Today was a busy day, we went to visit four companies. The first one was Malta Financial Services Authority; it was a really good speech that dealt with who gets loans and the specifics of helping people out that need loans. He talked about helping other companies succeed and when he started talking about success my thoughts went back to the man we met the first day. He was the owner of a restaurant that had been passed down through his family for hundreds of years. Most people wouldn't correlate success with waiting on people. Yet this man was so happy and excited to tell people the history of the restaurant and his family. Being that happy and enjoying his job is what I now think is the true definition to success. I think if I can ever wake up in the morning and be that happy at work then I will have achieved success. We also went to tour today at Malta Tourism, Malta Freeport, and Malta Enterprise. I know that since Malta is not like the US there are going to be tons of differences to experience yet I'm still surprised at the little things like some companies just now looking into facebook and twitter.

Gozo--the second day!

This is our second day of touring--This time we took a ferry across the ocean to the Island of Gozo!! Very beautiful. It was rainy at first, but sunny later in the afternoon...still a little chilly though! The sites were amazing.

These are all pictures from the first day of touring Malta!! It was a long day of beautiful and breathtaking experiences!!

American Country Singer in Malta!

This was taken in the lobby of our hotel on the first night we were in Malta. We thought it was funny since he was singing a whole bunch of country songs!!

Yesterday we toured the island of Gozo and it was amazing. My favorite part was the azure window. We got to climb it and take pictures and then we took a boat ride around it and through the caves there. It was definitely a sight to see; our bus driver told us that the don't like people to climb to the top of the arch because cracks have started to form and they believe that it is going collapse soon. The tour boats can no longer take people under it because the rocks have started to fall. Then today we went to visit with our first three businesses Malita, Farsons, and Methode. It was really interesting and not what I expected. Everyone was dressed really laid back. At Malita I was first shocked that there were a lot of empty desk. Someone asked why and our tour guide said that not everyone comes in early some people start their work day out at like 10am. Throughout the halls they had ads posted and I began to notice that none of them were ads that attacked their competitor. At the end of the tour I asked if they did any like Verizon & AT&T do in the states and she said most companies are afraid to because then it's like giving an invitation to be attacked but that that was actually something they were going to start doing just because they felt that now they are at a point were it is hard for their only competitor to pick out their downsides. At Farson's we got to see how the beer is brewed and how it was bottled. During the presentation they showed us all the different brands they make and export. It was interesting to learn that even though Cisk is their main beer, they are very selective on where certain forms of it are sold. She said that Cisk XS, which has 9% alcohol is mainly sold in Italy and is hard to find and advertise for just because of the amount of alcohol it holds. Then at Methode it was interesting to see all the work that goes into a switch. These switches are so overlooked in the cars we drive everyday. No one every really stops to think about all the testing and prototypes that had to be made just so that you could roll down your window or step on your brake and have your back light turn on.

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