Friday, May 13, 2016

May 11, 2016 Day 5:
Today was a day many people were looking forward to; one of our visits with BMW. We got dropped off outside the headquarters which looks like a 4 cylinder engine. When we got off, I heard a man screaming something in German, and I got confused. Soon after we got back on the bus and Sonja told us that there was a union demonstration prohibiting us from entering the building. We quickly relocated to a stuffy room where a man presented about the marketing aspect and as placement of BMW, which I personally found boring. But hey, that's what happens when you stick an engineering student in a stuffy room and present business marketing to her. He was very knowledgable and it fascinated me how much he could talk about marketing.
After our marketing talk, we left to get lunch. A mix of German and American students went to this restaurant near the Tram station to get Doner. It was so good, coming from the luckiest person ever. I think it contained lamb, cabbage, lettuce and tomato in a bun. Whatever it was, it was very delicious. When we were sitting there eating, a man sitting a couple tables over from us was unresponsive and we believed that he had a stroke. This was scary to me, because I thought he had died right there. The sun was hot that day, so it is possible it was a heat stroke.
We went on the Tram to KUKA, a robotics company. This visit was cool since they showed us a lot of the technical side of the company. My favorite was the robot with7 axes of rotation and striped if it felt a human in its way. To me, it seemed as if the robots were living. They moved so fluidly and move just like human joints. I am sure the computer code for that is very long and difficult, considering how many combinations there are to move the robot. I would not want to forget a semi colon in that code.
For dinner, Sam, Mark, Wesley and I returned to the brew house to try their food. I had cheese filled ravioli, and it was one of the best meals I've had here. Everything has been wonderful, and I think I'm finally getting over the culture shock. I am feeling more comfortable ordering food and asking if they speak English.

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