Month: May 2019

The displays at the Miniatur Wunderland were an amazing display of craftsmanship and patience to witness. To think that someone can not only make a living off of creating these dioramas, but to have it become so widely renowned and recognized is heartwarming in it's own way for someone like myself who has always made [...]

Today I went to the Skoda plant where I got to tour the assembly line. Where they finished assembly the car which seemed to be a more traditional type of line when assembling the car to a finished product. Cody Phillips

After walking through Skoda today, it carries a really strong contrast in it's way of production in comparison to BMW. They really carry a lot of overhead at Skoda while BMW tries to utilize automated processes at every turn. A similarity they do share is the fact that they both have to build vertically since [...]

Today we left Prague and went to the Skoda factory. To my surprise the Skoda factory was bigger than I thought. I never realized how big of a brand Skoda was in Europe.

Today, we tour the Skoda factory. After breakfast, we hung out till 12:40 when our bus was supposed to pick us up. Unfortunately, the driver got the wrong hotel, so we were about 30 minutes late to the factory. Upon arrival, we were taken to the actual factory as we stopped at museum first. Since [...]

It was fun visiting SKODA today and it was exciting to see car designs that aren't made in America. It's hard to imagine one third of a city is made up of one factory. It's clearly more important to Czechs economy than I thought. - Sean Taylor

Having a whole third of a city dedicated to a single automotive factory, the industry seems to be a lot more important to the economy and culture around here than I had originally thought. Hearing how the average salary there of about $1000 a month was above average also helped set into perspective how affluent [...]

Today, we toured Skoda, the factory is about an hour outside of Prague in Mladá Boleslav. Skoda has always been a Czech company from its inception in the 1890's until now. In the town Mladá Boleslav, Skoda owns one third of the total area of the town and is the biggest employer in the area. [...]

Czech architecture in its older buildings is modeled off of the Gothic style with a sprinkle of Romanesque. Prague has a lot of towers and Cathedrals all across the city that showcases the magnificence of the structure as well as the craftsman who built it. When we were walking around last night, some of these [...]

Early morning days are hard but worth it. We took a cool tour of the city. Got to see a lot of cool sights, from the Charles Bridge to the Prague Castle. After dinner, a couple of guys and I went out to experience the city at night.-Max Murray