Day 5, Thursday, March 16: Paris School of Business, Galeries Lafayette, and Theatre in Paris

By Abdullah Ammar and Zuyi Wang

We went to several places in Paris. Firstly, in the early morning we went to Paris School of Business and we met Gavin Browne (Director of Partnerships) and Sylvaine Castellano (Director of Research) in the school and they gave us an interesting lecture about wine. They served us two bottles of good wine, gave a lecture about wine testing, and Gavin told us some interesting facts about the exchange student program. Paris School of Business is an innovation school. This school seems like a good choice for people who is interested in studying business in Paris.

We then went to Galeries Lafayette a shopping mall including international brands inside that attracted many tourists from different parts of the world. Customers will have a different experience when they do shopping at the mall.  The tour guide gave us a historic background about the mall. One tip for visitors, the top roof of the mall has an insightful view of Paris.

After that, we visited an innovative company called Theatre in Paris. They provide subtitles for English spoken visitors who go to watch French shows. The founder of the company gave us a presentation about the technology and the marketing. We all think creative and worth thinking.

At night we went the Edouard VII Theatre for a show called The Prize. The show itself happened to gave us a little knowledge about the French culture and it was easy to understand it because the subtitles were in English and it was clear. At the end, we had a nice day for knowing not only about new businesses in Paris but also a little bit of the culture in France.