I'd add more to my first post, but everyone else pretty much said everything *Enjoy it *Experience it *Great Opportunity I'm employed by a German company, so we get a lot of them that come here and a lot of our employees go there. I've never been, but everyone I talk to loves it. A guy just recently got back from a multi-year stint there with his family -- he missed certain things in the US, but he also misses certain things from Deutschland. 6-8 weeks should give you enough time to figure out most of the pros/con of European life vs. US life.