Today was a great day. We first visited the Skoda factory about an hour away from Prague where we had an amazing tour guide. While walking feet away from the workers and cars, she passionately pointed out to us the different stages of the production process. The work is done in an assembly line and there are multiple stages that must be done quickly but accurately. I was surprised to learn that only about 7% of the work in the factory is automated while the rest is still done by real, hard-working people. She also told us that the workers there make more money than the average Czech worker and have good benefits.
The tour guide then took us into the museum where she showed us Skoda vehicles from the very beginning of the company in the early 20th century to present day. The company first produced bikes and then its production evolved to all sorts of cars. After visiting the museum we ate lunch at a nice restaurant where we had a delicious pasta and ice cream.
We then visited CZU’s vineyard which was a lot of fun. We tasted six types of wine and I was able to drink all of them, which is impressive for me as I rarely drank wine before this trip. The vineyard produces about 400,000 liters of wine per year. This week is pretty busy as we have 3 essays due on Thursday afternoon so I’m going to end the blog here and get to work.
Cheers!
