Last day of the program! Sad to see it end, but I have had so much fun on the trip overall. We started our day with a bus ride from Gernika to Bilbao. We got to see the aftermath of the soccer final, which was surprisingly clean. We then were presented the design process for…
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A Long Walk
Today was a day full of exploring. We started off taking a bus to a place that was in Game of Thrones. We learned about the history of the Basque people along the way, like how the houses with palm trees with them are Indian houses, which are houses built after people went to the…
New Hotel
Last day in Bilbao. We started with a bus ride to Tekniker, a nonprofit that helps develop products with other companies and organizations. We got to see their different development labs and some current secret projects. They have 50-60 students working for them at a time and complete almost 300 projects a year. Each person…
Bilbao’s Bridge
Last day of the hotel breakfast; it hurts to leave it so soon. We started off the day heading to the labs of the Bilbao School of Engineering. We saw their equivalent of Pitt’s makerspace, which was a lot more equipped with huge industrial machines for PhD students to use on their research projects. We…
Flea Market and The Beach
One day closer to another hotel breakfast. Our group headed off to the flower and flea market that opens every Sunday along the river. Most of the shops are closed until later Sunday, but around noon they all start opening up. Seeing so many people out enjoying the weather and the shops is always something…
Unexpected Stop
It’s a little bit of a rainy day in Bilbao today, but the hotel breakfast cheered me up once more. We were off for another hospital visit at the start of the day but had to take a 45-minute metro ride to arrive there. All was well when one of my friends on the trip…
Free Time in Bilbao
Very short day today on the Plus3 trip. It was off to a sad start without the hotel breakfast; however, it was quickly made up by a beautiful day. We headed down to the old theater in Bilbao, which has its theater start on the third floor of the building. We got to learn about…
Going to the Guggenheim
After another great breakfast, we headed to the school of engineering once again. We had a lively presentation on the research happening in the school. The project is a balance machine meant to help stroke victims recover and measure their balance more accurately on a scale. The prototype was made complete in-house. It only took…
El segundo día
Day two already! We first started off by heading to the Bilbao School of Engineering once again. We learned about the school and got to play a Kahoot about some fun facts about the city of Bilbao. Three of the clubs of the school were presented to us. The first one we visited was similar…
El primer día
After too many travel naps, we finally made it to Bilbao. Even after all the traveling and a short day in Madrid, we still started bright and early. After the hotel provided one of the best breakfasts I’ve ever had, we headed off to Basurto Hospital for a tour and presentations from the staff. We…
Symon Bounces to Bilbao!
Hello! I am Symon Seyfert, a freshman industrial engineering student here at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering and David C. Frederick Honors College. I am from Wyomissing, PA, which is on the other side of the state from Pittsburgh. I have loved math and science since I was a kid, which ultimately…