Today is my last day in Munich and quite honestly it is bittersweet. I really fell in love with Munich. It is such a beautiful and peaceful place and I want to come back here soon. I spent my time this morning cleaning up and preparing for the flight out to Amsterdam tomorrow. Later in…

Probably my most favorite day in Germany: the bus tour of the castles in Southern Bavaria. My group and I started off the day meeting at the same spot as yesterday for the bus, having already used one form of transportation (train) to get us to the meeting spot. The bus tour was scenic and…

Oh, today was absolutely lovely. The class went on a bus tour to Salzburg, Austria and learned about modern construction techniques that were applied in Salzburg in terms of their transportation issues and their transportation systems. We used many forms of transportation today; the train to get to the meet up spot, the bus to…

This Wednesday was our free day to go out of Munich to explore somewhere new. I chose to go to Nuremberg which was about two hours out of Munich by bus. The original plan was to visit the Black Forest, however there was not enough time to go there and come back to Munich by…

On this Tuesday, we met up with the class and traveled around Munich, touring the sites around Munich and learning lessons on the particular places we encountered along the way. Most of the focus today was the reconstruction and the resiliency efforts that were instilled in Munich after the war. This applied to both the…

Today is Monday, Day 9. The day was much more of a serious day. My group and I traveled to the meet up site of Dachau using a variation of S Bahns and buses. When everyone arrived at the Dachau Concentration Camp, our professor begin the lecture and the history of the site and the…

So it is Sunday and we got to Munich around brunch time so we stopped and had brunch at this lovely buffet by our AirBnb. From the airport, we had used the S Bahn to get to our destination and then walked from there on out to our new home for the week. When it…

No it is not a school day, it is a Saturday and my group is still exploring Berlin. Most of the morning and during midday I was packing and preparing my presentation for the class next week. However, in the afternoon through the evening, my group and I went BRLO Brewfest. BRLO is a brewery…

Yet another fun day ensued this week when we got to go to the Deutsches Technikmuseum today. This museum is home to technology progression throughout the years; especially transportation. I really loved this museum, I wish I had more time to have explored but I really enjoyed my time and my learning in this lovely…

Today we met up at the Berlin Airlift. This area was a memorial to the United States, the United Kingdom, and France who helped end the Second World War. These forces controlled the western parts of Berlin while the east was controlled by Soviet troops. The airlift was vital in terms of transportation because it…

It is Wednesday and we started off the day with a meeting at a Dunkin’ Donuts located in the central station. Today’s focus is the post unification of Germany and its transportation. This included the recent reconstruction of traffic systems in Berlin such as the S Bahn and U Bahn. After the meeting of historical…

June 5. Beginning the day with a walk to the U-Bahn to go to the Zoo. It started off as a cloudy and cool day but it was perfect for a day at the zoo. We began with a little insight about the zoo. The Berlin Zoo is known as the largest zoo in Europe…

  Today is Monday June 4, 2018 and our class journey through Germany has just begun. We started off our day by meeting at Checkpoint Charlie. This was the area in which access between the east and west Berlin was implemented during World War II. Today, there is now a museum at Checkpoint Charlie to…

Today is Day 1 in my German portion of the trip. I am currently in Paris, France. Later today I will be travelling to Berlin via an airplane. It has been about two weeks now that I have been in Europe and Iceland. I have been having such a wonderful time and I am excited…