My favorite site visit thus far in the trip has been visiting Poseidon’s Temple. We started off our day by taking a scenic bus tour on the way to the temple led by our tour guide, Dimitri. We were able to see different coastal neighborhoods in the suburbs of Athens on the way to the…
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Day 1: Hassan II Mosque
Today was the first day of our two week adventure in Morocco. We landed in the Casablanca Airport early in the morning, and immediately bussed over to the city center. On the drive over, I was surprised to see the variety in urban development. The rural houses of Casablanca all seemed consistent in their size…
Trip Favorites So Far
So far, the most interesting sight visit for me has been the venomics lecture from the university on Friday. As someone who has a lot of interest in chemistry and it’s different applications, I really liked hearing about the different reactions and sources for finding new chemicals and it was cool connecting some of the…
Molecules to Mountains: Greece Day 5!
By Opal Miller Today we attended a lecture at UNIC Athens, visited the Benaki museum, and saw the top of Mt. Lycabettus. In this morning’s lecture, we learned about venom chemistry, and how the different molecules in venom cocktails and their functional groups can be chemically manipulated to form analogs with medicinal applications. Some examples…
Peak Point in Greece
Today, we started off our day with an informative lecture at UNIC by Professor Sarigiannis. We learned more about peptide products becoming increasingly popular, and how various venoms from snakes, lizards, and even scorpions is derived for peptide production. I was very intrigued by this topic as a chemical engineering major and bioengineering minor, as…
A Day in my Eyes
Today as a group we all went back to the University of Nicosia’s branch campus. To start the day we received a very interesting lecture on the advancing technology in chemistry. Specifically research on peptides and their potential uses. It was amazing to get a lecture from one of the leading researchers on the topics,…
A Taste of Greece
During these past few days, we have seen how important the history and culture of Athens, an ancient city, is to the country of Greece by visiting museums, landmarks, walking throughout the city, and cooking. Participating in the cooking class provided me with a valuable hands-on experience as to how Greek history and culture is…
Cooperation in Ancient Athens
In the first few days of our trip we have been running all over the city viewing tons of historical cites. The main place we have visited now is the Parthenon! I’ve always been impressed with the innovation of the Greeks and Romans but being there to witness its scale and depth in person brought…
Breaking Ground with Lamda
Today when we visited Lamda, we were able to learn about BIM and GIS technology and how they are implemented into engineering works. Visiting where the Ellinikon is being built showed me how the application of technology is more heavily emphasized and how it is integrated into more large-scale projects. This will impact my work…
A long but Important Day
Today we had one of our longer planned days as well as our first company visit. As a group we took a guided tour through parts of Athens. The older parts of the city had some of the best scenery that I have ever seen in person. Later in the day we traveled down to…
Plus3 South Korea 02: Gyeongbokgung Palace
Today, we arrived at the ICN airport at 4:00 am and drove into Seoul. Most of us were pretty tired after just coming off our 16-hour flight from Atlanta, but we were all very excited for what was to come as we began to see the natural and architectural beauty of Korea on our drive…
Delayed… Not Defeated, Finally Here
My arrival to Greece was delayed sharply when me and 4 other students got the news that we would be withdrawn from our original flight at 1:55pm, and instead placed upon the 8:30pm flight. This 6.5 hour delay, while discouraging, did not manage to kill me and my classmates excitement, or even put a dent…
Postcards from Morocco: The Journey Begins…
Welcome to the blog! My name is Rishika Kokje! I’m originally from the Philadelphia area, and I am a first-year business student at the University of Pittsburgh. I’m studying Global Management and Finance, and hoping to dabble in Sports Management along the way. On campus, I’m apart of the Pitt Rowing Team, I serve as…