Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
We awoke at the ungodly hour of 6:30am, already having lost an hour to German daylight savings, and after our breakfast provided graciously by our Köln hotel well before the typical time, we promptly boarded the bus for a four-hour bus ride north to Bremen. We got off at Bremen Universum, a math and...
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China — Day Three 3/27/16 Today we woke up and had a wonderful breakfast at 8:30. We then got ready and prepared for our long ride to the Great Wall of China. We departed by bus at 9:00 and had a 2 hour ride to Beigoucun. We then went to a converted Brick Yard,...
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We woke up this morning early and had a nice breakfast of tomatoes, olive oil, jam, and homemade bread at 8 am! Then we all went to La Casa Africana, a meeting space for the FES community and talked about our personal goals for this week. We also established a few different leadership roles...
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After a tasty breakfast at our Beijing hotel, we started off with some friendly foosball competition, which became very intense. Later, we walked to the metro station. The underground space was very crowded. We took the train to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. We split up into three groups, and explored the City,...
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3.24.16 and 3.25.16 We all met at MFS at 5:00am to catch the bus to the airport. Upon arrival we unloaded the bus and proceeded to check our bags. We then walked through security and to our gate. With 2 hours until departure we all split up to find food. After breakfast we all...
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After a nice flight from Beijing to Chengdu, we checked into Sim’s Cozy Hostel. Once we checked in we went and got dinner, which was a classic Sichuan Hot Pot dinner. This meal uses boiled sauces and creates a “make your own” dinner approach. There are two sides to the pot. There was a...
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Today we traveled to Cordoba. After we unpacked at the hotel, we began to explore the city. We then went to eat tapas. Tapas are a family styled way of eating meals, where everyone shares the food given to each other. We enjoyed a variety of different Spanish dishes, some with seafood and others...
Continue readingWe began our (rainy) morning with a French favorite, croissant and baguette, along with some yogurt and coffee. The coach arrived for us to begin our tour of the city. The tour lasted 2.5 hours and included a stop at Café Richard, Simon’s favorite coffee stop in Paris and Garrett’s favorite stop because it...
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Day Three Today, one of the coldest days of the week, we did various activities that seem to take the bitter edge from the chilled temperature. To begin the day, we watched a documentary about a football team in Memphis, Tennessee. It connected nicely with our multicultural discussions from Friday. Our focus today was...
Continue readingWe had an early start this morning. We had to be out of the hotel by 5:00 am (1 am at home!) to catch our 7:30 train to Paris! The train was about 2 hours long and 30 of those minutes we were under water crossing the channel. The train reached 186 kph! Once...
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