Day 8 – working for the startups
Tag 8 – Working for the startups Today as the first official day of work, Noemi and I (Simon) met up with Philippe at 7:45 a.m. to go by subway to the “GreenDesk” open space in Brooklyn, before entering the office we stopped for coffee. Once at the office we joined a meeting with Luca […]
Day 7 – First day of work
Day 7 – First day of work Morning Today was the first day of work, Tamara and Philippe picked us up at 8am at our apartment, then we went to Brooklyn for the workday, before starting working we took a coffe and meet our boss. Then we spent the morning at the coworking space for […]
Day 6 – Visit UBS New York/New Jersey
Day 6 – Visit UBS New York/New Jersey This morning we left at 8am to go to the UBS building near Rockefeller Center. There we were welcomed at the reception by Bilma, who showed us around UBS for the day. She took us to a meeting room on the 8th floor where we got an […]
Day 5 – Skyline photoshoot
Day 5 – Skyline photoshoot We startet today at around 9 am and ate breakfast at our apartment. Afterwards we all got ready to go out, because Adrian picked us up at our apartment at 10am. As soon as we picked up the supervisors, we made our way to the Hudson River. At the Ferry […]
Day 4 – Shopping
Day 4 – Shopping Today we made a day trip to New Jersey. There is the outlet Jersey Gardens which has almost 200 different stores. To get to New Jersey, you can take the bus. Going by bus was new for all of us. Luckily we found the bus station without any problems and could […]
Day 3 – The first weekend
Day 3 – The first weekend After a long evening yesterday, we decided to sleep a little longer on our first Saturday in New York. Since the fridge was empty in the morning and everyone was hungry, we made our way to the nearest grocery store. Target Store Once we arrived at the grocery store […]
Day 2 – Sightseeing and Swiss Embassy
Day 2 – Sightseeing and Swiss Embassy After our first night in New York, we had not slept very well because of the time difference, although the beds are very comfortable and the apartment is very nice and spacious for being in NY. Preparation On our first full day in New York, we all got […]
Day 1 – Flight
Day 1 – Flight The first day of this trip started at Zurich Airport, check-In 3 at 10:30am, with me (Thomas), Florin, Sven, Noemi, Chiara, Simon, Tamara and Philippe. We did the checkin and the security controls and at around 14:00 we were on the plane, that took off a couple of minutes later. The […]