Well. Today marks our last day as a group in Bilbao. I’m sad to see it go, but I know the memories I have made and the things I have learned will last a lifetime. Before I get too sentimental, let’s jump into what activities we did today. We started by going back to the…

Today was a long and treacherous journey down a mountain, up 240 steps, and across the hilly terrain of a forest. We had breakfast at the hotel around 9; it couldn’t compare to that of our previous hotel, but that’s okay. We left around 10 for San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, where we would hike steep…

Today we left Bilbao for Gernika, where we will be staying for the rest of our trip due to the soccer game tomorrow. Dressed in business casual and rolling around our heavy suitcases, we boarded the bus to head to our visit at Tekniker, a manufacturing company located in the mountains a little past Gernika….

Back to the hotel breakfast today, and back to more professional development! Today we toured some more of the labs at the Bilbao School of Engineering, visiting ones working on the same device as Saioa. The first lab we saw included researchers working on integrating electromyography (attaching electrodes to muscles) into detecting the motion of…

Today was another blissfully well-slept day. Since today was super warm outside and we were visiting a coastal town (San Sebastian), I dressed very summery, wearing the shirt I bought yesterday. Everyone else had the same idea, and we were all decked out in stylish outfits for our first stop of the day, the flea…

Sleeping in until 10 AM really healed a part of me, especially considering that is what I’ve been used to this past semester and my week back home. There was sadly no breakfast provided by the hotel, but since we were up a bit later than usual, it was fine by me. Our only scheduled…

After another late night filled with pintxos and Spanish McDonald’s, today brought a more relaxed and culturally immersive journey around Bilbao. We were split into two groups to go to a cooking class and a tour around some sights in Bilbao, and an accompanying visit to the Ribera Market. My group, of course, the one…

Today started bright and early with another wonderful breakfast. We took the metro all the way to the end of the track to Plentzia, where the Hospital Gorliz is located along the coastline. Once we arrived (after a slightly sidetracked journey on the bus), we were welcomed by the nurses and medical staff with a…

Today was another business casual day at the Bilbao School of Engineering. We listened to our Basque professor, Saioa, present about her ongoing research in the biomedical engineering field: the Oreak-Balance Project. She explained how her team was creating a diagnosis and rehabilitation/training device that would examine the user’s balance through different angles and configurations….

Today started a bit later than yesterday, with a brief but informative presentation about the Bilbao School of Engineering. It was fascinating to learn how different the engineering program is here compared to back home, especially the significantly lower cost of education, which surprised (and maybe even annoyed) all of us. After that, we visited…

Hi there! After a whirlwind of traveling, which included lots of reading, getting no sleep for more than an entire day, and an adventure in Madrid, we finally made it to Bilbao! Despite how exhausted I was, it was a very busy and exciting day. The day started early, with a wonderful breakfast at the…

Hi everyone! My name is Sophie Lopez, and I am currently a first-year student in the Swanson School of Engineering. I’m majoring in bioengineering with plans to minor in mechanical engineering. My ultimate goal is to design prosthetics and other medical devices that can make a meaningful impact in the medical field. Here at Pitt,…