31.05.2022
Company retreat 2022
Here at Tuparev Technologies, we think that a healthy and positive working environment is vital to building a successful company as well as for development on a more personal level. A key ingredient to this is the social side of work. As we have so many members of our team working in all parts of the globe, we mostly get to contact each other in virtual. It is however a good idea to be able to meet in person from time to time. This led to our company retreat this April, where we had colleagues come from the US, Germany, Armenia and the Netherlands to get together with our main group in Bulgaria.
The first part of our retreat was held at Koprivshtitsa, a small town deep in the Bulgarian countryside. An idyllic little village hidden in the hills of central Bulgaria, it is not only well known for its many picturesque 19th century merchant's residences ordained with intricate decorations in old Turkish and Bulgarian revival styles but also for the historical significance of this location, where in 1876 an uprising against the Ottoman empire had started.
As well as visiting these houses, the team also visited the valley of the Thracian Kings a short drive away, where they had the chance to look at ancient Thracian gold artefacts and explore many of the rock formations scattered around the valley which are suspected to contain ancient carvings in various stones. Naturally much of this time was also spent around a table, eating, drinking and chatting while getting to know each other and the new members of our team.
After the weekend away in Koprivshtitsa, some of the team went to the Rozhen national observatory in the Rhodope Mountains. Here they had tours of some of the current facilities used by the Academy of sciences, as well as an update on the new 1.5 m telescope currently being built with the assistance of our company. This visit was followed by a few days of brainstorming at our main company headquarters in Sofia.
The company retreat can be most certainly be regarded a success and was a nice change from all the COVID restricted Slack and Skype calls off the last two years. The results of our retreat will hopefully soon be apparent in the coming months!
Below are a few pictures of our trip and of our members enjoying themselves!