Internship!

As of last Wednesday, I have secured an internship for this summer. I will be working in Geneva, Switzerland for a company called GTIS. They have created a program that allows one to simply and quickly analyze international trade by looking at customs import and export data. I will be in charge of marketing this software and finding new clients. anyone interested? it's about $4,000 per year per country you want data on. I think complete access to the entire program runs at about 40k... if my memory from the class presentation serves me correctly... so i get to convince companies that this program is worth the investment. im definitely looking forward to it!

Istanbul

I don’t even know where to start. Every city that Lisa and I have visited has bored us after 2-3 days… Milan, Prague… even Stockholm… but Istanbul, wow. We spent 4 days there and we could have spent a week there and there would have still have been things to see. It’s such a different city, but since it’s cosmopolitan it’s not as much of a culture shock as I was expecting.

Our weather was less than desirable while we were there; it was cloudy, overcast and rained every day. We had a few hours of sun on Sunday and Monday, but that was pretty much it. Even the weather didn’t affect the way we felt about the city. There was so much to see; Ayasofya, the Blue Mosque, the Basilica Cistern, the Grand Bazaar, the ancient ruins… and so much to do; trip to Asia, Taksim square nightlight and shopping… we definitely didn’t have enough time at all

Châteaux

So, here are some actual photos of the castles we visited on our quick tour of the Loire Valley.


Chambord



Chenonceau





outside Amboise


Sauman

Châteaux