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In reply to the discussion: Jimmy Carter issues statement on Snowden. "America no longer has a functioning democracy" [View all]xocet
(3,871 posts)I was in Würzburg for about 1 month and in Stuttgart for most of the remainder of the 13 months. While I was in Stuttgart, I also had the opportunity to spend a week in West Berlin (a day of it in East Berlin) and a week in Hamburg. It was a very interesting time. All four/five cities had unique characters.
I think what you did was the optimal approach to getting an education. It would be so nice if the USA would adopt the principle that education should be available to all. I was on an exchange program - my experience was that my preparation for the third year of a physics degree in the USA was not at the same level as the second/third year of a German physics degree. I took what I could and focused on language and on culture. Mostly, I avoided other Americans so that I could get practice speaking. What field did you study?
Going back to Germany is like going home in a way, but I have not been there for a while.