On the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals and the Usefulness of Acronyms
Hello! I'll be using this blog to track my journey throughout my time in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals, and I hope you find it interesting/useful/educational/fun to look at. I suppose I should first give a general overview of what exactly the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (affectionately referred to as CBYX) is. The official CBYX webpage says: "The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX) is a fellowship funded by the German Bundestag and U.S. Department of State, that annually provides 75 American and 75 German young professionals, between the ages of 18-24, the opportunity to spend one year in each other’s countries, studying, interning, and living with hosts on a cultural immersion program." http://culturalvistas.org/programs/abroad/congress-bundestag-youth-exchange-young-professionals/ Neat, right? The program promotes citizen diplomacy, cultural exchange, and professional ties between Germ