“i mean one chopstick is still better than none”-Dr. Koch
Dr. Koch, CES
INNSBRUCK, AT: We arrived at our stay in the late afternoon on Monday June 3rd. After unloading the bus of my 65 lbs suitcase, my roommate, Tori and I went up to our rooms to get a look at this view:
The following day we wrapped up our Comparative Economic Systems class with Dr. Koch. This week we learned about and were tested on the political and economic challenges/changes that occurred in China, India, and Japan during the 1960-early 2000s period.
Then, on Wednesday we visited Swarovski and Crystal World. Both were much cooler than I thought. Especially with the name “Crystal World” I was expecting something really cheesy, but it proved to be a really beautiful park and exhibit. In one section they set up a circular water pond with sparkly clouds with ASMR sounds. Its nearly impossible to put that physical experience into words. But it was truly beautiful.
Finally, Thursday was an emotional wreck of a day. Let me tell you why.
Here we are settled in our seats wrapping up our class content for Japan. Learning all about the Kirestu model of “family business” all is well in the world Kumbaya is the mood. When we suddenly shift gears into learning the class content for International Trade and Finance. We had over 2 and a half hours of going over the overly detailed and busy syllabus and speeding through the seven models of trade-of which I can only remember one. On paper that may not look like a problem. However, we had an exam for our previous class the next morning and was spending all this time trying to process new information on an entirely new course.
*exhales.
That night was spend studying. As one might do.
Finally after numerous back to back days of classes and exams we had a free evening to hike the alps and enjoy nature. As I expected Austria would be.
From Innsbruck we were off to Geneva Switzerland.
Peace,
Hannah Reed
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