Whereas the vast majority of IESE students are on their way to France right now for the MBA Olympics I am about to leave for Marrakech in Morocco with 12 others who have decided for a cultural experience rather than competing against a bunch of other MBA programs to see which school has the best soccer, rugby, table tennis, chess players, etc.
We will spend four days down there and as its my first trip to Africa, I am very excited to see how the Muslim world compares. It should prove to be very different from Spain and a huge contrast to Amsterdam where I was for the 3 day weekend that just passed.
Amsterdam was a gorgeous city. I went with my classmate Charles who is/was an architect and his wife Laura who is also an architect. Did we look at architecture you may wonder? Why yes we did and it was great to hear about buildings from experts. Maybe you know this already but the modern architecture in the Netherlands is some of the most advanced in the world. Its amazing what they have been building there.
Just noticed I have to head for my plane. To be continued...after Morocco.
Last weekend was a
About Me
- Jared
- Moved to Barcelona in July '07 to begin MBA program at IESE. Did summer internship in Kenya. Spent first term of 2nd year in London on exchange at London Business School. Graduated in April 2009 and moved to San Francisco to find a job.
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