Opel Factory

August 27
Today started with breakfast at the hotel, like usual. We had our first international business class right next to the WWI and WWII memorial. We went over the syllabus and chose countries for some project that I don't know anything about yet. After class we took the train to Russelheim, where the Opel factory is. Opel is a part of GM and is not profitable right now. GM is looking at selling it. Some Saturns are actually Opels with the Saturn logo on them. We ate lunch at a Kebab stand and then got a tour of the factory. It was a hot day so some people were falling asleep during the tour. The factory was very large, one room we were in was a half kilometer long.
After our tour ended we decided to go to Mainz to see the cathedral there. This wasn't really in the plan but we had already paid for our train tickets for the day so we put them to good use. On the way to the church a few of us stopped to put our feet in a fountain and we got left behind. We made it to the church just fine though. We actually were there before the main group because they went to the wrong entrance.
The cathedral was really amazing. I took a bunch of pictures but it was dark in there even in the middle of the day. After the church we split up into groups of 5 because that was how many people are allowed on each train ticket. We had an extra ticket so we actually had a group of 12. We went down to see the Rhein river and ate at an Italian restaurant. Some people in our group went to subway instead and met a guy from Bemidji. We had a long train ride with some transfers and some waiting and we finally got back to Gelnhausen around 10:30.