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So what happened next after my trip to Zürich?

Well as some of you guys might know, I also started working within the international department of my company. Therefore I am engaged in supporting a couple of countries regarding internal IT etc.

As part of my new full time position I was also offered a foreign development placement, where I could again expand my horizon I immediately took the opportunity, asked my boss where he would like me to work and after much consideration we decided to go for the US! At the beginning I was not quite sure about this, as I am a big Asia fan and I always wanted to work and spend some time in Japan and China. But in the end one always knows, it does not matter which country you visit

So I packed my things. My destination would be a Rochester Hills, a suburb of Detroit in the State of Michigan. My new boss, Bruce was looking forward to it! So was I, that’s why I started immediately with the preparation of my travel, documents, visa etc. All went well…..

So here some Information about Michigan:
“The State of Michigan is located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is a French adaptation of the Ojibwe word mishigama, meaning “large water” or “large lake”"

That sounds quite good, but it was a bit different when I started thinking about Detroit. The motor city, city of cars, which nowadays is called sometimes the dead city, due to the crisis that hit GM and other car companies. But even this could stop me from going there

And here some information about Rochester Hills:
“Rochester Hills is a city in northeast Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 68,825. The 2008 census estimate places the population at 69,014. The City of Rochester in bounded on the north, south, and west by Rochester Hills. Rochester Hills is an affluent suburb on the northern outskirts of Metro Detroit. Most residents work in or around either Detroit or Flint, due to its near equal proximity to each.“

So in my next posts you will read about my time in Rochester Hills, the work and social life there, and of course about my trips to some other places in the US