My tip: Plan ahead well in advance (at least 8 weeks). Bureaucratic procedures take their time, and nothing could be worse than the moment in which you have already booked your flight, but the visa is not yet granted.

We began our day in classic American fashion: on the shooting range, followed by burger-eating.

The office in which I work consists of multiple ‘cubes’, one for each employee respectively – in Germany, we primarily know how the typical American office looks like only from film and television.

Since I always had a handful of things to do, I was surprised to realize how fast the time went by. Mid-January, I will go on my final road trip – first through the inner states, then to the east coast.

In later parts of one’s life, there will perhaps never be quite an opportunity like during one's studies to gather professional experience in such a comfortable and affordable fashion.