Barcelona: 1/13/11 "Sex, drugs and R n' R"

Today we had class and our field trip at Synthon. It is a generic pharmaceutical drug maker so we couldn't bring out cameras in. We could only take pictures of the classroom we were in.
Their motto is Seek EXcellence, by creating DRUGS, and want to Remain iN the Race. (Or something like that, I forget how RnR went.)

Today we learned about what it takes to be a leader, about implementing your ideas and knowing we too & how to make tough decisions. The best advise that I took out of this was to never be afraid the scenario in which you train someone, put in alot of time, and then they decide to leave for another company. He said that it was bad to think this wasy because it leads to you half heartedly training them, if you do that then they will leave. If you train them properly and show them that you care then your employees will want to stay. He was a font of such advise.

We then took a tour of the facilities. It's really cool because this tour also played into my current job. I have basically seen the entire cycle of pharmaceuticals.
From prescribing, to insurance claim, to the making of the drug, and then dispensing. We had to put on basically hazmat suits, in case of contamination, going so far as having to put on two layers of protective material.

After we were finished I decided to go off exploring the city on my own.

I first went to Arc de Triumf