final reflection

I cant believe our Germany trip is coming to an end! Overall, I am sad that the trip is ending, but I am excited to get back to my family and friends, and get some much needed sleep. going into this trip, I was so excited, but nervous about making friends and having a good…

Day 12: free day

Today was our free day, which did not go as expected, but was still fun regardless. Our original plan was to take the train into Salzburg, but once we arrived in Munich to take our train there, me and one other girl realized we had forgotten our passports. After some quick research on if passports…

Day 11: Presentations and Goodbye Dinner

I cant believe we are already at the second to last day of the trip! It really has flown by quickly. Today was a slower day, as our only group commitment was meeting for our presentations at 2:00. This meant I got to sleep in a little which gave me some much needed rest. After…

Day 10: Grob

Today we had our last site vist of the trip, GROB. I am feeling a little bittersweet, on one hand I am so sad that this trip is coming to a close, but I am looking forward to being back home with my family. Going into this trip people had talked a lot about how…

Day 9: Hoerbiger and Oberammergau

Today we drove south again and headed to our second to last visit, Hoerbiger. This visit was especially important since this is the group I am focusing on for my project. Headed into this visit I did not know what to expect since the company is privately owned and we couldn’t find a ton of…

Day 8: Dachau

Today was unlike every day on this trip so far, today we visited the concentration camp, Dachau. Going into today, I was definitely nervous for the emotions I knew I was about to go through, but also grateful that Pitt is taking us to learn more about the tragedy of the holocaust while in Germany….

Day 7: Munich!

We are now one week into our Germany trip and today was another day I had been looking forward to, today we went to Munich. I did not know what to expect for this trip because I don’t think I had even seen photos of Munich before today, but I was excited to be in…

Day 6: Neuschwanstein and MAN lecture

Friday was the day I’ve been looking forward to most this whole trip and it definitely met my expectations. We visited the Neuschwanstein castle today, which I had seen photos of and could not believe I was actually going to get to go there. The day started very early with a bus ride south to…

Day 5: Audi

For our fifth day of plus3 we took the bus out to Ingolstadt to visit the Audi headquarters, factory and museum. Going into this day I did not know what to expect since I am not super knowledgable on cars, and all of the factories we had visited prior produced smaller parts rather than huge…

Day 4: continental and regensburg

Tuesday we woke up and headed to the town of Regensburg for the day to learn about continental and visit the town. First, we visited continental which is a company that is mainly known for tires, but this factory specialized in chips that help the car function. This was very interesting and surprising to me…

Day 3: Nuremberg and MAN

For our third day we took the bus to Nuremberg to explore the city and tour the company MAN. Going into today, I did not know what to expect since we had not explored any cities besides Augsburg yet. When we got there my first impression was how beautiful it was. The weather was perfect…

Exploring Augsburg

I am so excited to finally be on this trip after looking forward to it for so long! It was a long day getting to Germany, but it was definitely worth all of the travel. When we got to Augsburg we did a tour of the city and then some free time before we could…

Introduction – Ashlyn Coates

Hello! My name is Ashlyn Coates and I am from Malvern, PA . I am a sophomore at Pitt double majoring in business information systems and marketing. In my free time at Pitt I am a member of the Women in Business club and enjoy spending time with friends on campus. This summer I will…