Today we visited the town of Delft and the Windmills of Kinderdyk. Delft was super very different from where were staying, and had lots of cool sights such as its churches and many cool shops to check out. Afterwards when we visited the windmills, we learned lots of history about said windmills and got to [...]
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Day 9 Post – Nathan Hession
Today we visited The Hague, north of Rotterdam. We visited an art museum with lots of beautiful pieces, including but not limited to the famous Girl with a Pearl Earring. We also visited Erasmus University to collaborate and talk about supply chain and how the open sea affects it. After this we had a wonderful [...]
Day 8 Post – Nathan Hession
Yesterday we took a bike tour of Rotterdam to see the largest port in Europe, which was absolutely massive and housed so many large and cool ships. After this, we got some time to rest before we took a train to Amsterdam. Amsterdam was a blast, as we did a scavenger hunt that my team [...]
Day 7 Post – Nathan Hession
Yesterday was a long day of travel to get to Rotterdam from Munich, about 9 hours combined on the bus and train. When we finally arrived in Rotterdam, we took a food tour where we tried out local Stroop waffle and friet with mayonnaise. We also had a walking tour alongside it, so we got [...]
Day 6 Post – Nathan Hession
Today we visited the Dachau concentration camp, a grim place of Germany's history. It was saddening to see what happened to the "Enemies of the State" in the camps, worked to death or executed for whatever the SS saw fit. Overall a scary place but an important cautionary tale of our past to never to [...]
Day 5 Post – Nathan Hession
We had a shorter itinerary today, we had a walking tour of Munich where we saw the Glockenspiel and Frauenkirche as well as the English garden. After that we visited the BMW showroom and museum. It was awesome to see all the cool work BMW has done in the past, especially their motor cycles.
Day 4 Post – Nathan Hession
Today we visited FC Bayern Munich's home stadium Allianz Arena as well as the Munich Royal Palace. They were both very beautiful and well constructed, and I learned lots about how the Palace has changed throughout its history, and learned about its contents and their history as well. Walking out onto the field at the [...]
Day 3 Post – Nathan Hession
Today has been a very long day! We were out the door at 7:30 to get to Munich to drop our bags at the hotel and visit a nearby college shortly after. It was a pleasure to share a lecture and work with masters students from Munich University of Applied Sciences. Afterwards, we visited the [...]
Day 2 Post – Nathan Hession
Today we visited the Mercedes-Benz and Porsche plants here in Stuttgart. It was interesting to see the differences between the philosophies of the two plants, as well as the differences in their manufacturing processes. I greatly enjoyed seeing the Porsche plants upholstery section, I had never realized how much work they put into the leather [...]
Day 1 Post – Nathan Hession
I had a wonderful walking tour of Stuttgart today! I got to learn about the history of Stuttgart and all about what it has offer nowadays. Afterwards we went to Karls BrauHaus and had a wonderful meal that I had never had before, Pork Knuckle! It was very good, I recommend trying it if given [...]
