My travel report

1st part - preparation and arrival

Dear Readers,

In the next few weeks I will publish here in the WEBER news blog every two days on average individual articles about my stay on the coffee farm of Andrés Quintanilla in El Salvador. But... Andrés Qu…

First of all I would like to introduce myself briefly

I am Noemi Gerhäusser and I am studying Business Administration Food Management at the DHBW Heilbronn. My dual partner is WEBER Packaging GmbH. I am currently in the practical phase of my third semester. Each semester, my studies include a product group, which is then dealt with in more detail and deepened with excursions. One of these product groups includes coffee. Since we in the company obtain our coffee directly from the coffee farms (among others from El Salvador) and roast it ourselves, my interest was already aroused and I wanted to see for myself what is behind the drink, which many people can't do without.

My travel preparation

At first I started to inform myself about the country El Salvador. Which animals live here, what is the infrastructure, which sights are there, what are typical dishes... After all this was clarified and the coffee farmer Andrés Quintanilla promised that I could come, I went to the travel agency! At short notice an already graduated student had contacted Dr. Schwarz and wanted to inform herself about the possibilities of a stay. Soon it was clear that we would make this trip as a couple.

So it happened that we would actually have started our adventure on January 15, 2019, but because of the strike at Frankfurt Airport we had to rebook on January 17.

An overview of the flight time. Screenshot: Noemi Gerhäusser for © WEBER Packaging GmbH, 2019

After almost 24 hours on the road, we arrived at our destination at 19.30 local time. Andrés picked us up directly at the airport and at home we were welcomed warmly by everybody. After a soup for refreshment we were so dead tired that we just fell into bed.

The view from our room in the house in San Salvador. Photo: Noemi Gerhäusser for © WEBER Packaging GmbH, 2019

A grey squirrel in our garden. Photo: Noemi Gerhäusser for © WEBER Packaging GmbH, 2019

Read the second part here in the news blog!