2012 College of Business International Business Experience (Pictures)
May 12 to May 26, 2012
A page that shows all of the days (click on one to bring it up and then click on slideshow to see it):
Day 1, Sunday - We arrive and do the "walking
tour" (aka the death march).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629707575010/show/
Day 2, Monday -- WIPO and the U.N.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629722201642/show/
Day 3, Tuesday -- Mont Saleve and the WTO http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629739070142/show/
Day 4, Wednesday -- International Red Cross and Chillon
Castle http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629759067166/show/
Day 5, Thursday, The ILO (with an unexpected presentation
on the Telecom industy in Iran) and then an impromptu visit to the
Botanical
Gardens, and then some of the students head off to Rome.
http://www.flickr.com//photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629770950130/show/
Day 6, Friday -- Cem and I go to Strasbourg, with a short
stop over for a walking tour of Basel, Switzerland.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629791685698/show/
Day 7, Saturday -- Cem and I explore Strasbourg; The
Hospital Wine Cellar, the EU Parliament,
in a bagpipe parade or two in Center City, in the Botanical Gardens lit
up for
a night, and the square outside of the train station http://www.flickr.com//photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629803294020/show/
..and for those who wonder what a bagpipe parade might
look and sound like try this video http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629809684716/
Day 8, Sunday -- A visit to l'orangier park and the EU,
awaiting the students arrival from Rome. We reunite and dine, then
visit the
cathedral. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629867085110/show/
Day 9, Monday -- We visit the EU parliament in Strasbourg
and then take the historic boat ride (partial pics) and dine in Kehl,
Germany. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629867185734/show/
Day 10, Tuesday -- We travel on the TVG fast train to
Paris, visit IBM France, and La Defense, and then dine at the famous La
Coupole
restaurant in Montparnasse.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629871353178/show/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629871384034/show/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629878155172/show/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljmarks/sets/72157629900314826/show/