My Journey

After that course, I was granted the possibility of attending a winter exchange semester at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU). During this semester, I focused on studying an array of courses not related to my degree in Mechanical Engineering since I was more interested in Electrical and Computer Science topics that would form part of my "Electives." I ended up getting 36 ECTS credits for the semester and studying a range of interesting topics I could not find in my already degraded and beloved Simon Bolivar University in Caracas due to the Humanitarian and Economic crisis of the late 2010's in Venezuela.

I hope to cover this topic in another blog post since I would like to relate my early struggles with bad technology infrastructure and how the monetary control system in Socialist/Communist Venezuela led me to first get in contact with Bitcoin in 2012 as a means to fight inflation and save money.

Fast forward a few months and I found myself struggling with the mathematics and state-space representation of nonlinear systems like drones and ESA (European Space Agency) LYSA satellite formations. This semester in Prague was hard; I rarely had any time to go out with other Erasmus students on trips to nearby cities like Vienna and Budapest. However, I enjoyed the beauty and tranquility of Prague in Autumn and Winter. It was my first time living in a European city during a full winter. I made some really good friends during this time.