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…
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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…
A Rainy Day in a Castle
Today we went to Neuschwanstein castle near the Alps. It was only about an hour and haft drive there. As we got close, we could see the castle from a far. It was a lot smaller than I thought it would be. It was a big castle I just thought it would be bigger from…
Beautiful day in Regensburg
Today we went to by far my favorite city which is Regensberg. It was a two-hour bus ride there that I was mostly asleep for. I woke up at the end of the ride, and everywhere that I’d look outside was absolutely beautiful. There were fields everywhere, and gorgeous green forests as well. We arrived…
Dachau
Today went to the Dachau concentration camp. Dachau was a reeducation camp used for 12 years during the Nazi regime. Unlike other concentration camp it was primarily used for enemies of the state. Anyone in the socialist party, and opponents of Hitler. It was also a reeducation camp and not a death camp. This means…
A Day in Munich
Today we took a trip to the third largest city in Germany-Munich. We started the day taking a train to Munich. it was the first time that we rode an actual train on Germany, and it was really nice. The train was really nice, and you don’t even have to scan your ticket you can…
A trip to Audi
Today we got to visit Audi which was by far my favorite visit yet. We arrived at Audi and the group split up into two groups. My group went to the museum first. The first thing that you notice at the museum is the rotating cars. There were so many cool cars on it. There…
Authentic German Breakfast and Forvia
Today we had an authentic German breakfast called Weisswurst. This means a white sausage breakfast that usually comes with pretzels and beer but we only had pretzels. Since I’m a vegetarian I had pretzels and cheese which was very good. I was surprised to see so many people at the breakfast as it was a…
Second Company Visit
Today we visited Grob. Grob is a company that makes robots/machines to manufacture cars. They sell these machines to Tesla and, any other big car brands. We started the company visit with a presentation and then a factory tour. Grob was unique in that they make 80 percent of the parts they need for their…
First Company Visit at Hoerbiger
Today we visited the company Hoerbiger. This visit consisted of two parts because there are two parts to the company. In the morning we visited the location focusing on making chips with various applications. They can be used in ventilators, pipes, and lasers. I was more interested in this part of the company than I…
Scavenger Hunt in Augsburg
We started the day off at the university. We took the tram there, and it was very nice compared to US subways and buses. When you get to the university the first thing, I noticed was the landscaping. Everywhere you looked everything was overgrown which never happens at Pitt. It was really cool to see…
Successful Landing in Germany
After a very long flight we finally got to Germany this morning around 7 am. We left the airport and drove to Augsburg. On the bus ride to Augsburg, you could immediately see how different Germany is compared to the US. The first thing I noticed was the beautiful yellow flower field everywhere. The yellow…
Leaving for Germany in 3 Weeks!!!
Hello, I’m Emma Rowland and I’m a Mechanical engineering student here at Pitt. I chose engineering because I love calculus and I like how everything connects in engineering. I grew up in Columbus Ohio, I went to a small high school called Grandview Heights. I have had the opportunity to travel to France and I’m…