In whole living in Germany was interesting. It was quite fun trying to figure how to get places, buy food, or doing almost anything with only knowing a small amount of the language. Traveling to different places around Germany and seeing places that I’ve learned about for years was also cool as well. On top it was just cool to stay in a different town, learn the culture, and learning how to navigate somewhere new.
Author: Steven Diekevers
Koln reflections
Koln was one of the coolest cities we visited for a weekend. The mixture between old and new, the Koln Dom was interesting, the sheer size of the Dom was extremely impressive then learning a little more about the history of it being bombed in World War 2. Then walking down by the river and just looking at the boats was a good way to end the night.
Bremen reflection
Bremen was a very cool small town, a great way to show how German culture really is by going to a small town. Also going to small town helped show how much history Germany has, with both World Wars, seeing castles, then during the industrial revolution. Just being able to walk through one small town and seeing how Germany changed with the times.
Wittenberg reflection
This was definitely my favorite day trip. Going through school I’d always learn about Martin Luther and what he did. I never really did learn about the town he grew up in. This was a cool way to see where Martin Luther lived and learned more about his life.
“Sachsenhausen” Reflection
This was a sobering experience for me. As someone whose has learned a lot about the events of World World Two, it’s sobering going to a place where the events occurred that we learned about so much in school. While Sachasenhausen isn’t as known as the larger concentration camps, a lot of horrific things still occurred there.
Visiting other historical sites of World War Two, this place has a complete different feeling compared to the rest. Visiting other places I was reflective, but most people knew what they were going into. In the concentration camp, the overwhelming feeling of the deaths of innocent people was their. At someone points while going around the camp. You could feel the death on your shoulders.
I kept on wondering to myself what occurred in someone mind to normalize this situation. The dehumanization, attacking, killing of innocent people. How could a guard wake up in morning and be able to keep doing this day after day?