5/20

Today was our last full day on the trip. We had a free day in Augsburg so most of us slept in after a long night out. At 11 a large group of us went and got weisswurst. Weisswurst is a  white Bavarian breakfast sausage that is eaten with mustard and a pretzel. The weisswurst was okay but at this point in the trip I am looking froward to a nice big American breakfast when I get home. After breakfast I walked around and looked at some stores for a couple of hours. We went to a gelato place which was really good. Later in the afternoon a bunch of us met up with some German students and had a barbecue in a local park. The parks in Germany are really nice and well maintained. Prior to this trip I never knew how environmentally friendly the Germans truly are. They all recycle and the government gives 25 cent for every plastic bottle. Plus many of the students we were with all ride bikes and few of them have cars. In Pittsburgh the opposite is true as more kids drive cars than ride bikes. The barbecue was a lot of fun and the German students showed us a German delicacy called bread on a stick (I forgot what the Germans call it).  You take dough and wrap it around a stick and then put garlic butter and cheese on it and then cook it over a fire. I was hesitant at first but the bread tasted amazing.  Overall, I had a nice relaxing last day in Germany. I truly cannot believe how fast the two weeks went by. I am thankful for having the opportunity to come on this trip. I feel as if I learned a lot.  Not only did I learn about the automotive industry, but I also learned a lot about German culture as whole. Although the trip is a bit expensive it was  definitely worth it. For anyone reading this post and considering going on the trip, do the trip. The trip is great because allows freshman business students to apply some of the stuff they learn in classes such as MCE to the real world.