Hi everyone,
We – Marie and Florian – are the new interns at AutoCom. We
both arrived at the end of February to have some time to organize stuff and to
settle in. We both live in Royal Oak in a shared flat for the next six months,
where nearly all the other interns from different companies are living.
I am Marie and I just
finished my master studies in economics at the University of Cologne in
Germany. It is my second time living in the U.S. for half a year. In 2012, I went to San Diego
to do a semester abroad. It was fantastic. But as I am experiencing now, you
cannot compare California and Michigan. These are totally different states.
I arrived on Tuesday
night at Detroit Metro Airport, where Nicole picked me up. Right the next
morning, it started snowing for two days. Nevertheless, I went out to explore
my neighborhood and did a walk to Royal Oak downtown. It was freezing cold, so
I made a stop in a cute café to have a late breakfast.
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| Atomic Coffee - my new favorite cafe |
Believe it or not, the sun was shining on the weekend and
all the snow was gone – we had spring feelings. People told me that the weather
could totally change from one day to the other. You know what, it snowed again
this week and the traffic was disturbed again. Thank God, we have a car and sit
in a warm office.
I am here for nearly two weeks now and I already feel like
this is my home. On the weekend there will be my first trip around here –
Chicago is calling. I am really looking forward to visiting this city. Everyone
said it should look a bit like New York, so we will see. I will tell you in my
next blog post.
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| My first morning in Michigan |
My name is Florian
and I am currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business
administration at the University of Applied Sciences in Regensburg.
Since I arrived we had some nice days but also quite a few
snowy ones. On my second evening, the city of Royal Oak even proclaimed the
snow emergency. This means that every car has to be parked off the street. It
was quite a hassle moving all our cars and my rental car to the park behind our
house. Additionally on the first day of work we were allowed to leave early due
to sleet and heavy snow. Other than that Michigan did a good job in welcoming
its new citizen. I’m slowly getting used to the traffic and its laws and rules
like being allowed to turn right at a red light and passing to the right on the
freeway. The most difficult for me is remembering that there is no “left yields
to right” rule on intersections but instead who comes first has right of way.
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| My new old car |
I live in a five
bedroom house in Royal Oak with currently four rooms occupied. My roommates
welcomed me very kindly and took me to another house on my second evening,
where I met Marie, the other intern who started on March 1st and a
lot of other people. Additionally I got to know Nicole, the current intern at
AutoCom who we are carpooling with. Since then Marie showed me her new favorite
coffee place called Atomic Coffee right in downtown Royal Oak, which has really
good coffee with a free refill.
Let’s see what the next weeks will bring but hopefully the
weather will be nicer.
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