With the program officially done, I want to reflect on what occurred in these past two weeks (which flew by!). First, I want to take a moment to thank everyone on the trip and everyone who put the work in for this trip to happen. Germany was one of the best trips I have ever…

Today was our free day of the trip and we all took advantage by taking a train to Salzburg, Austria. To make the most of it, Jacob, Matt, and I wore lederhosen there that we borrowed from the German students. When we arrived, I did not think great of Salzburg and to make it worse,…

Our two hour bus ride to Regensburg was worth the trip. I felt like the town was very similar to Augsburg based on the way it looked and felt. We met with our tour guide and had a two hour tour of the city. To be honest, the tour guide kept dragging it out and…

All our hard work was finally going to be put to test with our presentations today. After prepping all week for our presentation, our group, Hoerbiger, did a good job presenting I believe. It was nice to see our work pay off and now we get to have some fun these last couple days! It…

Today, we had a free day to work on projects or to do as you please. I took advantage of our time with our group, and we met up at the university to finish and go over our presentation for the next day. We worked for a few hours then grabbed lunch at the cafeteria….

Going to Audi highly anticipated all week and it did not disappoint. It was by far my favorite company visit. The Audi factory campus was huge and open. The group I was in started in the museum. This largely cylinder-shape building had tens or hundreds of Audi cars dating back to the early 1900s. I…

A powerful, deep day was awaiting us all week. Our trip to Dachau began with meeting our wonderful tour guide, who expressed that this tour will be heavy yet informing. As an American, we have been taught about the Nazis and concentration camps all throughout our primary school years. With movies, books, and documentaries I…

Today was a day I have been looking forward to since looking at the program schedule. With Munich being Bavaria’s largest city, we were in for a treat. To begin with, we took the train at the Augsburg HBF for the first time since arriving, and I was surprised with how easy and efficient they…

Landsberg was our spot for today. The weather was nice and sunny, so it was a great time to relax and enjoy some free time. I went on a calm walk through the woods with Nikolas, Jacob and Matt. Again like yesterday, the city was crowded, but it was a very cool little town.  We…

Neuschwanstein Castle and Wieskirche were on the schedule for day 5. The town was very small, but lively. Since it was a holiday, there was a lot of tourism going on. The first thing we saw was a beautiful lake on the side of the town with great views. We then hiked up the mountain…

Grob and Foriva were on the agenda for today. Both were great. Grob’s tour was unbelievable. They had the best facilities and campus out of all the companies so far. Our tour guide was great too. It was cool to see how many things manufactured in that place is all automated. There was a lot…

Today’s activities were exciting and tiring at the same time. We headed off to Hoerbiger for our first company tour. Hoerbiger had two plants that we walked through: the first was for the production of the valve that they have and the second was more for the automobile industry with synchronized rings and gears. The…