{"id":3831,"date":"2016-08-11T17:13:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T21:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2022-10-11T20:06:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T20:06:39","slug":"week-2-at-thomas-swan-achievements-and-early-goodbyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/studyabroad\/2016\/08\/11\/week-2-at-thomas-swan-achievements-and-early-goodbyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 2 at Thomas Swan: Achievements and Early Goodbyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our second week st<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5342 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newcastleuniversitybusinessschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" \/>arted after two days of rest and travelling. Some of us went to Edinburgh for fourteen hours and got to know as much of the city as possible. In total we walked more than 20 km! We were exhausted afterwards, but it was a very rewarding cultural experience.<\/p>\n<p>Week 2 has been more productive, and more challenging as well. The team has been able to identify potential chemicals and explore them further. The first few days were stressful because we had very broad information and never ending chemical terms. However, as the week progressed we were able to narrow down our list of chemicals and our goals became more clear.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate this achievement, we went to have a nice dinner at <em>Yo! Sushi<\/em> and take advantage of \u201cBlue Mondays\u201d. It seems like a good deal, because they offer more \u201cblue plates\u201d, which are of the cheapest on the menu. It adds up though! Nevertheless, we were able to eat some nice Japanese food and desserts (our favorite was the Mango Mochi), and had a great time.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, we didn\u2019t go to Thomas Swan because the GEO planned a field trip to Piramal, a pharmaceutical company about 30 minutes away by bus. After learning about the company\u2019s history, we were given a tour of the different plants on site. We were fascinated to see how they transform raw materials into final products. Being able to see the packaging process was very interesting as well. We were then given a very interesting talk about leadership.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5341 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newcastleuniversitybusinessschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/yo-sushi-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"yo sushi\" width=\"296\" height=\"222\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since we didn\u2019t work from the office on Tuesday, on Friday we went to Thomas Swan for work (we normally would have worked from NUBS on a Friday). 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