Today was such a nice day to explore! We visited St. Minas Monastery located in Agios Minas. The monastery was a beautiful mix of Byzantine and Gothic architecture styles with mosaics inside. We drove to Lefkara Village after. This village was my favorite place we have been to from staying in Cyprus. It was a…
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My Presentation Comes to Life
I’ve always wondered how my online order made it from a factory across the ocean to my doorstep so fast—well, we’ve got ports (and a whole lot of hardworking ships, cranes, and people) to thank for that! The Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) plays a critical role in managing the operations of the island’s ports, serving…
Day 8: Entering the Transfer Portal?
To start off our first full day in Nicosia, we traveled to the University of Nicosia (UNIC) for a few lectures. As soon as we stepped on the campus I was in awe. The architecture is so modern and everything is so clean and organized. We entered a mid-size lecture hall for our first lecture…
Visiting UNIC for the first time and attending some lectures – Cyprus Day 8
Today was our first morning in Nicosia. I got up and got ready for the day and we were off to visit The University of Nicosia or UNIC. UNIC is our partner university for this program and we’ve heard a lot about it so there was a lot of anticipation to visit this university for…
Day 7: A Day of Traveling & Greek Mythology
After leaving Limassol this morning, we started our journey to the second half of our trip: Nicosia! However, we made a few stop along the way. The first place that we went was Aphrodite’s Rock. This was my slide when my group did a presentation on Cyprus, so I came in with some background information….
Day 6: The Other Side of the Island
I never would have thought that I would need a passport to go between different areas of the same country, but today we spent almost an hour going through passport check between Northern and Southern Cyprus. Although we learned about the conflict between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots during our pre-departure classes, the tenseness between…
Day 5: Site Visits & Sustainability
We started off this lovely Friday morning with a site visit to Vassiliko. Something unique about this company is that we were lucky to have not one, not two, but three presentations on 3 different parts of the business: cement works, the port, and VTTV liquid fuels. Vassiliko’s Cement Works in Cyprus is actually their…
Day 3 in Cyprus: Ship Management & Pharmaceuticals
Today we were back in Limassol down by the Marina to start our first company site visits! To start, I got to see two sides of ship management in Cyprus. First, we heard from Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement Training Center (BSM), where we were given an overview of the larger company, Schulte Group, and what they…
Day 3: Shipmanagment -> Medicine
After a few days of touring this beautiful country, we were able to finally able to visit some businesses that are based in Cyprus! Our first stop was at Bernard Schulte Shipmanagement Training Center, where we were able to learn more about the way students train to become captains and engineers on BSM’s ships and…
Site Visits, Cyprus Day 3!
We had our first round of sight visits today! We went to Bernhard Schulte Management (BSM), Columbia Shipmanagement, and Medochemie. BSM, which is pictured in the featured image, is a leader in ship management, ship ownership, and shipping materials. Today, we were able to visit their training center, which was founded in 1983 and hosts…
Serenity, Sarcophagus, and Sandy Beaches – Day 2 in Larnaca
It’s day 2 in Cyprus and I woke up this morning and got ready for the day and everything that we had planned today. I got breakfast and waited for the bus in the lobby of the hotel. In the lobby, someone was playing the piano. I asked him what the song was and he…
Day 1 – Beautiful Views, Cats, and Exploration!
After all the traveling from Pittsburgh, to DC, to Munich we are finally in Cyprus! We arrived about mid afternoon yesterday and got some time to settle in and explore some of the Marina. We all got dinner and walked a bit down the boardwalk. Today was our first day exploring Limassol. Everything here is…
Day 1: Historical Sites!
After a grueling over 24 hour travel day, we made it to Cyprus! Although we had dinner last night at the Marina, today was our first real day of sight seeing. The first place that our tour guide took us to was the ancient ruins of Kourion. These served as a source of hygiene and…
Day One: Ruins of Kourion and Kolossi Castle
Today was my first full day traveling in Cyprus. First, leaving from the city of Limassol, we went to see the ancient ruins of Kourion. The ruins we visited were atop a hill with a beautiful view of the farmland and sea below, with it being about 100 meters above sea level. I found it…
Day 1 Adventures!
After 24+ hours of travel, we have arrived in Limassol, Cyprus! The city is bustling, and the beach is absolutely beautiful with bright blue water. This morning, we ventured 15 km west from Limassol to the Old City of Kourion, which was one of the 10 major kingdoms of the millennium BC. In those days,…
Day Four; Mountain Town Tour
Today, we took a break from Cyprus’s humid climate and visited the mountains around Nicosia. We went to a small tourist town very high up in the mountains, so high it snows there consistently every year. Ramsey showed me his photography skills as we took some nice pictures of the surrounding valleys and mountains. Another…
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…