Fall break/Paris

So as  I look over the pictures from Paris I regret to say, I wish I would have written more about it when I was there. As of right now I am on a train bound for Rotterdam, Bruges, and Brussels which will complete my goal of the northern towns I wanted to see with exception of GB. Paris was amazing , to put it in one word. So much music, food, sites, and just overall beauty. I have to admit it was a little hard at first dealing with the language barrier but as I was there more I was able to work around it. The auto show was amazing, so many new models and concepts! I just wish there were a few less people, as you had to fight to get a look at the new models, it was still very rewarding though. After I finished the auto show in Saturday, Sunday was spent walking around Paris with a walking tour that was very enjoyable and informative. I learned about many little secrets about getting in places for free and getting the best food for the best price, as Paris can be very expensive. So in summary Paris was awesome and if you ever get a chance to go, go. School is going well, very busy, I have six classes three in English and three in German. All of them are very interesting and the school that I am going to is Hochschule Reutlingen. It has a very good international program so many of the students are international students, which  unfortunately means English usually instead of German=(. Even though I am not getting as much practice in speaking German as I would like, I have met some really cool people. Currently I am in Rotterdam, Netherlands with a Russian from St. Petersburg named Nik, and I also have found a local German Ultimate Frisbee club that I have played with once or twice but have been too busy to play with them all the time, sadly.  Through school I have seen an interesting side of the Automotive world that I would love to get involved in. Automotive Consulting. A dream come true for someone like me, and hopefully someone with the combinations of experiences I have.  I have applied for a job a MBtech, a consulting firm with Mercedes, so fingers crossed and we shall see! So this post has been in several parts mostly because of the randomness of this trip and the events that have taken place. After Rotterdam we went to Bruges, Belgium and saw the old town center and shared in some wonderful Belgium beers with some new found friends from the UK and Australia. The best part about traveling and staying in hostels is that you get to meet all sorts of people from different walks of life with such different experiences but yet we are all so similar. After this we went to Brussels, Belgium and I have to say I was very impressed with the beauty of the city and the surrounding area. We saw all of the great landmarks and also had a chance to visit some old friends in Bremen. So all in all a amazing trip with loads of waffles, fries, beer, and some good ol fashion boyhood antics. Now it is buckle down time until my next big trip to Greece in December. Until then I need to study harder, practice more, save money and most of all enjoy ever experience that I can. Bis dann. 

Tschüss Bremen, Hallo Reutlingen.

As I sit currently on the train from Bremen to Stuttgart I think back over the past two months in the lovely town of Bremen. The memories made there I will never soon forget and the friends I have from this experience I will always keep in my heart and thoughts. Since my last update it has been roughly a month and so much has transpired in that time, I can hardly recall it all. There was the weekend trip to Bremerhaven for the Sailing Festival, which was pretty cool. Then was the weekend of hanging around Bremen, going to various festivals and always having a great time with the peeps. This last weekend was the trip to the infamous Oktoberfest. One word describes the annual Fest, Verruckt! (crazy) So many people and so much Beer! This was the first year that they did not allow smoking in the big tents and as a result the smell of sweat, beer and thousands of  inebriated  young people, mostly men, was a bit overwhelming at times but also I really could have cared less at that moment. I was in Mecca! Although most native Germans will tell you that Oktoberfest is simply for the tourist and that they never go there, I did meet several there. The most interesting part was definitely going to the bathroom. Picture this, one bathroom six or seven thousand men, and ungodly amounts of beer. Needless to say , many elbows were thrown and much shoving took place. After getting into a beer tent , which holds about 6-7 thousand people, you cannot leave the tent or you forfeit your spot.  So I was in there from 8am-8pm and would have to say I have never sang or danced more in my life! It was very memorable to say the least. After we returned from the weekends festivities, we had to get ready to move to our final placements so which meant loads of busy work and transportation arrangements. We also went out for a fantastic dinner with the peeps at the Ratskeller, which has some of the oldest wine in Europe. I had a fantastic roasted Duck and glass of delicious Spätburgunder, which is a really good German red wine. We also had a chance to tour the Werder Bremen Soccer Stadium which is currently under reconstruction, it was pretty cool to get an inside look at the workings of a Bundesliga Mannschaft. So in conclusion I cannot thank everyone enough for the wonderful time in Bremen, meine Leute, Meine Oma und all of the Bremenites, Thank you!