Pitt Plus3 Program

Personal Reflection Blog – An Unforgettable Trip to Germany!

Being back home for a few weeks after our trip to Germany has really allowed me to reflect and soak in all of the amazing experiences I had there, as well as the differences between day-to-day life here in America and in Germany. Prior to applying to and preparing for this trip, I had never…

Tag Zwolf (und mehr) – Stuttgart

Hallo wieder! Yesterday was my last day with the group, as today I’m leaving to stay with my friend, Rebecca, in Stuttgart. Stuttgart is in Baden-Wurttemberg, which is a state that neighbors Bavaria. I had to wake up early as my train, called an ICE, departed at 10:01 on the dot, as trains in Germany…

Auf Wiedersehen Deutschland

After relaxing for a few weeks post-Germany, I realize how grateful I am for this trip to have happened. Studying abroad in Augsburg, Germany for two weeks was an incredible experience that surpassed all my expectations. Not only did I get the chance to immerse myself in a new culture, but I also had the…

Tag Elf – The Final Company Presentations

Guten Tag! Leider, I’m feeling worse than yesterday, and of course it happens on the most important day of the trip: the day of the final company presentations. At around 2 pm today, I, along with the rest of my group, will be discussing Hoerbiger, its expected challenges, and how it’s adapting to the auto…

Tag Zehn – Schloss Neuschwanstein and Wieskirche

Tag! Today is my tenth day of the Plus3 program, and it is one of my anticipated ones, as today we’re visiting Neuschwanstein, one of, if not, Germany’s most iconic castles. While I had visited Neuschwanstein before, I was excited to revisit the castle, as parts of it are always under renovation, making each tour…

Tag Neun – Regensburg and Walhalla

Wilkommen zurück! Today was another busy day, as we spent most of the day in the Regensburg area, one of the few remaining Medieval cities in Germany, as most were destroyed during World War II. Miraculously, around 90% of Regensburg was undamaged during the bombing, as the city opted not to defend itself, sparing it…

A Trip To Remember – Personal Reflection Blog

For my final blog, I will be reflecting on this amazing trip. I initially felt two weeks was the perfect amount of time to be away from home in beautiful Germany, but now that I’ve been home for a couple weeks, I am ready to go back. As this program was my first ever experience…

Reflection on the Trip

It’s been a few days since the trip ended, and I’ve had time to really reflect on the whole experience. When I applied to the Plus Three program, I choose Germany mainly because of the car industry there. I really didn’t know much about the German culture. Ever since I was little and learned about…

Reflection

I can’t believe that the trip is already over. We started our trip back at 5:30am and travelled the entire day. Germany was such an amazing place to visit, and now looking back at the trip, I want to write a reflection post. The first week mainly consisted of visiting different companies and seeing how…

Reflection

This blog is for me to talk about the Germany trip overall and to reflect back on important aspects of the trip. Germany was a very enlightening and positive experience for me. Not only that it was the first time I have been outside the country, and I picked a good one to visit. The…

Tag Acht – Dachau

Hallo Alle! Today is another day of visiting cultural/historical sites in Bavaria, though not super cheerful. Today, we’re visiting Dachau, a labor camp set up during the Nazi Regime. It is essential to say that Dachau was NOT a death camp for Jews or other “undesirables”, but a labor camp mostly for political dissidents. Because…

Reflection

After taking some time to reflect about this amazing trip, I have come up with a few important things that I would like to talk about. The first thing being that this trip was one of the most unique professional experiences I could have ever done. We were given this amazing opportunity to learn about…

A Day in Saltzburg

Today was our free day so I went with most of the group to Saltzburg Austria!!! We headed out early for the day at 7am. We got our train tickets for the day and boarded the train. Our first train was to Munich. Then we got on the next train to Saltzburg, and it was…

Presentation Day!!!

Today was presentation day. For the first time during this whole trip, we finally got to sleep in. I slept in till nine in the morning which was amazing. I got breakfast at the hotel and tried the Belgian waffle machine. Their waffles are a lot better than the eatery’s. After that I made some…

Lowkey Better Than the Jersey Shore…

Hi again friends! Here I am writing one of my final blogs. How will you survive without me? I’m not really sure, but maybe you can get by. This trip has been so unbelievable, and this last leg further emphasizes that. We started by driving to the Quito airport, making a stop at a nature…

Reflection – Augsburg, Germany

Before I began the reflection, I want to type out my gratitude. First I want to thank Dr. Feick and Mrs. Dawkins for conducting the trip. Next, I want to thank every company during the trip that allowed us to tour their factory and help give us necessary information that was needed for our analysis…

All Monkey Business

After returning to Iyarina on Saturday night, we needed some time to recover from our long days of travel up and down the river. We spent our Sunday working on our final presentations in our groups! John, Riya, George, Olivia, and I chose to focus on cacao for our presentation. We created Wao Ice Cream,…

Post-trip Reflection

Our trip back started at 5:30 am on Friday, and after about 18 hours of traveling, I made it home. After thinking about the trip for a little, I’m going to make my reflection post. The first week of the trip consisted of the company visits as well as getting to know the people in…

Seeing Harry in Munich!

As much as I loved being with the group and exploring Germany, today was by FAR my favorite day. I got to see Harry Styles perform live on his “Love on Tour”. I went with Lauren, Colleen, and Jules. The concert wasn’t until 7 pm, but we had to get there earlier for several reasons:…

Wao, What an Adventure!

Hi friends! After a surprisingly quick 8 hours of travel, we arrived at the place we would be staying in Waorani territory. Unlike last year, we would not be staying directly where the people in the community lived, but instead a 2 minute canoe ride downstream. It was nice because our canoe was the last…