International Winter University

For 3 weeks during the Winter Break the University of Kassel becomes a destination for students from all of the world to study. They had the option of studying a cultural module or an engineering with the focus on renewable energy! All of the students also had a German course!

What was my part in all of this? I was the "Native Speaker" intern and I got to help the students with questions, as well as translate some of the material for the engineering students.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't all work! I also got to go to a hockey game with some of the students and we, of course, checked out some of the bars in Kassel together!

They were such a great group of students, they had a lot of fun, but didn't take it too overboard! It was a bit  of a strange feeling for me to be around so many Americans at once- something I haven't experienced since leaving in September. (Even the seminars I have with my group, we're all in the same boat!) It was great to make some friends from around the states and around the world!

Some of the students and I at Chevys (an "American Bar" in Kassel--watching the Patriots game on ESPN-America!

On the Excursion with the Engineering Students, in Dardesheim at a Wind Park