For our last weekend abroad we decided to spend it in Barcelona. Our first day there we spent exploring the area around our AirBnB. We were staying right near La Sagrada Familia and spent a lot of time wandering around the church area. After that we decided to head a bit far away and go see Camp Nou. We were able to enter the stadium and take pictures near the field, sit on the benches, and sit in the stands as well. We spent some time wandering around the museum and shop before it closed for the evening. We then headed to a late dinner on the beach and got some tapas and paella before going to Opium for the night. The next day we explored Parc Guell and spent some time enjoying the nature and artistic design of the park. Afterwards we headed to Las Ramblas to do some shopping and find a place to eat. Later in the afternoon we headed out to a beach and spent a couple hours lounging around and playing in the water. That night we got some Asian good for dinner and then went bar hopping. Our first bar was the Dow Jones bar and drink prices fluctuated as they were ordered, as well as a couple market crashes that dropped the price down. We then went to a shot bar where lots of things were being set on fire and they had well over 100 shots but they couldn’t tell us what was in any of them. On our flight back Sunday we needed up getting extremely delayed because air traffic controllers were on strike in Barcelona.

In class this week we went and visited circularity and got a presentation on the idea of the circular economy and how it works. We learned about reusing materials and how recycling isn’t actually that great for the environment. We also watched a movie this week about Erin Brockovich and how she created the case around PG&E contaminating a local towns water supply. It was interesting to see how that all went down and also to learn about how many other issues or cases that company has against them. It’s crazy to think that companies can do this and not properly inform us about things that they are doing wrong.

Things began to slow down in my internship this week and my time in Milan is coming to an end. I was mainly tasked with creating more budget analysis on products and doing more research into other sustainable hygiene products as well as cleaning products. I spent a bit more time looking into other competitors and some of the brands that they use, and then I presented my findings to my boss and gave my personal recommendation as to which would be the best product line to use from both a budget and environmental standpoint. I also spent time creating a presentation that will be sent to the property owners letting them know that Easylife is going green and asking them to do/add some items to their houses. My boss is gone for my last week in Milan so I had a meeting with her and wrapped up most of my remaining projects.