alright sooo my post a little late because (as i think everyone has learned) i don't ever check my neo email account, ha! oops...anyway!
so this is actually my fourth trip to europe but my first time to any of the places we're going so i'm very excited! i think the biggest difference for me this time will be the language barrier. all of the other places i've been, i didn't really have a problem because either myself or someone i was traveling with spoke the language fluently so this is kind of a first for me. but i have my trusty little pocket guide to german that seems pretty helpful, so i'm trying. two of my personal goals are to 1) attempt to speak some german, and 2) attempt to not look american...today i failed with that second one! oh well...
so as far as what i'm expecting, culture-wise i feel like i'm fairly well prepared having been to europe a few times, but i have heard that germans tend to be very prompt, law-abiding, clean citizens so we'll see if that's accurate. i'm sure there will be plenty of museums and cathedrals as will other parts of europe, but i don't quite know what to expect with the company tours (bayer, novartis, etc).
i'm pretty excited to get to travel to new countries and for the challenge of trying to speak a new language! i'm especially excited to get to see germany because i feel like i have a connection to the heritage being part german, myself. and i know this doesnt have to do with the program itself, but my parents are coming over at the end which should be really fun and interesting because my dad used to live in germany when he was little! anyway, hope all goes well with the trip!!! here goes nothing...
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