Day 5 – Will Light

Today we had a good start by touring the city of Munich. After we ended with seeing a Michle Jackson tribute we then made our way to the BMW show room. And ended the day seeing the BMW museum and all the engines it had inside.

Day 5 – Daniel Hodson

Today we did a Munich walking tour. We got to the see the British garden. It was cool to see how locals spend their free time. There were wake surfers in the river. This is a true testament to the cleanliness of the water and their dedication to environmental wellness. This came up a lot [...]

Logan Lippert- Day 5 Munich

Today, we started with a walking tour of Munich, which included tons of really cool stops. One good stop was the English Garden, which had so many cool walking trails and lookout points, but also a river that has an artificial wave people surf on! It was interesting to hear the history of the surfing [...]

day 4 – Daniel

I had a ton of fun talking with foreign student and other locals. We talked a lot about how our cultures differ and how they approach the job market. It was super interesting to hear outside opinions about American politics. We also met people visiting from the Netherlands while exploring. And it was super fun [...]

Day 3 – Evan Carter

Today was a long day, we started by departing from Stuttgart bright and early and headed to Munich. Once we got to Munich we met up with German students and professors at Munich University of Applied Sciences and got a quick lecture along with a case study presentation activity. It was very fun getting to [...]

Day 3

It was super fun talking to the German students. It was interesting to talk about the differences between our countries. BMW was super interesting it was cool to see part machining on such a large scale.

Day 2 – Evan Carter

Today we got to see how Mercedes-Benz and Porsche manufacture their vehicles. I found it very interesting seeing up-close how both companies integrated automation and robotics with humans and perfected just in time production strategies to make their processes as efficient as possible. Something that stood out when we toured Mercedes-Benz is just how large [...]

Day 2- Will Light

Today we had a great start by visiting the Mercedes-Benz factory after eating a great breakfast. After seeing what their assembly line looked like we made our way back to the city center and found lunch. Then we had a great end to the day as we got an excellent tour of the Porsche factory, [...]