Well, the vacation is over!! Today was the first day of classes at the lovely Burgundy School of Business here in Dijon (check it out... http://www.burgundy-school-of-business.com/). The school is pretty interesting. They had a bunch of students running around wearing matching shirts (the shirts say "No Stress" on them... that's my new motto for the next 6 weeks or so) and organizing activities (I must say, I’m not half bad at the French version of “Name That Tune”). I guess they’re having new applicant interviews. In order to get into this school, you have to take 2 tests (similar to the GMAT) and then be interviewed by the application committee. Apparently the Burgundy school gets 2,000 applicants and they accept 150 new students each semester. No wonder all of the applicants looked nervous!!
We had class from about 9 until 3:45, with a 2 hour break for lunch. I know, I know, pretty nice hours… After classes conclude for the day, we go out and do our activity for the day. Usually the activities are tours of companies and other places. We’re visiting wineries one day, an auto parts manufacturer, some government agencies, and a business development group for a medical company. Tomorrow we will be visiting the Banque du France. I’m looking forward to seeing how a French bank works. Maybe I’ll ask them about their revolving lines of credit for their dairies (just kidding… I haven’t seen too many milk cows around these parts).
Today’s activity was a walking tour of the old section of Dijon. The tour was led by a Professor of French Culture (somewhat of a history professor) from the area. He was VERY interesting and VERY knowledgeable. He took us to a bunch of the local churches in the area. The old part of Dijon is very quaint and the architecture is amazing. There are very beautiful cobblestone streets all over with classic buildings along each street. We strolled through city hall (which used to be a palace), past a few of the local museums, and through some gorgeous cathedrals here in town. We also toured old roman ruins and saw one the biggest sculptures that I’ve ever seen (check the picture... it was literally 2 stories tall). There were lots of interesting things to be seen, and I took some great pictures. I’m making up for not posting any pictures yesterday (I figured that none of you would be too interested in pictures of the train station) by posting a bunch of pictures of old Dijon.
Anyways, it feels like we’re starting to fall into a good groove here. We can find our way to school and we know where the cheap food is. We’ve all hit the market, so we all have the staples in the room. I’m looking forward to hitting the huge farmer’s market that they have here on Saturday morning. Things are going pretty well. I’m excited about some of the visits that we’re going to be making. We’re definitely seeing things that the average tourist would never see, and it feels good to get some work done in the classroom. It’s especially easy to get down to work when you know that 6 more units will finished in less than two weeks. Aw man… the finish line is soooooooo close!!
Well, I hope everyone is well at home. I hear it’s supposed to hit 107 at home this week. Yikes. Miss you all!
We had class from about 9 until 3:45, with a 2 hour break for lunch. I know, I know, pretty nice hours… After classes conclude for the day, we go out and do our activity for the day. Usually the activities are tours of companies and other places. We’re visiting wineries one day, an auto parts manufacturer, some government agencies, and a business development group for a medical company. Tomorrow we will be visiting the Banque du France. I’m looking forward to seeing how a French bank works. Maybe I’ll ask them about their revolving lines of credit for their dairies (just kidding… I haven’t seen too many milk cows around these parts).
Today’s activity was a walking tour of the old section of Dijon. The tour was led by a Professor of French Culture (somewhat of a history professor) from the area. He was VERY interesting and VERY knowledgeable. He took us to a bunch of the local churches in the area. The old part of Dijon is very quaint and the architecture is amazing. There are very beautiful cobblestone streets all over with classic buildings along each street. We strolled through city hall (which used to be a palace), past a few of the local museums, and through some gorgeous cathedrals here in town. We also toured old roman ruins and saw one the biggest sculptures that I’ve ever seen (check the picture... it was literally 2 stories tall). There were lots of interesting things to be seen, and I took some great pictures. I’m making up for not posting any pictures yesterday (I figured that none of you would be too interested in pictures of the train station) by posting a bunch of pictures of old Dijon.
Anyways, it feels like we’re starting to fall into a good groove here. We can find our way to school and we know where the cheap food is. We’ve all hit the market, so we all have the staples in the room. I’m looking forward to hitting the huge farmer’s market that they have here on Saturday morning. Things are going pretty well. I’m excited about some of the visits that we’re going to be making. We’re definitely seeing things that the average tourist would never see, and it feels good to get some work done in the classroom. It’s especially easy to get down to work when you know that 6 more units will finished in less than two weeks. Aw man… the finish line is soooooooo close!!
Well, I hope everyone is well at home. I hear it’s supposed to hit 107 at home this week. Yikes. Miss you all!
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