For our final full day in Cyprus we got to visit St. Mina’s Monastery and Lefkara Village. Both places are set up high in the mountains of Cyprus. St. Mina’s Monastery is a small monastery that has a church inside and along the edges has housing for nuns. It was easy to see that the…
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Start a Sensational Seaside Rendezvous – Aphrodite’s Rock, Tombs of the Kings, and Paphos
Today we got to visit many places along the seaside of Cyprus. Aphrodite’s Rock, our first stop, has a lot of cool mythological history tied to it, although as a place to visit it is essentially just a large rock. My favorite part about visiting the rock was the beach, it was very interesting to…
And the Ways of the Old, Old Winds – Kourion and Limassol
This morning we visited the Archaeological Site of Kourion. During this visit we saw the House of Eustolius which was built during the Roman period and remodeled in 3rd-4th century AD. in the style of a Roman villa. Many of the mosaic floors within the house are still preserved and we were able to see…
Day 2: Learning about companies and history
This morning we visited the head office of Vasso Eliades in Nicosia which is Cyprus’ largest import and trading company. I learned so much about supply chain management and how this large distribution company combines technology with logicstics during the presentations and tour. Something that was especially interesting to me is how they represent Nestlé….
Working hard (hat), or hardly working? – Day 12
Wednesday was a day filled with even more ports. We started our day at Vassiliko cement works, where we learned about a supply chain that differed from the others of the trip thus far. It differed because not only does the port ship the goods, the goods are also made there as well. Being that…
Play-do V2
Today, we had a unique day filled evenly with culture and industrious companies. We stopped at Vassiliko Cement Works and Port. We first listened to a presentation on the company and then toured the plant and port. For lunch, we stopped at a fish tavern in Zygi and we concluded our day with a…
Data Science and Scorpions – Day 10
Today we went to UNIC and I was so excited because we were talking about a subject I was particularly interested in. Data science and forecasting. Being my first day “off the grid” I made sure to take plenty of pics on my MacBook before the lectures commenced. Our first lecture focused on blockchain, which…
Newest UNIC Transfer – Day 3
Day 3 started with one of the best breakfasts I have ever had. The food was so fresh and I was able to try a ton of new foods that I would not have been able to ever try in the states. After our lovely breakfast we made our way to the University of Nicosia…