So while today is obviously not like every day to be spent here in Brussels, it was a pretty dang good one. We had a leisurely morning, and then my apartment met up with Mary Grace and Adair and headed to a cafe in Place Flagey (sp?). We sat and read and drank coffee and tea and talked and people-watched (yes, I clearly have the right major [cultural anthropolgy] because I definitely have a page of notes on the behavior of the people we saw versus the behavior of Hungarians that I noticed this summer. Lame? Maybe, but hey! At least I know I'm studying the right thing!). It was so relaxing and nice and just the perfect morning.
Afterwards, we headed to our respective apartments and grabbed a quick lunch. Then we met up with all the EPA-ers (18 Furman students, 1 Drexel Student, and 1 Rochester student) and went to tour the European Parliament! A man talked to us about the role of the Parliament and then showed us into the meeting room. It was really neat to see! I have pictures, but again, I'm too lazy to hook them up to my computer. I know, Mama, but I'll definitely have time on Sunday night or Monday so I will do a post of just pictures if need be! :)
After Parliament, we headed to Grand Place and walked around for an hour or so. It is beautiful! I can't wait to go back and try the Belgian waffles we saw there -they looked incredible! The reason I didn't try them tonight is because we were eating at a restaurant called Cafe Leon. We had mussels (which I tried. I actually kind of liked them) and then more delicious food that ended up being a full four-course meal. Yum. Finally, we headed to the metro and wound our way back to our apartment and arrived around 10:15. It was a long afternoon/night!
We have our first class with Dr. Nelson in the morning, then our official registration meeting with Vesalius in the afternoon. It should be an interesting day!
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