I began my summer intern in Jul.30, 2002.After a 10-hour flight, I arrived in Germany. The airport in Frankford is very big and I could see people from all over the world there. Waiting for a while, I took another plane to my destination, Dresden, which is located near Elbe. The people met me in the airport was the chairman of Iaest in Dresden. I supposed that he was a German. But to my great surprise, he was from Columbia. The company offering me the intern was not in Dresden but in a place named Radeberg. I began my work in the following day.

My company is Karosseriewerke Dresden GmbH which has two branches in Germany, one in Spain and one in Portugal respectively. The main production of the company is the body of automobiles. My department was so close to my company that I took only 1munites. The fee was free and the rooms were very comfortable. It was equipped with a TV set, a telephone and a tax machine. The number of similar companies in Germany is big and some world famous automobiles company such as Audio and Benz usually buy the parts from these companies. HR manager Mr. Froboese took me around the company and introduced me to a 40-year-old man, Mr Lucas, who was in charge of production. I would take my intern in his office. He told me something about my work and introduced me to my future colleagues. They were all very kind to me. In the first month of the intern, I was assigned to read a lot of materials, which mainly concerned about metal forming and welding technology. In addition, I had to learn the production process. The workers were kind; they would do their best to answer my questions though their English were not so good. They went to work at 8 A.M. and had breakfast at 9. The schedule seemed humanistic. My colleagues pulled their weight to work and always stayed late in the office until 7 P.M. I also left office very late as I can surf the Internet after work or talk to my colleagues. Sometimes they would took me to the bar to have an entertainment. My boss came back after a month. When he greeted me by "Ni Hao", I got terribly surprised. But I was told my boss knew China well. He had been to Xi'an and Shanghai for travels and a lot of pictures taken in China can be found in his office. He was kind to his employees and I admired him. He spent most of his time in the factory, though he was the boss. The factory was so modern that not many workers were needed. My company served for VW, Porsche and Benz.

I lived in a department near my company. I liked to cook by myself. It was interesting. I never felt that I couldn't adapt to the diet in Germany. In the weekends, I usually went out for a travel with my internship friends. They came from various countries such as Spain, France, Brazil and England. We talked in different languages. But unfortunately I can only speak English. We had travels in many cities such as Berlin and Munich. We took trains at first, went by taxi after a while and rode bikes at last. It was an exiting experience. I learned a lot about other countries' culture from my friends in this trip. What is more, some of us went to Munich to watch a football game. I was totally absorbed in a craze atmosphere of Europe style in the stadium. And very luckily I took a photo with my favorite football player.

In my opinion, Germans are so polite that they would shake hands for greeting. It is quiet in Germany at night except at bars. People here are kind and helpful. They would lead you to your destination by themselves if you ask them for help. Germany is a rich country. No matter who they are, a boss or a worker, they usually have their own cars. In addition, the traffic is good there so that it is really an enjoy to travel by cars.

I met two important events in my staying in German. One is that flooding happened, which made lots of people homeless and worsen the European economy. Another is the premier election when I was in Berlin. I learned a lot in this two-month intern.

I felt sad to leave that great country and my new friends. We hold a farewell party in the last day. In the party, I invited them to China and exchange remembrances with them. I would remember the intern in Germany all my life.

In these two months, I learned about Europe and the world. But it is most important that people from other countries have a chance to know more about China. We accomplished a great success in this exchanging students plan. Thanks a lot to IAEST China, IAEST Germany, and KWD.