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Day 5: Thursday 5/12/2016

…Lear…something…Nuremberg….After they finally arrived hours late that I had spent in a bar with friends, we met the group in the club. Everybody was already in a good mood thanks to mood enhancing beverages and despite the long day everybody still got so much energy. Even though the club is supposed to attract rather sleezy (that it?) people, the music was good and there were so many people there that nobody cared and just had a good time. Much of which I spent looking for the Americans, cause they wandered around in the club. Contrary to my imagination before meeting them, the Americans grew very fond of German beer and weren’t shy about tasting more that night. The time flew and at some point later at night we were dancing with strange people with strange drinks. At that point we left (or at least those who had managed to stay with the group). On our way home we decided to follow a famous German tradition – the drunken Doener (that’s probably not how you say it). It’s basically just a pound of salad and greasy chops of meat in a bun and it’s not German either – but there is nothing better when you are walking home after a night out. The Americans didn’t like it though. Guess there’s still stuff I need to teach them :P 

Written by:  Jan Herrmann

The longest day of the trip started out with almost missing the 6:50 bus after Christian set his alarm for 6:45 instead of 5:45. Luckily we woke up at 6:30 and just barely made it in time. After a 3 hour bus ride we arrived at Lear. It was really cool seeing how Lear makes the electrical systems for cars. Since Lear was my assigned company, I had to present the gifts to our hosts at the conclusion of their presentation. It was a little intimidating asking questions and speaking to men on such a high part of the corporate ladder, but it was not as scary as I had pictured. After having a very good lunch at Lear, we headed to the city of Nuremburg. Nuremburg was a beautiful city with the river running through the middle of it and all of the old-style architecture. It is crazy to think that about 90% of the city was destroyed in World War 2. It’s really sad seeing how a city with almost no military value was bombed to the ground. On the other side, it is amazing how the city was completely rebuilt to look like it did before the bombings through the use of city documents and pictures. Nuremburg was not like any American city. I really liked all of the old architecture, cobble-stone streets, and the overall feel of the city. Finally, I loved the restaurant we went to for dinner. It was a super authentic German restaurant and I thought the look/feel of the place was really awesome. 

Looking out over Nuremburg