Today was a speed run through Girona and the Dali museum. Girona was a beautiful city with some amazing architecture which I wish I got to actually sit and enjoy. There was a flower festival going on which made everything look even prettier. This was also the location where some Read more…
Today I booked a lunch at a place called the Husky House. I’ve been really missing my own dogs back home and wanted to hang out with some dogs to fill the void. The Husky House is an Airbnb experience where you can pet 4 very well-trained huskies and then Read more…
After a very good night sleep, I woke up ready to explore for our second and final day in Madrid! Our morning started fairly early with an AMAZING breakfast buffet. The spread was one of the widest I had ever seen and it was nice to sit down and eat Read more…
Hi Everyone, The last guest lecture was with Josep Ortega and how he built his company from the ground up. I thought that he was probably the most interesting of the guest lecturers that came to speak with us. His company’s back story and what they’ve accomplished is very impressive Read more…
The guest lecture with Josep Ortega was probably one of my favorite ones. He was able to keep our attention and swiftly got through his presentation while still explaining everything thoroughly. I liked how he asked if we had any questions on specifics as the presentation was going on instead Read more…
Today we had an early start visiting the Modernism Museum. It was really interesting going through this museum and learning about how art and its meaning were being pushed depicting the struggle and real lives people lived. There was also a lot of furniture with intricate details of people or Read more…
For our next class trip, we took a train to Madrid, the capital of Spain, for an overnight stay. The train we took was really fast and we got to see a lot of really nice views as we traveled through the countryside. We stayed in Hotel Madrid Plaza Espana Read more…
Today was our first guest speaker and business visit in Spain. Our guest speaker was Benjamin Cunningham who worked as an international journalist, but now is an author. He was born in Michigan, bored, and wanted to go for his master’s in international journalism. Ben decided to study in Amsterdam Read more…
The big trip for today was visiting Sagrada Familia and Park Guell. Sagrada Familia is a huge church designed by Antoni Gaudi. Construction started in 1882 and is still continuing to this day. The entire structure is built with many symbolic meanings behind them. One of them being the number Read more…
I had the morning to myself so I went to a new place to try coffee. I went this time to Departure Coffee Company, it had a very minimalistic modern look to it. Afterward, I decided to walk around and explore the different clothing shops, but I got targeted and Read more…