Interns@AutoCom

Hi everyone,

It’s been over seven weeks since I arrived in the US and started my internship at AutoCom Associates. I already have experienced so many unique moments which I will never forget.

In the past few weeks, I was able to go to Columbus, Ohio for a short weekend trip to see Glass Animals, a British Indie-band, as well as to visit the Ohio State University. To experience an American university campus was such an experience since the campus is way bigger than a university would be in Germany or the UK.

Moreover, I was in Detroit Downtown while the Detroit Marathon was happening to cheer on some running friends I’ve made within the Royal Oak Runners Group. Detroit is even nicer with no cars on the streets and the spirit was awesome and inspiring.

Detroit has so much to offer. Milky Chance, a German Band, was playing at the Fillmore in Downtown Detroit. Since I am a native German who loves their music, I needed to see them and to support their North American Tour. The concert was such a nice experience and the Fillmore is the perfect location for a concert like that.

Skyline of New York City

On a weekend in October I went to New York to meet up with my brother who was on vacation there. I’ve got to see all the sights you need to see in New York again, since it was my second time in New York. I also watched my first American football game, which was quite an experience. Tailgate parties don’t exist in Germany and that was something completely new for me and fun to watch. The same for the game. My brother needed to explain quite a lot to me before I had any clue of what was going on on that field. But after some time, I kinda got a feeling for what was happening.

So, my first two months in Michigan have been quite busy and full of travelling. Now I am excited for the falling leaves and the upcoming Christmas time which is quite soon.

Eva

Comments

Time to say Goodbye

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Traverse City 2009

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