Having never been to a developing country in Africa, the Rwanda experience was eye-opening. The people were amazingly friendly, proud, and determined to grow and succeed in business in the future. There is a lot of development taking place right now in Kigali. Aside from the normal influx of non-profits and aid organizations, the government…
Team WFS delivered its client presentation today and wrapped up its CAP Sweden journey. After finishing the remainder of our assignments, we took a boat cruise through the archipelago to socialize with our classmates one final time. Near the end of the cruise, the team interviewed Professor Helm to get her take on the CAP…
Team WFS arrived in Stockholm on Saturday and we’ve been drinking in the culture ever since. The video details one of the highlights of the city thus far, the ICEBAR: GREAT Video with Chinese! We may have seen a little too much of the city, as we have spent the last 24 hours scrambling to…
May 26 is the rainy Stockholm Sunday when we as the team Firefly were able to meet for the first time our contact person at Firefly AB, Ms. Nicole Forsberg. We met with her at our hotel, which is conveniently located at downtown Stockholm, Profil Central Hotel. (http://www.profilhotels.com/centralhotel) As the weather was not good enough…
Team Hexicon was invited to a dinner on May 27th at Marcus Thor’s ( Project Manager at Hexicon AB) residence in Stockholm. Mats Arnamo ( Director of Sales and Marketing), Filipe Rebello de Andrande (Project manager for Engineering), and Anders Ofverstrom (Project manager for Engineering) joined us for the dinner. Hexicon AB has a young…
We spent our last evening in Vasteras immersing ourselves in Bronze Age, Iron Age and Viking cultures. At Anundshog, we climbed on ridges developed around 2500 BC when inland ice retreated. We walked along an old trade route marked by a line of boulders and learned the meaning behind the village rune stone symbolizing fertility.…
On May 22nd Sweden CAP visited Goteborg Energi AB in Gothenburg, Sweden. Goteborg Energi is one of Sweden’s leading energy companies and provides their customers energy services, broadband, district heating, cooling, innovations in renewable energy technologies, etc. Goteborg Energi began the site visit by delivering an informative presentation on their work in terrestrial and offshore…
During Team WFS’ epic journey through Vasteras, we learned about ancient, Viking runestones and then had the opportunity to walk a mile in the shoes of said Vikings. Click on any of the images to check the VIDEO about this experience: The guy with the eye-patch played a mean violin and Justin and Josh developed…
CAP! What some of us considered a part of the curriculum, others thought of it as an excuse to travel abroad. By the end of our first semester little was spoken about the program. Then, along came the second semester and all that people spoke about was CAP. Excitement mounted each time we discussed it,…
I’m back in DC now, reflecting on our CAP experience, happy that it went better than once could imagine. Not only was the time spent with hilarious and brilliant friends, but the setting was fantastic. Hospitable people, decadent food, and a vibrant city leave little to be desired. If you plan on playing hard, you…
Writers in Residency 