The day started with us traveling to Utrecht by train. There we met up with Sophia who took us to Aurea Imaging. We received a presentation on what exactly the company does and is involved in. They deal with agriculture engineering for farms. A way of identifying problems is by using drones which collect data…

Today’s journey started with us visiting the University of Amsterdam’s Engineering School. The building was very nice and big inside. The engineering student mentioned they have a movie theater, and the tuition is around three thousand which is very low compared to colleges in the US. It was interesting hearing they only have engineering as…

I started the day by getting breakfast and reading in the park. There weren’t a lot of people in the park at 8am. The loudest noise came from the birds fighting over bread around me. I did get a picture of the pretty view though that you can see above. Then I went back to…

Today started with going on a bus ride to the Watersnoodmuseum. The museum was very moving and sad. Around 1,836 lives were lost as a result of the flood that happened in the Netherlands in 1953. There was a storm that breached all protective infrastructure, bringing about a massive flood that would destroy numerous lives…

This morning started with us taking a 40 minute train ride to Rotterdam. It was kind of chaotic since the first train we got on was canceled and we had to get off and get on another. I enjoyed the ride over as I got to read. After that, we headed to check into a&o…

Today I got to see the 3D printed bridge by the company MX3D in person. The architecture of it is just fascinating. The way it is shaped shows off the art of it rather than just being a standard bridge. We then got a group photo on the bridge that you can see below. Next…

The day started with getting breakfast in the hostel. Then the group traveled to Zaanse Schans to explore the famous Dutch windmills. We took the tram and train there. It was our first time using the train station here. The whole experience was kind of chaotic as a group of us wasn’t let into the…

Today was the second day in Amsterdam. We started the day with breakfast and walked to a university. There we had an engineering talk with Karel Bockstael who was a former VP of Sustainability from KLM. That company deals with the aviation industry and aerospace. He presented to us ways that the aviation industry, especially…

Today was the first day of being in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The first thing I noticed today as we arrived in the Schiphol airport is that there is a lot of diversity. The amount of people in the airport surprised me as I am not used to being in such a big crowd of people. This…