This long study tour officially sets off my travel bug mentality. I left Copenhagen to visit Berlin and Prague this past week with my European Business Strategy core class, to set out on academic tours through European companies and to see a new side of Europe. First three days were spent in Berlin. My history-buff-self emerged and absolutely loved the history of Berlin. The combination of old and new buildings post communism and WWII, the Berlin Wall, and all the historical briefings from our bike tour brought the heart of war city to life. Standing where the Nazi regime started and seeing the building where the Nazi headquarters used to be was hard to wrap my head around. To be honest though, Berlin wasn't my favorite. Given it was rainy and cold, I just did not love this city at all besides the history. We had little time to go explore the city on our own, but my friend got her and I on the guest list of Benjamin Fancis Leftwhich's concert - my soul is still on edge and my heart still skips a beat when I think about this concert, it was that good. If you don't know of him, check him out!! So yeah, Ben was definitely the best part of Berlin. With my class, we visited BMW motorcycle, Deutsche Bahn AG, VDA Headquarters, and then we split up into five different groups to see smaller businesses on our own - I visited The Aspen Institute Germany. BMW was cool seeing the difference between the motorcycle and automobile departments under the automobile industry umbrella. VDA was engaging and eye-opening, but the others were eye-closing (super boring). ...and then it was tschüss Berlin, ahoj Prague. The last three days were spent in Prague. Prague is beautiful! The old building facades and cobblestone streets lead the way to Prague Castle, the John Lennon Wall, and the Old Square. DIS planned a cooking class for us the first night there where we cooked our own chicken and potato meal along with our Professional Chef instructor. The kitchen gave a Ratatouille vibe and the chef was a spitting image of Edna Mode from the Incredibles (it was the glasses). Prague also has these iconic dough and sugar sweets called Trdelniks, and they are heavenly. A big must when traveling to Prague. As a class, we visited SKODA and SKANSKA. At SKODA, we were able to see the cars created from a piece of metal to a functional car. This summer I was able to see Mercedes-Benz cars being produced through my MB internship, and it was so interesting to see the difference between car productions. Let's just say that MB screams luxury in production, and SKODA definitely doesn't. All in all, it was an amazing trip that offered a realistic picture of what working abroad would look like with meetings and the limited time to go sight-seeing. So maybe working abroad isn't number one on my list. It was sad to say goodbye to Prague, but nice to be back at my temporary home in Copenhagen!
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