Day 12 was quite entertaining and a bittersweet end to our educational experience in the Netherlands! After I munched on an apple for breakfast, our day started with a laid-back 10:10am walk to Rotterdam Centraal from where we took a tram to get to the Floating Farm. The Floating Farm is quite literally a farm…

Day 11 was short but sweet! Today started off with a laid-back 9:15am breakfast, for which I had some bread with vegan margarine and cherry jam. We all then walked over to DakAkker, which is a building with an entirely green roof. Our tour guide, Rob, walked us through the history of the creation of…

Day 10 was quite educational and thought-provoking! Our day started with an 8:20am private bus ride (no breakfast for me yet again as I made it down just in time!) to Deltapark Neeltje Jans, a museum that explains the history of the creation of the Delta Works bridges. There, we learned about the disastrous flood…

Day 9 was an interesting and exercise-filled day! Our day started with an 8:50am breakfast, although I didn’t actually have anything as I was just on time walking out the door this morning! We took the train to TU Delft and then walked for about 15 minutes to get to the Green Village, which is…

Day 8 was quite the energizing thrill! This morning was pretty chill, with a laid-back 8am wake-up and 9:30am breakfast. As we had a free morning, a couple of friends and I took a tram to visit the Nieuwe Instituut (an architecture museum in Rotterdam) in Museumpark and explore local and international modern and futuristic…

Day 7 was a very touristic and educational day! My day started off with a very pleasant breakfast from our new hostel in Rotterdam; I was very happy to see that I had more options than just oatmeal (which is actually not even offered at this hostel) and I was able to enjoy a breakfast…

Albeit a lot of sitting on the bus, Day 6 was a blast! And yes, I took my cover picture in a pictures-are-okay location within Nouryon! Our day started with a semi-formal site visit to Nouryon, a chemical company that manufactures organic peroxide and alkyl metals to sell to other companies and individuals who use…

I can’t believe that today was already our last full day in Amsterdam! With a morning and evening activity, today was quite a long–but fun–day! We started with a 10:30am tour of the Anne Frank museum, in which we had the incredible opportunity to explore a near-replica of Anne Frank’s family’s hiding place during the…

Day 4 in Amsterdam was a blast! We took a 9:11am train towards Zaandijk Zaanse Schans to visit the Henri Willig cheese factory in order to learn more about Willig’s sustainable practices to cultivate dairy products. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that they use microbial rennet rather than product from an actual animal in…

Day 3 in Amsterdam started off strong, with an early-morning site visit to the Royal FloraHolland company during which we had the amazing opportunity to tour an entire section of the company’s warehouse while witnessing some of their work in action. I had the most wonderful time walking along the 2km bridge and blatantly staring…

Wow, I cannot believe that Day 1 of Amsterdam is already behind us! Albeit exhausting, today’s activities were a great kickoff for the rest of our program! Once we landed, we were introduced to our chaperone, Brian, who led us through each of the day’s activities. We started with the Fault in Our Stars scavenger…

Hi everyone! My name is Shreya Karnam and I am a first-year mechanical engineering undergraduate student in the Swanson School of Engineering and the Frederick Honors College. I hope to obtain a dual major in mechanical and electrical engineering with a minor in mathematics. I am from Princeton Junction, New Jersey (not actually Princeton, although…