Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our entry for Tuesday, 1/24 comes from Petr Vostry and Vaclav Mares. Tuesday January 24 was the last day of corporate visits. We visited TV Globo in the morning and the Cristo Redentor afterwards. TV Globo
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our second entry for Monday, 1/23 comes from Yuan-Che Cheng. It was no surprise that traffic was awful in downtown Rio on Monday morning. Thanks to the traffic, I had more time to explore and record the
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our entry for Monday, 1/23 comes from Nick Gaudiot. Our day started with a trip to PetroBras , a Brazilian oil company. It was very interesting to see how much of the oil business PetroBras controlled
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our second entry for Sunday, 1/22 comes from Joe Melican. Sunday was supposed to be our day off. We could have slept in and spent the whole day relaxing on the beach. But NOT SO
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our first entry for Sunday, 1/22 comes from Rob Ruiz. Sunday = leisure. Sunday, in Rio de Janeiro, in the Summer, on a 90 degree day … now that’s a whole different kind of leisure. For
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our second entry for Friday, 1/20 comes from Tamara Stone. Today was an early start for us as it was our transfer day from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro. On our way we had
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our entry for Friday, 1/20 comes from Kim Bowman. On our last morning in San Paulo, we woke before sunrise to board a bus for our drive to Rio de Janeiro and a corporate visit at
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our second entry for Thursday, 1/19 comes from Kimberly Taing. The day started off with a visit to UNICA, a representative for sugarcane mills. Before the presentation by Luana, I was not too informed about ethanol and
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our first entry for Thursday, 1/19 comes from Elaine Ho Chen. Sustainability and social responsibility was the theme for Thursday’s corporate visits. We visited UNICA , the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association and also Natura, a
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences in New York City. Our entry for Friday, 1/20/2012 comes from Sumair Devani, Preston Oklejas, Derek Witte, and Tucker Johnson. This morning’s adventure was quite exciting, and it was relatively warm in comparison to other days this week, with a temperature of
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences in New York City. Our entry for Thursday 1/19/2012 comes from Grace Song, Eva Wong, Eric Lambert, and Charles Clark. Citigroup talked with us first this morning. Ms. Shelly Dropkin started off the presentation with a video overview of Citigroup, and then
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our entry for Wednesday, 1/18 comes from Mindie Te. How could one come to Brazil without trying Brazilian BBQ – Churrascaria ? The adventurous bunch took up the tour guide’s recommendation and went to Vento Haragano .