Both Pressalit and Danish Crown were extremely kind and gave us not only great answers but a great impression of their companies. To be honest, they both outdid Maersk. They gave us snacks and excellent presentations, but most importantly they answered our questions honestly. At Pressalit, the very cool, designer toilet seat company, we got to go on a factory tour and they also flew the American flag for us!
All three businesses had some very different strategies and approaches, but they also had a lot in common. Writing this paper comparing the advantages and strategies of the three is going to be very difficult; but only because it has to be 1,200 words. I certainly have plenty to reflect on and keeping it short is going to be a challenge!
The rest of the tour really added to the experience. Western Denmark is very beautiful and a lot like Vermont. The rolling farmlands with small towns in-between made it feel slightly like home, although seriously lacking in mountains. The cities we stayed at were very quiet but still beautiful in their architecture and colorful European houses.
Our first night we stayed in Randers, where we sampled a Thor beer, which is piped into the bars through golden pipes that line the city! A very cool tourist attraction and a cheap way to distribute beer!
The next day we visited ARoS, a modern art museum in Aarhus with some awesome sculptures and paintings, and also visited the Old City, where we had a nice lunch and walked around the picturesque remainder of the city.
Our final day, after changing cities again, we visited Koldinghus castle, Jutland’s last royal castle that has been rebuilt many times and now is a unique combination of old brick ruins and gorgeous modern architecture. We also visited Traphold Art Museum, which housed a really cool furniture exhibit. It is important to note that the morning of our last day not only was the hostel we stayed at really nice, but they had pancakes for breakfast with some kind of maple syrup-type topping AND eggs with REAL ketchup. Not the Danish ketchup you get from the street vendors that is sweet and has a different texture...they had the real stuff…fabulous.
After lunch we returned to Copenhagen, a three hour ride over at least one very long bridge! All in all, it was clearly an action packed trip. It was a great experience and I was happy to get to see some of Denmark outside of Copenhagen.
I’m excited to have a free day tomorrow to try and catch up on all my school work and get ahead, if possible, for the week. Next weekend I head off to Bornholm, one of Denmark’s small islands, for a weekend bike trip!
No comments:
Post a Comment