His eventual goal is to use both his engineering and German language in a career. Mike recommends studying abroad to everyone who is able to go. Foreign language skills are not always necessary since so many programs have classes in English. The people he met let him know that if he is ever in their neighborhood, he will have a place to stay. Brats and mashed potatoes for European and American students at Mike's place.
Students live in apartment-style housing.
Max-Weber Haus, site for some of Mike's classes. A trip to Berlin and the Berlin Wall was the highlight of a class on post-cold war Germany in which the students surveyed residents about the effects of the wall on their lives.