Wow! I can’t believe it is officially the last day in the Netherlands. It has gone by so quickly. Today, we started by heading over to the Floating Farm. The Floating Farm is the only one in the world to start raising cows and making cattle-based products on the water. Here, they make a lot…

Wow, I can’t believe it is our second-to-last day here in the Netherlands! Time has definitely gone by quickly. Today, we set off at around 9 am to head over to DakAkker, a green roof in the middle of Rotterdam. Once we got there, we met our tour guide, Rob, who would show us some…

Today, we had the opportunity to visit Delta Park, where the Delta Works project showcases its work and exhibits. The Delta Works project was a series of operated pillars connected in order to block the passing of water between the North Sea and the river in order to prevent flooding. This project started right after…

I can’t believe we’re already more than a week into our program; time has gone by so fast! Today we had a much lighter day and a slow morning, meeting up with the group around 1:00 pm. Before this, we didn’t do much on our own, but we did sleep in and had a great…

It is officially our first day in Rotterdam! We got a great night’s sleep and started our day at 9 am to jump on a train and head over to The Hague. Over in The Hague, we had some free time before our scheduled visit to the Peace Palace. This time, we took the opportunity…

I cannot believe that we are officially halfway through our trip! Today we got the opportunity to visit Nouryon. Nouryon is a global company that focuses on creating and testing chemicals in order to make materials like PVC, rubber, etc. This was a very great site visit, seeing as we got to learn a lot…

We have officially reached our last day in Amsterdam. We did start off the day in a somber mood, seeing as our first activity of the day was visiting the Anne Frank House. This was an extremely enlightening experience for me because I remember reading the diary in middle school as a pre-teen and feeling…

We have made it to day 4! We started our day by grabbing breakfast in the lobby of the hotel to get straight into our day. Today we took the train to a little town called Zaanse Schans. In this town, we began by learning about Henri Willig, the largest cheese maker in the Netherlands….

Goedeavond! It’s officially day 3 in the Netherlands. We started with an early morning wake-up at 6am to be able to get to our private transfer to Royal Flora Holland. Royal Flora Holland is a company that focuses on auctioning flowers and leaves from all over the world! We were able to walk a 2km…

Yay! We officially arrived in Amsterdam this morning, having flown for almost 24 hours yesterday and last night. Let’s be completely honest, I am a bit jet-lagged, but I can say with confidence I made it through the day with a smile on my face, seeing as all my peers were going through the same…