Week 3 marked the end of our tenure in Copenhagen and the beginning of our experiences with the Manchester Business School in Manchester, England. For the next 5 weeks, we will be a part of the European Summer Study Program. The program begins in Manchester and moves through Prague, Barcelona, Grenoble, Paris and London with a final week in Manchester.
For this first week in Manchester, we have primarily been spending our time in classes from 9-4pm. We have been discussing the formation of and activities within the European Union and other Cross-Cultural Management issues. Our professor, Geoff Burton, has been fantastic. We all agree that he is one of those rare professors with the ability to keep his students engaged for the full lecture.
Outside of class, we have been able to enjoy the city, country and hanging out with the other students. We are about a 15 minute walk from downtown Manchester and are staying in "flats". They are essentially dorms with individual bedrooms and bathrooms for 4 people who share a kitchen. We usually cook dinner together every night and then relax.
On Friday, July 3rd, our program took a tour of the Royal Brewery in Manchester. Here they brew Fosters, John Smith and Strongbow. We went on a 2 hour tour of the facility seeing every step of the process. One amazing part was the packaging lines. They have the capacity of fill around 1500 cans per minute. After the tour was over, a few of us went to Old Trafford Stadium, home of Manchester United. It is the equivalent of the New York Yankees on the world stage. We took a tour of the stadium, locker rooms, field and museum. It was awesome.
On Saturday, a few of us went to the Peaks District National Park in Edale, England. It was a great way to spend 4th of July hiking through the hills. We took a rocky, steep path up to the top plateau known has Grindleford. It took us about 2 hours to reach the top where we relaxed, had lunch and took in the sites. The weather could not have been any better. Sunny and about 65 F. For dinner, we tried to bring a little taste of home to England by cooking burgers, brats and potatoes. Didn't get to see any fireworks, but that's ok.
Today, Sunday, we are getting packed up to leave for Prague until Thursday when we move on to Barcelona.
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