Valea and SKF

This morning we went to Valea. They are a place that works with people and helps them with patents and copyrights.  Andrew Hammond talked to us. He was the Senior Partner at Valea and told us about his business. I felt really bad, but I felt sooo tired that I had to work really hard to pay attention.  My shoes still felt great, but I was super tired. 
These meetings remind me why I'm not a business/management/sales major. I love going to all of these places and learning these new things, I just realize that I could never do this for a living.  Anyway, we got really yummy sandwiches and lots of coffee at the meeting, and then got lunch at a small cafe under the office.

After lunch, we went to SKF. SKF is a ball bearings company. They make them for almost everything. Ball bearings are in bicycles, washing machines, hot tubs, and much more.  When we got there we watched a ten-minute video about the history of SKF. Then a man named Martin came in and talked to us about the current standings of the company. 
The next part was cool. We went to the factory where they made the ball bearings and took a tour. It was very interesting because the plant was really big. It’s also very intricate.  There are many different parts and it was cool to see all of them made one by one. 

Katie, Claudia, and I at the dinner table.

After getting home from SKF, we had about an hour (in which I took a nap) before we went to a place called Swedish Taste. Swedish Taste makes food for large and small events.  When we went there, they gave us instructions and told us to cook the food.  Everyone did well except…. Mac! He added the wrong kind of syrup to the cake, so the cake overflowed in the oven. It got everywhere. I tasted it and it still tasted good, it just wasn’t pretty enough for the table, so the chefs made a new one of those.  That was the only fail of the evening. The meal was amazing and I loved every dish. Mmmmm. 


p.s. My camera was freaking out so I had to format the card. That's why there aren't many pictures.