Writing this final blog post in the comfort of my own bed in Pittsburgh gives me a lot to think about from the last two weeks. I am first of all grateful for this trip. Everyone, from my classmates to Dr. Lawrence Feick and Claire Dawkins to all of the German students that we met…
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Our Trip to Salzburg
Our first official day off program! To celebrate our company presentations and the hard work that we as a group put into them, we collectively agreed to take a day-long trip to Salzburg, Austria. If I had to describe this trip in one word, I would say it was extraordinary. Everything about this trip was…
Company presentations
Here we are. Company presentations. The culmination of the work done on the entire trip condensed down to 30 minutes. You could feel the nerves in the presentation room, half from the weight of the presentation itself and the other from the pressure of not slipping up in front of your professors and piers. However,…
Castles and Churches
Today was a very rainy day, but that did not stop me from having a blast on our trips today. Our first stop was to Neuschwanstein, a Bavarian castle that was built for Ludwig II and was finished in the later half of the nineteenth century. Its purpose was to be used by Ludwig and…
Regensburg
Today was quite an eventful day. I woke up, had breakfast, and got on the bus to Regensburg. The trip took around two hours and I slept through all of it. When I awoke we were just about there, and we got off and walked across a famously old stone bridge that served as the…
Dachau
Today I had an eye-opening and, honestly, a depressing experience. Today we visited Dachau, the first concentration camp in Germany. The camp served as the blueprint for future concentration camps, with many elements that can be seen at many other camps. It had the words “ARBEIT MACHT FREI” written across the gates at the entrance,…
Visiting Munich
Today started out just as any other day does. We woke up early and ate breakfast at the hotel. I woke up a little later than I would have liked so I had to wolf down eggs and bread before we headed to Munich. Instead of taking a bus, we took one of the local…
In Awe at Audi
Today we went to one of Audi’s manufacturing plants. I was so excited that I woke up before my alarm even went off. I had my usual breakfast and then we were off. I spent the entire bus ride thinking about what I was going to see and also by watching Breaking Bad (highly recommend)….
Weissmann tries a Weisswurst and Forvia Tour
Today we had a very special breakfast. We woke up very early and got on an hour long bus ride to a little village in Bavaria. In this village, we visited a building that housed a very traditional Bavarian food item: Weisswurst. This is a white sausage made of veal and pork. This sausage was…
Grob and Schokolade
As per usual we started the day by eating some amazing breakfast at the hotel before heading to our company visit. Instead of visiting Hoerbiger, today we visited Grob. We were lead to their presentation room and given a rundown of the company. We learned that they primarily made robots that manufactured different items depending…
Doubling Down on Hoerbiger
Today was our first day of company touring, and as such we toured two manufacturing plants for a company called Hoerbiger, hence the title (Im working on 4 hours of sleep). The company itself is medium sized, with around 5,000 employees and over a billion euros in sales. Hoerbiger also just so happens to be…
Germany day 2: treasure hunting
I started the day by eating breakfast at the hotel’s dining room. It was one of the best breakfasts I have ever had at a hotel. They had a wide variety of cut meats, cereal, juices, breads, and yogurts, and every one of these items tasted delicious (I ate a lot). We then hopped on…
Germany day 1
After almost 14 hours of non-stop flights, we finally arrived in Munich, Germany. The first thing that immediately struck me about this nation is how colorful it is. There were endless fields of bright yellow rapeseeds (which are used to make canola oil) and waves of blue solar panels lining the highways as we traveled…
From Pittsburgh to Deutschland!
Hey everyone! My name is Eduardo Weissmann and I am a first year engineering student at the University of Pittsburgh. I plan on majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in either electrical engineering or computer science and a certificate in design. I have been and plan on being involved in a variety of clubs…