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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

While yesterday was super fun and light-hearted, we took today to reflect on Germany’s history and visit the first ever concentration camp, Dachau. As soon as we stepped off the bus, there was an eerie feeling about the place. We were far from the only group there, but the vastness of the camp made it…

And just like that, we are over halfway through this trip! Time has been absolutely flying here. From getting to know all of my travel companions to learning more about Augsburg and Germany, we have had quite the packed schedule this last week. To celebrate this milestone of being about halfway through, we headed to…

Today was a little bit less structured than our past days have been, and frankly, it was much needed. We didn’t have anything on the schedule until 1:30, so our group took advantage of the free time by exploring a museum called Schaezlerpalais. In here, we were able to take in some historic artwork and…

After days of factory tours and industry exploration, we headed off to Neuschwanstein to see the castle built by the “Crazy King” Ludwig II. When we first stepped off the bus, it felt like we had teleported to another world. The mountains were steep and tall, dwarfing our group entirely, and there was a beauty…

The KUKA factory was one of the most interesting places I have ever seen, but I wasn’t expecting it to be. When I heard we were touring a factory that made the robots that made cars, I was initially pretty skeptical as to just how interesting it would be. Regardless, we all hopped into the…

Getting on the bus to head out to the BMW factory, I was pretty unsure of just what to expect. I had never seen a real large-scale production line before, and I was quite interested to learn more. After our long ride, we arrived at the BMW headquarters, where we quickly heard some facts about…

Coming from such a rural campus, seeing the University of Augsburg was a complete shock to me. It’s not like I had never seen a rural campus before, as I toured plenty whenever I was choosing where to attend college for myself, but none of those campuses were quite like what they have here in…

Although I was anxious to fly as far away from home as I have ever been, the process of getting to Augsburg was shockingly smooth. Unlike trips I have taken with my family in the past, everyone was ready on time and we all made it to the airport, starting us off on the right…