Final Reflection: What Bavaria Taught Me

If you asked me to name one moment from this trip that I keep coming back to, it is Neuschwanstein. Not the inside of the castle, though the gothic bedroom and the walls covered in paintings of people in love were unlike anything I had seen before. It was the drive into Füssen. The Alps…

The Arc of Connection

Community on this trip built itself slowly, rather than all at once. The first night, over schnitzel and spätzle at a traditional Bavarian restaurant, I remember feeling a little nervous about whether we would actually connect with the German students or just politely coexist for two weeks. That nervousness didn’t survive the meal. They asked…

Bavaria Bound!

Hello! My name is Ellieana, and I am a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh in the School of Business and Frederick Honors College, pursuing a double major in Global Management and Finance with a certificate in Nonprofit Management. When I first learned about the Plus3 Bavaria program, I was immediately drawn in. As a…