As I am cur­rent­ly in my 5th semes­ter study­ing engi­neer­ing, the first depart­ment I worked in was in fact engi­neer­ing. It was a bril­liant oppor­tu­ni­ty to use and improve my Eng­lish while work­ing with col­leagues. On Fri­day after work, I took up the chance to go on a boat­ing trip on Lake Michi­gan with one of my col­leagues. This lake is the only one of the Great Lakes that is found in its entire­ty in the USA, and is the size of a sea. Over­all, there is a real lot you can do in this area. On this week­end, I also took the jeep along an almost end­less dune land­scape around the neigh­bor­ing Sil­ver Lake. I worked in main­te­nance in the fol­low­ing week, help­ing the elec­tri­cian with his job. Thanks to my train­ing as a mecha­tron­ics tech­ni­cian, I was able to be of some help. I met with some Amer­i­can col­leagues after work for a total­ly Amer­i­can expe­ri­ence. Accom­pa­nied by coun­try and west­ern music blar­ing from a pick­up, we did some shoot­ing using firearms at a fir­ing range. Add a cold Bud Light beer to this scene and you have the per­fect evening. All in all, this was a unique stay for me being a big fan of USA any­way, and one I would love to do again. After my intern­ship with SST, I vis­it­ed a few oth­er cities, such as New York, Wash­ing­ton D.C., Las Vegas, Los Ange­les, San Fran­cis­co and Mia­mi. But I felt most com­fort­able in the mid-west on Lake Michi­gan! I would like to give a word of advice to all present trainees: It is real­ly worth­while giv­ing your appren­tice­ship all you have got!