Only 11 more days and I will be be on one of the most eagerly anticipated trips of my college life! On May 19th i'll be headed to London, U.K. with a (hopefully) quick connection in Philadelphia. This trip is part of a course offered at W.P. Carey (Arizona State) called MGT 350 International Business Seminars. Throughout our travels we will have sessions with several Companies and Organizations in Europe. These include:
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Develop.
Chevron Phillips Chemicals International
The European Commission
BETC European RSCG Advertising
Microsoft Europe
Cailler Chocolate Factory (Nestle)
The World Trade Organization (WTO)
Innsbruck Tourist Board
Leitner Ski Lift AG
Swarovski Crystal
BMW Welt Plant
Paulaner Brauerei
So like I said before, we start our trip in London, but we don't stay there for long. From London we leave to Brussels, Belgium (Home to the world's best chocolate...sorry Switzerland....get an army and then we can fight about it). After 3 nights in Brussels we head to Paris, the home of Le Tour Eiffel, and home of the foreign language I failed to learn after 4 years of it. Having been to Paris before, I find myself wanting to do everything I didn't when i was there last (about 3 years ago) For those of you that haven't here is a quick video on some essentials:
My friend Nicholas got me into correspondence with a guy named Armando. He knows the ins and outs of Paris and gave me these suggestions (with more to come):
1- Chez George restaurant bar and terrace - Centre George Pompidou - best view of paris and very good food. Perfect for a sunny day
2- Kong's restaurant on top of the Kenzo building with nice view, good atmosphere, perfect for dinner and/or drinks, international crowd but necessarily touristy
3- Le Cab - restaurant and night club younger crowd for a late dinner and dancing starting around 1 am
4- ChaCha - Restaurant, lounge bar - the place for the young and fashionable Paris crowd - best to have dinner there otherwise it's almost impossible to get in unless you know someone
5- Hotel Amour for dinner and Chez Moune for drinks
So i'm going to have to check out a couple of those places.
So from Paris we head to Lausanne, Switzerland. I've been to Lucerne, Geneva and Zurich before, but not Lausanne, so I'm pretty excited. From there we are taking a side trip to Geneva and Gruyere, both about 45 minutes from Lausanne. I'm hoping while in Geneva I can make my way towards the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN (That thing that was going to destroy the world with a black hole for some of you).
From Lausanne we head to Innsbruck, Austria. I was in Innsbruck three years ago. I remember stopping by a Culinary Academy to create some Apple Streusel (I'm not a big fan). I will say out of all the countries in Europe i visited before, I find Austria to be the most beautiful. The mountains are amazing and Vienna is a fantastic city. We also are going to take a Day Trip to Sterzing, Italy which is about 45 minutes south of Innsbruck. It is the same route we took up to to Austria from Italy last time I was there, and it goes right through the mountains and is quite the scenic drive.
After Inssbruck we head to our last destination of Munich. I'm really excited about Munich because 1) I have yet to have travelled there and 2) We visiting with BMW and Paulaner Brauerei (Brewery). So we spend a couple days there and before we know it it's June 11th and we're on our way back home.
STAY TUNED!
During the Trip I'm going to be posting pictures, thoughts, experiences and much more right here. I'll have profiles of all the companies we visit as well as reviews of all the places i go to (attractions, restaurants, transportation, etc..).
Back to Finals Studying!
~Tyler
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