It was a great two weeks, the only bad part is that now the rest of my summer is going to feel really lame in comparison. The trip was rewarding in many ways, from exploring a new culture to mastering (or at least attempting to master) international travel. I also became friends with people I…

It was our free day, we could go anywhere we wished as long as we were back in time for the bus to the airport and remained in the country. So, as the adventure seeker I am, I stayed in Augsburg.  We originally planned to go mini golfing, but it was closed. So we ended…

I was asleep the whole time, but the train we took to the city Ulm was apparently super fast. But I was glad to have gotten some rest, for we climbed up the over 750 steps of the steeple of the Ulm Minster. We had an incredible view, of course, but the stairs were spiral and…

The title reflects the excitement of the day, so this blog will be short, unless you want to hear about us sitting at the university and working on our company analysis presentations all day. We got lunch at the dining hall again, so that was exciting. At one point, we overheard an English class. The…

Today we lived like royalty by hiking up to the castle Neuschwanstein. Built by the Bavarian King Ludwig II, it was extravagant to say the least. As a man who did not wish to be king, he built three castles to hide away from the responsibilities of Munich; although our tour of the inside of…

Today we got to witness a marriage, yet it wasn’t in a church…it was in BMW’s factory. What we really witnessed was the top part and bottom part (technical terms, I know) of BMW vehicles being put together. The rest of the tour was equally interesting; I was surprised by how automated the whole process was….

Today, we visited the concentration camp Dakau. It was a reflective time on German history and the human race as a whole, as a tour guide expertly guided us through. Learning about something and seeing pictures of it in history class is not the same as being there and experiencing it firsthand. I am glad…

Munich was crowded to say the least. It’s already a big and bustling city packed with every type of European, but on top of that, there was some sort of celebration that warranted wearing lots of lederhosen. So it was fitting that we started our day with a tour of the city’s major landmarks, in…

We started the day at SGL Group: the Carbon Company. I wish I could tell you that I’m an expert at carbon now, but I can only tell you that a strand of carbon fiber is ten percent thinner than a strand of human hair. We got to see some Kuka robots in action, but…

My morning found me driving through what looked like a windows background screen: rolling green hills with yellow fields and blue sky dotted by white clouds. If that’s not a sufficient enough description, just look at the picture. We were at this picturesque town to try a traditional Bavarian breakfast. It is only served on…

I was happy to wake up to the sun shining, as it was the end of rainy days for the remainder of our trip. Our day began at Hirschvogel, our second company visit. A producer of several automobile parts, the company and its factory was the loudest, with the largest machines. Car parts were being…

Tuesday marked our first company visit: Faurecia. Aside from sporting cool lab coats, we were able to experience the inner workings of their factory. Faurecia tests companies’ automobiles and engines, which we got to witness firsthand. The most interesting part was standing in a soundproof room where the sounds of the engines and exhausts are measured….

The jet lag was still real this day, but we got to see the University of Augsburg for the first time. It is a very nice campus, and it feels and looks like those in the States except that the signs and classes are in German, of course. One thing I particularly liked was a…

I would apologize for my lack of blogging, but I’ve been enjoying my trip, so it’s been very easy to forget to blog. But, back to the beginning, our flight landed at what felt like 2am, but it was 8am and a bright day in Augsburg. After some pretzels, we headed to the tram station…

And the blogging begins! I’m Sarah Broughton, a student in the College of Business Administration, pursuing majors in Supply Chain Management and Global Management and a minor in French. As of now, my German vocabulary consists of “Lederhosen” and “Guten Tag”, so I hope to expand that as well as my knowledge of the automobile…