Welcome to Detroit

Welcome to Detroit

Hey, this is Susanne, I started my internship mid August and would like to share my first experiences here in the States.
The first weeks have passed by very fast – I have been occupied with a lot of things, especially my car.
I moved into a really nice apartment in Royal Oak with the nicest roommates ever. Bianca helped me with the apartment – she drove by to look at the room and the potential roommates – thank you so much for doing that! You are the best!
The first couple of days I was driven around to apply for a social security number, etc.- basically everything every intern arriving in the States has to do - thanks Markus for doing that!
The more fun part was my first weekend. Rachele, one of my roommates, took me to the Detroit Zoo :) It was so much fun, even though my “sleep disorder” was pretty bad to start with.



For the first 5 days I kept waking up at 4 or 5 o’clock in the morning and wasn’t able to fall asleep again. Well, I guess every intern here has had to cope with this smaller issue ;)
Other activities included: find a car, much harder than I had imagined – I drove my roommate crazy with it.
I have also spent a weekend in Grand Rapids – my roommate went there to college and decided I should get to know the crazy crowd there.

I can only repeat once more: everybody has been really helpful and supporting, I am very happy to be here and to have the opportunity to experience all of this. I am sure I will be going back with loads of new skills and friends.

Susanne