Mannheim rules

I've just finished my "kick off week" here in Mannheim and tomorrow will fly to Birmingham.
There are so many things that have happening this week that I can't even remember all of them.

Basically we have known each other through team building activities. And it has worked out to the point that yesterday some of us were really sad to have to say goodby to the ones who are not going to the same business school first.
(now half of the class goes to Paris and the other half to Warwick and in January we swap. So we won't see each other again until April here in Mannheim)

We have also met the participants of the last year, whose graduation was yesterday, and they gave us many useful tips and advice, above all to easier deal with the administrative and bureaucracy stuff and to relax ourself telling us that is hard but not so hard that there is no time to also have fun.

The University here is in a gorgeous palace of the 18th century, but the city itself is not so exiciting.
My classmates are just incredible, talented people from many different nationalities and backgrounds that every single minute you discover new things
not only from them but also from yourself. They challenge and support you at the same time.
Next week we have another kick-off week but this time with the 70 participants of the full-time MBA in Warwick, that is why I think it was so important to build a Mannheim spirit within our group.
I am really excited and looking forward to meeting even more people from different backgrounds and to start the hard work.