Hard to believe after almost a year of planning we are at the t-3 day point. The flights have been booked, hotels secured, dinner reservations made. We have partners at Frie Universitaet Berlin and Uni Paderborn lined up and ready to go. VW world headquarters will be welcoming us and the Georg Breuer Vineyard is setting the table for our arrival. All very cool stuff. But what is going to make this trip special are those small moments when assumptions are challenged, new ideas of what is normal are discovered, and horizons are broadened. These moments will happen at any time and it will be those that will make the 15 students (and the two faculty) better business people and better global citizens. Get your final packing done (LIGHT!) and drink your final glasses of non-carbonated tap water; we are headed for Deutschland in 3 days for an amazing experience! I can't wait!
Dr. E.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
German Business & Culture - Itinerary
Sunday, May 2: Leave USA
10405 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 4172 4172
Fax: +49 30 4172 4140
Group Dinner @ around 6pm … Likely location: Der Alte Fritz
Tuesday, May 4: Culture Day
Fat Tire Bike Tour of Berlin 10am – 3pm.
http://fattirebiketours.com/berlin
Optional Group Dinner @ ZilleMarkt (German Specialties)
Wednesday, May 5: Green Germany
Lecture by Dr. Klaus Jacob
Environmental Policy Research Centre
Frei Universität Berlin
Group Lunch in the Mensa at the UNI (http://www.fu-berlin.de/)
Afternoon open (time for laundry & sightseeing)
Dinner on Own
Thursday, May 6: Volkswagen World Headquarters
Travel to Wolfsburg (10am – Noon)
Plant Tour and Brand Marketing Presentation at VW
Travel to Hamburg (6-8:30pm)
Hotel : Hotel Brennerhof gARTen
Brennerstr. 70-72, St. Georg
Hamburg , 20099
Phone +49 (0) 40 28 08 880
Fax +494028088888
Friday, May 7: German Media Industry
TBD – Working with Professor @ Hamburg Uni
Group Dinner in Hamburg
Likely location: Groeninger Privatbraueri
http://www.groeninger-hamburg.de/index.htm
Saturday, May 8: Harbor Day
Morning for laundry & relaxing
821st Hafengeburtstag Hamburg
The Largest Harbor Festival in the World (and the harbor’s 821st birthday!)
http://www.hamburg.de/hafengeburtstag-english/
May 9: Travel Day
Train to Paderborn (11am – 3pm)
Hotel: Campus Lounge
Mersinweg 2
33100 Paderborn, Germany
Phone: +49 5251 89207-0
Fax: +49 5251 89207-800
Group Dinner in City Center at Paderborn’s Fruhlingsfest (Spring Festival!)
Monday, May 10: Paderborn + Negotiation
Tour of Paderborn: City Center, Cathedral & Shopping
Negotiation Lecture by Dr. Eckert @ Uni Paderborn
http://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/
Dinner on your own
Tuesday, May 11: Uni Paderborn Day
Customer Value Lecture – Dr. Andreas Eggert, Uni Paderborn
“Case Competition” - Teams of US & German Students
Group Dinner @ The Brauhaus
Wednesday, May 12: Köln (Cologne)
Train from Paderborn to Köln (10am – 1pm)
Hotel: Hotel Müller Köln
Brandenburger Str. 20
50668 Köln
Tel: +49 (0) 221 / 912 835-0
Fax: : +49 (0) 221 / 912 835-17
E-Mail: info@hotel-mueller.net
Homepage: www.hotel-mueller.net
Köln Cathedral & Allstadt tour
Group Dinner
Thursday, May 13: The Romantic Rhein
Train to Koblenz
Visit Deutsches Ecke & Board KD Boat for trip down Rhein
http://www.k-d.com/englisch/index.html
Hotel: St. Goar Youth Hostel
Jugendgästehaus St. Goar
Bismarckweg 17
56329 St. Goar
Telefon 0 67 41 / 3 88
Telefax 0 67 41 / 28 69
http://www.diejugendherbergen.de/die-jugendherbergen-auf-einen-blick/st-goar/portrait
Group Dinner @ Youth Hostel
Friday, May 14: The Weingau
Train to Rudesheim
http://www.ruedesheim.de/cms/index.php?lang=english
Vineyard Tour and lunch @ Georg Breuer Vineyards
Visit Neiderwald Denkmal (German “Statue of Liberty”)
Quick tour of Assmanshausen
http://www.rheinblick-assmannshausen.de/e.htm
KD Boat back to St. Goar (past the famous Lorelei Rock!)
Dinner on Own
Saturday, May 15: Frankfurt
Train to Frankfurt (10am – Noon)
Hotel: IBIS Frankfurt City Center
Speicherstraße 4
60327 Frankfurt am Main
Tel: 0049 (0) 69 27 30 30
Fax: 0049 (0) 69 23 70 24
http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-1445-ibis-frankfurt-centrum/index.shtml
City Tour
Group Dinner
Sunday, May 16: Departure Day
Depart for home, elsewhere or Paderborn ……
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