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Bringing in the NEW YEAR, 2012 in Brussels
... through the crowd to see police blocking the way. We threw up our hands and asked to get through. They practically jumped over people to help us get through. It was awesome, felt like we were famous running through a crowd. We soent the night hanging out in the bar and doing chicken dance moves with some locals. At about 3 we were leaving when a group of boys grabbed me and told me to stay and dance. I shouted out for Maddie to come back and help me. We ...
Jason's Birthday
... by the Beer Geek. This may not be the best place to go or have the most beers but this is what 'feels like home' when in Belgium. In other words... this is where we wanted to be. So we had a few pints and enjoyed the 'snooty' waiters (per everyone else) and then headed out to find Delerium. It wasn't too hard, we had already walked past the walkway to it. Around a ...
Chilling in Brussels
... of this weekend was awful, the city was lovely. I'm going to Rome next weekend, so I'm super excited about that. Need to study more this week, since I didn't get much done this weekend. Hopefully no more long distance trains for me. I'm sick of them.
Update: My friend who lives in Cologne says there was a lighting strike at one of the main stations in Cologne and the trains were held up for three hours in some cases. They weren't saying what was going on.
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Waffles, Chocolate, Beer, Lace & a Peeing Statue
... to some Canadians who are studying in London, they were pretty cool.
Academically I was not too pleased with Brussels. Our lectures were on the European Union (because Brussels is the home of the EU) but I found the speakers to be a little dull and not very insightful. They just all ended their talks with the same conclusion-the EU needs to become a more prominent and influential power.
We went to ...
Tonight, dere vill be a Freeze.
Growing up within the DEATHLY OVEN OF DEATH that is Australia, it is not often that one experiences what it is like to truly be cold. Sure, there are those off days in Perth's winter when it seems like knitting yourself into a woolly cocoon is the only viable option for survival (in my mind, such a cocoon comes equipped with an endless supply of hot tea, just so you know.) But as an Australian caught in the midst of a European winter, I can now safely say that this is ...


