The best way to discovery Berlin is by meeting the locals; I would’ve never known about half the places to go to or things to do without going around with my German friends. Stanford sets up a couple events for Stanford students and students from the Free University to meet up. It’s usually an informal, meet-and-greet sort of event. And depending on who you click with, you can exchange numbers and emails and meet up again outside of planned group events. Here’s a video from our event Winter quarter, which ended up being pretty fun.
The program really is what you make it, so don’t be afraid to get out of your comfort zone and meet people; they're just as open to meeting you as you are them. They’re usually North American Studies majors, so they’re just as excited to meet Americans and practice English since you are the topic of their studies. We met some really fun people with whom we met up with throughout the quarter. And once you meet one, you meet their friends and before you know it you'll have a group of German friends. Of course there are plenty of other ways to meet Germans besides the Sprachpartner program, but whatever you do, break out of the Stanford bubble and definitely make friends with locals; I promise it'll make your experience that much richer.
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