Bonjour, During my Study Tour, I had seen many signs in the metro advertising a recreation of the Battle of Waterloo. Every time I went past, I said that I wanted to go to it and finally I was able to scrounge up some friends and we all bought tickets. We were all coming from different places, Gare Central and Gare du Midi, but everyone got on the train successfully. That was about the only time of the day when we were really all in the same place. Sara, Nicola and I saw the sign from Waterloo and jumped off the train at the station didn’t. I knocked on the window, as Xavier was asleep, and told them to get off. They all told us to get back on because it was the next stop. I ... read more

Top of the morning to you, I might be at the bottom of a Guiness, as I'm in Dublin right now. Why go to Dublin for the weekend you ask? Well, because I can. Chris, Phil and decided that we wanted to get out of Belgium for the weekend and we decided that Ireland would be a great place to go. We bought our tickets on Ryanair, on which I had never flown before so I didn’t really know what to expect. We also made a reservation at a hotel that was located 1km south of the Liffey River that splits Dublin (that was a bold faced lie, but more on that later), as Chris and Phil aren’t part of the hostel crowd. From Brussels, we caught the Ryanair bus to Charleroi, which was slightly dilapidated ... read more

Bonjour et Hello, Hello et Bonjour, So my first day of work was June 1st. It was a holiday. I love Belgium!!! I finished unpacking and then cleaned up some more stuff before heading back to Uccle to pick up some stuff I had left out there. Afterwards, I followed Elaine’s suggestion that it was only a 10 minute walk back to town. It was not a 10 minute walk to downtown. Try a 30 minute walk! It was a sunny day, so I didn’t mind it too much. I was wandering around, and two streets met (I’m not ripping off Robert Frost, honest) and Laura and Christine were suddenly in front of me but they had not seen me yet. I was just behind them when I heard Laura say that she wished I was ... read more

Bonjour, I have managed to lose this thing twice, the last one being a truly epic loss, so I apologize for it's lateness. Monday: Once again, we travelled back to Infocentre for another round of talks. I’m sure you’re as sick of hearing about the place as I am in going to it! I don’t think I have provided a description of the pace yet, so now I will attempt to. It is located right in the heart of the EU district across from the Berlaymont building that houses much of the European Commission. On the second floor there are many brochures, books, maps and condoms that one can pick up that explain everything (and then some) about the EU and how it works. For lectures, we proceeded to a back room that is very modern ... read more

Hallo and Bonjour, Friday was cool because Katrina, who was visiting from Denmark, met up with me. We went to the Cantillon brewery, and went on the tour. The brewery is over a hundred years old and is family run so it's really atmospheric. You can wander through all of the machinery, view the bottling process and most importantly taste the final product. We then met up some other people and headed out to a little bar called Delerium. Delerium is a quaint, quiet bar that is just off the Grand Place. When I say quaint and quiet, I actually mean raucous and loud. The bar was packed with people and served over 2000 different types of beer!!! I pulled up a chair and started alphabetically. Kidding of course, I just got a 1L one. It ... read more