Let's get started!

After a crowded flight (lots of kids and babies) from Vienna to Antalya, Turkey and an hour long bus ride to the coast which was slightly faster due to the amount of blown red lights, we finally arrived at the Pegasos Resort in Incekum.

We paid a quick visit to the hotel and our rooms and had lunch before a rendez-vous with some of our main contacts for the next three weeks. Right away it was very obvious that this is going to be a huge event, entertaining but

also challenging for us. Not only we will we provide free coffee specialities for 13,000 students within the next three weeks, but we also have to face the difficulties in communicating with the locals working at the hotel. After a short briefing with our summer splash contacts, we met representatives from the coffee machine company who briefly introduced us to the functions of the machine. However, we soon discovered that language was going to be major hurdle. Neither did the locals speak English, nor German, which made it very difficult for all parties. Fortunately, we had coffee training at the Meinl and already had some background knowledge in using such coffee machines.

After getting situated we had the pleasure to meet a manager from the hotel chain, who invited us for some traditional turkish tea to have an informal chat. She told us about her previous experiences with Summersplash (all positive ones of course) and that she was very much looking forward to enjoying Meinl coffee at the terrace.

Soon after a short meeting, we had to return back

to work to create a Viennese style coffee house within the resort. Basically, we managed to turn three tables and a coffee machine into a welcoming coffee bar. Tomorrow we will have a hopefully very caffeinated run through to see how the set up works and make sure we have enough supplies to accommodate the menu.

Well, it is going to be an early start tomorrow morning - some sleep, an energizing breakfast, some sun and decaffeinated students are waiting for us!