Germany

Learn more about this Experiment program through the impressions of recent participants.

"One thing I learned out of all of this is that before I was in the program I didn’t realize my full potential. I thought I could just do a few things with my life, be really good at them and that was all. What I realized after the program was that my potential, like the world and all its possibilities, is limitless and it is only as small as I think it is. Being able to live in an entirely different culture (two really) and eat their food and speak their language and make friends with them and use their money and use their transportation systems, see their monuments, and breathe their air is something I will never forget as well as all the people I have met and the life friends I have made and the experiences we shared. I will always be grateful for and remember [this]."

-- Richard Paz, Belleville High School

"My favorite part of the trip has to be the homestay. Bavaria also has to be my favorite place on the trip. That area of the country is absolutely beautiful. The rolling planes and then the Bavarian Forest rising up in the distance, it was definitely my favorite place to be. I had a wonderful time with my family, the Stockingers. The family brought me in as one of their own and I felt truly at home in their house. Everybody else was absolutely wonderful as well, and I made a few friends while I was there."

-- Dennis Kane, Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School

"I’m so grateful for my opportunity to go on this trip. I have a special interest in traveling, and this experience only fed the fire that is burning within me to see the world. My group leaders were awesome, and I never found a dull moment with them. We always were talking about experiences they had had as world citizens traveling, and after hearing these stories I began to feel more and more secure in my thoughts of being a very active traveler as I grew older. All the sites, from the urban to the rural, and the people I got to know through the program were wonderful. The program exceeded all my expectations, and I’m highly grateful for the opportunity I had to partake in it."

-- John Bradshaw, Montgomery Bell Academy