Going into the trip, the girls in our group had decided that we wanted to spend our free day somewhere in Austria. Most of them really wanted to visit the locations where The Sound of Music was filmed. Honestly, I did not have a strong preference about where we went. I just hoped we would…
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Day 7: Getting Retail (and Exposure) Therapy in Munich!
Today was one of my favorite days of the program as we took a day trip to Munich! Given my (unhealthy) passion for shopping, I was super excited to walk around, get gifts for my friends and family, and buy more clothes that absolutely do not need! Once we got off the train, I immediately…
Day 10: Earliest wakeup in the books
After having been to so many site visits and factory tours of companies that other groups were assigned to, I almost forgot there would be a day that we would we would visit my groups company! Meeting in the lobby in the five o’clock hour felt like a fever dream. I prepared questions the night…
Day 14: Salzburg Has My Heart
Somehow we have made it to our last official day of the program and what better way to spend it than in Salzburg, Austria? We woke up early to make the most out of our day and we caught the 8 AM train, which the German students helped us figure out. The train ride from…
Day 9: Exploring Nuremberg above and below ground
Our departure time this morning for MAN was 6:15am, so it was another abruptly early wake-up and quick breakfast. With a two and a half hour bus ride to MAN, I tried my best to sleep on the way there, but when I couldn’t, I put my earbuds in, listened to my favorite Harry Styles…
Day 15: 17 Lines, 12 Escalators, and One Train Later, I’m Home.
We took our final bus ride early this morning and arrived at the airport. Earlier in the trip, I mentioned that the Munich airport felt smaller and quieter than I expected. This time, however, it was the complete opposite. From the moment we arrived, there were lines and crowds everywhere. I had to pull out…
Day 14: One Last Adventure
Today was our free day! We each got to choose how we wanted to spend the day and where we wanted to go (within reason, of course). I had originally planned to visit Nuremberg, but since our itinerary changed and we were able to visit it during the trip, I decided to join the rest…
Final Blog – The Trip I Can’t Stop Thinking About
Goodbye Plus3, I will forever have you to thank for the new friends, memories, and my first experience out of the country. After being home for a few days now, I have found myself constantly thinking about Germany and everything this trip meant to me. The memory I keep returning to most is actually the…
Day 13: Wrapping Up in Augsburg
After all the site visits, discussions with employees, and meetings with our groups, it was finally time to present. We had a quick lunch at the university and did one last run-through of our presentation. I am a very nervous presenter, so I kept practicing in my head what I wanted to say, how to…
Day 12: A Front-Row Seat to Car Production
Since we had already completed the discussion with Audi on our first day, today consisted of only the factory tour and museum visit. When we first arrived, we had some free time to explore the store and look around. There were many cool model cars on display, as well as real cars featuring current and…
Day 11: Exploring Aumovio and Regensburg
Today, we visited Aumovio and Regensburg. Before visiting, I had never heard of Aumovio and had only received a short introduction from the presenting group the previous week. Aumovio was established in 2025 as a spin-off from Continental AG’s Automotive division. They focus on vehicle electronics, software-defined systems, and mobility solutions for safe, connected, and…
Day 13: Presentation Day
Today is the day the entire trip has been leading up to: presentation day. The American students have been so busy with company visits and other activities that it has been somewhat difficult to find time to meet with our groups. We met up a few times throughout the trip, but most of the work…
Day 15 – Two Weeks Later
I woke up on our last morning feeling so many emotions: sad to leave, grateful for the experience, and dreading the nine-hour flight. I headed down for breakfast one last time, sad that the array of food would soon be a memory. After eating, I made sure to stop at the grocery store one last…
The Final Blog — Takeaways from Germany (Not Just Souvenirs!)
As I said in my last blog post, I truly could not have asked for a better Plus3 experience than the one I got. I made new friends with similar interests, saw more of the world than I ever have before, ate delicious food, and most importantly, broadened my perspective. One thing in particular about…
Day 15 Blog — The Longest Travel Day Ever
Being 6’3” is usually awesome, but when you’re on a plane for 9 hours, it really doesn’t feel like the best thing in the world. All jokes aside, it was truly sad to say that our time abroad had officially come to a close. We all woke up, grabbed our last complimentary breakfast, and got…
Day 14 Blog — Exploring Austria
Well, that’s a wrap! Our time in Germany has come to a close, and oddly enough, we chose to spend the day in an entirely different country, Austria. Almost all of our travel group made our way to Salzburg, waking up early and hopping on a train to get to Munich’s main station. There, we…
Day 13 Blog — We All Learned a Thing or Two!
The day has finally come! Presentations are upon us, and we can put all that we have learned to the test. We didn’t have to be at the university until 2, but a few of us headed over to the university to grab a bite to eat, and then meet with our groups one last…
Day 12 Blog — Amazed by Audi
The day has finally come upon us, the last factory tour; I don’t think we could’ve ended on a much better note. We went through the regular routine: wake up, breakfast, sleep on the bus, and make our way off to Audi headquarters. We showed up a little bit early, so we took some time…
Day 11 Blog — Circuit Boards, City Halls, and Even More Coffee
Another day, another tour. Today, we headed out to Regensburg to see Aumovio, a company that helps to develop the internal technology for digital displays in cars. Though it sounds a little bit less interesting than seeing luxury cars themself in production, I actually found this to be quite interesting. I personally have experience building…
Day 10 Blog — Buses, Bunkers, and Bavarian Coffee
Today was a long one, but nonetheless, pretty interesting. We headed off to Nuremberg to visit MAN headquarters and get another factory tour. This one was a bit of a mixture of the KUKA and BMW tour style, being guided both above the work floor and on it. To get started, they geared us up…