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Program Highlights|
- individual homestay placement with a German family
- contact with German teenagers
- optional Berlin tour
Welcome to Germany!
Spend your summer discovering German culture as part of a family! Start your day with a Nutella-centric breakfast, bike through the countryside with your new friends, practice your German during afternoon walks with your host family, and experience Germany’s unique blend of tradition and modernity. For this program, our partners in Germany choose families who either have teens at home or can introduce you to people your age in the extended family or neighborhood.
Program Structure
Once you step off the plane in Hamburg, you will be met by a local coordinator and escorted to your host family. Because students and families are matched based on shared interests and not on location, you may be staying anywhere in the country. Most families live within a few hours from Hamburg. For the next weeks, you will eat, sleep, and play like the Germans do. Enjoy! Throughout your stay, you will have the support of the local coordinator.
Optional Berlin Tour
Finish your stay with a 3-day tour of Germany’s truly cosmopolitan capital! Berlin is considered one of the most exciting cities in Europe and offers many opportunities to learn about Germany’s history and get a glimpse of its future, too. Highlights may include a visit to the Bundestag, a close-up photo shoot of the Brandenburger Tor, a tour of the Charlottenburger Schloss, or a picnic in one of Berlin’s many public parks. Please note that a minimum of two students is required to offer the tour.
Prerequisites
We recommend this homestay immersion program for students who have studied German for at least one year, who really want to use and improve their language skills, and who feel ready to dive in to a different lifestyle and culture. You won’t spend a lot of time with other American students, and you should not expect to do a lot of traveling. If you prefer a program that offers language classes and organized group activities, take a look at our homestay study program in Freiburg!
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