In my time in Ireland so far, the differences between living here and living in America were more prominent in my day to day than I originally expected. There are a few reasons why I expected Ireland to be pretty similar to America, and in some ways it is and other ways it isn’t. My…
Getting More of Berlin
I went out more and explored Berlin more this past week. I went to the Tiergarden on Tuesday for a meet-up with all the people from the program, including the people from other schools like FU. We have a groupchat together on Whatsapp, but we have never met each other except for a few people…
Becoming Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
There have been a lot of difficulties when it comes to assimilating to the Spanish culture. So far, the biggest issue for me has to be the food, both with eating times and with the food itself. For starters, the Spaniards have a different eating schedule than we do, it typically goes as follows: 8am-coffee…
Exploring the East Side Gallery
Week three of my internship is over! This week at Sirius Facilities, I have been continuing to update the information for suppliers on SAP. I have also been reviewing the company’s financial statements, such as their balance sheet. Using these financial statements, I am working with my coworker on a presentation about Sirius Facilities’ Financial…
Unexpected Jounreys in Germany
This past week was filled with spontaneous activities leading to exploring new places. I finished one of my big projects at my internship and started another big project this week where I have to make a video of group members that received funding from the German Senate. In the video, they are saying thank you…
Blog 4
The part that is hardest to assimilate to in my opinion is the economic behavior of of the labor force. Timelines are subjective and vision is left for interpretation. The division of labor is different, roles are interconnected and education, work experience, and professional titles are less important. People flirt with ideas and projects, during…
Weekend in Hamburg
This week at my internship I continued my task of creating an automated tool for standardizing file names and inputs. Each day I did different things with it because the instructions are always changing. When I complete one thing, it usually changes and needs to be done a different way. This is usually because the…
Exploring more of Germany
Another week has flown by and I can’t believe we’re already almost halfway through the program. This week, aside from my internship, I went to a lot of new places and explored more of Germany. On Tuesday, our program manager in Berlin, Britta, and the rest of the group got together at a really cool…
Adapting To Conflict Through A Language Barrier
The past week has been eventful and in my opinion has been the most interesting as both an employee and a traveler. I was able to get in touch more with those from other U.S. universities within our Intrax group which I was always looking forward to. It is always good to see others in…
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