Well, here I am. I am currently in my home in good ole’ Pennsylvania. To say I am missing this trip is a major understatement. I went from having loads of fun everyday in Germany to working five days a week. Not cool. Anyway, I have been home for a little bit now and I…
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May 19th- Final Full Day
Here we are, our last full day on the trip. I am trying not to think about it too much because I don’t want it to be over. But, today we are spending our free time in Salzburg. We started off the morning taking our covid tests to ensure we were able to go home…
May 18th- Presentation time
Today was the day. After all the company visits, today was the day we would all present about each one. My group was assigned BMW, which I was very happy with at the time because it was the only one I knew. However, after all the company visits I would’ve been happy being assigned any…
May 17th- Hey Siri, play “Castle on the Hill” by Ed Sheeran.
Next destination on the agenda? Neuschwanstein. The days are counting down as today is virtually the last day on the schedule besides the final presentations. I am so not ready for this trip to be over. We hopped on our last bus ride to Neuschwanstein and after some driving through the countryside we made it…
May 16th- Cathy vs Ulmer Münster
Today was a pretty cool day. We took the train to Ulm to get a tour of the city. Once we arrived we were greeted with the largest steeple church in the world. It was quite the sight to see but it reminded me of a building I was a little more familiar with, the…
May 15th- Dachau
Today was more of an emotional and serious day. It was our visit to the concentration camp in Dachau. Once we arrived we met up with our tour guide and began. I thought I was prepared for the tour but I was wrong. I was completely in shock to see how big the concentration camp…
May 14- Munich, “lets gooooooo!”- Maxi.
Today was our first day with no company visit. We took a train and arrived at Munich around 11am. From there we walked over to the Marienplatz where we watched the Glockenspiel show which has animatronics moving around. From there we started our guided tour around the city. We walked around many parts of the…
May 13- Grob.
Last day of company visits today. We visited a company I have never heard of before called Grob. I did not know what to expect but I was extremely impressed afterwards. I thought the entire company plant was massive. We were greeted with a big meeting room with beverages and pretzels which was very nice…
May 12th- Faurecia or Forvia??
Today we started off our day at Baindlkirch where we tried Weisswurst for the first time. I was a little intimidated at first because it was not what I expected. The sausages looked very white, and not like anything I have seen before. However, once I tried it, I absolutely loved it. It was even…
May 11th- Star Wars: Return of the Döner Kebab
Today was a very busy day. We started our day very early and traveled to our first company of the day, Webasto. Once we arrived we were greeted with drinks and butter filled pretzels. It was a very nice of Webasto to do this, I was not expecting it at all! The pretzels were very…
May 10th- Siri, Play “My Heart Will Go On” by Céline Dion.
Day three. Today was a jam packed day. It was our first company visit at Hoerbiger. We started off the day waking up fairly early to take the bus to Hoerbiger. Not my favorite thing in the world to do, but I know it is worth getting up early to make the most of the…
May 9th- Team Spezi was number one in my heart. (but last in reality)
We did it! Second day down at Germany, and it was an awesome day. We started off eating breakfast at the hotel. Honestly I was surprised how good it was for hotel food. Scrambled eggs and orange juice is a 10/10. Then we took a street car for the first time to Universität Augsburg. Once…
Day 1 (May 7th/8th): Döner Kebab
To say our flight to Germany was complicated is an understatement. If I would’ve told myself I was going to be in four different airports, three different states, and two countries in the last 24 hours, I would have laughed at myself. Even with set backs in getting to Germany, I still was able to…
Auf Wiedersehen Pittsburgh, Hallo Augsburg!
Hi everyone! My name is Jason Bliss and this is my first blog post! I am part of the “outside of Philly” population here at the University Of Pittsburgh. I am from a small town called Douglassville, which is forty or so minutes from Philadelphia. Here at the University of Pittsburgh, I am in the…