{"id":100,"date":"2014-06-05T22:44:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T03:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/costarica2014\/?p=100"},"modified":"2014-06-06T18:43:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T23:43:12","slug":"100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/costarica2014\/2014\/06\/05\/100\/","title":{"rendered":"On Fire in San Jose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our first stop today was to visit John Hill at Vitec. Hayley and I met John during a dinner at Prof. Lewis\u2019s house back in April.\u00a0 We had a very lengthy conversation about how a British product manufacturing manager ended up in Costa Rica.\u00a0 As it turns out he came expecting to be here for a couple of weeks to set up a new facility.\u00a0 His two weeks turned into 10 years.\u00a0 We had the opportunity to tour his manufacturing floor where he has an extremely organized workflow that follows the product down the line to shipping.\u00a0 His technicians are highly skilled in their specific task, which makes crossing functions almost impossible.\u00a0 All employees showed a deep pride in what they do, what they make and the company.\u00a0 In return the company provides at terrific place to work, in which they have earned an award in the top companies to work in Costa Rica.\u00a0 An award the company is clearly proud of.<\/p>\n

Our next stop was at Dos Pinos Dairy Manufacturing facility.\u00a0 Here we took a quick tour in the van since it was raining, then viewed the industrial equipment used to manufacture the milk, milk products and juices.\u00a0 The public relations employee on spoke only Spanish, but Juan was quick to volunteer to translate for the entire tour.\u00a0 Thanks Juan!\u00a0 We ended our visit with a picture and an ice cream.<\/p>\n

Dinner this evening was typical Costa Rican (Tico) fare at a local restaurant.\u00a0 My dish, the Esparada Monteverde was grilled chicken covered with cheese, fried plantain, salsa and tortillas \u2013 something I\u2019ve never eaten before, but enjoyed every bite.<\/p>\n

\"Dinner<\/a><\/p>\n

Until tomorrow….<\/p>\n

Cindy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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