Being Saturday, we went to Bruges. Very medievel... Its main feature are its canals and ancient churches... and apparently lace. We didn't visit the lace museum though. Its very cheap to get there from Brussels. Only 5 euros each way. Very nice to have a day off. Went swimming yesterday. I had an interesting experience, being sent up to cut off tour director Berlin - after every presentation one hapless student is sent up to thank the presenter. Usually they wait until after all questions have been asked. However, one of the directors felt that the presentation was dragging on, and sent me to cut off the proceedings. It received much applause.
Keep at it. The gradual addition of detail makes a rich picture, finally! —P.
ReplyDeleteSomeone donated a Euro to us yesterday at the charity bbq for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. It was a Dutch one, at least I'm assuming der nederlands, is the netherlands in Dutch. Anyway, I thought of you when I saw it because of your many European adventures!!
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Now I see in your previous entry that that gentleman has the flag I recognize as Dutch with Nederland beside it...I feel dumb now! lol
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteI told my Mom that you went to Antwerp, and she practically peed her pants. She said it was her favorite place in Europe, and that the French fries there were better than anywhere else in Belgium.
I also told Marina that you were in Belgium, and she told me a funny story about her Italian grandmother who used to stay with her (Marina's) uncle who worked in Brussels. She was quite unimpressed with it, complaining that it was just "Gothic church after Gothic church!"
So you said, I had an interesting experience, being sent up to cut off tour director Berlin, who was discussing with an expert from DG enlargement, by presenting a ring to the expert., but I am left wondering what happened?!
ReplyDeletewell, that is a bit of a difficult sentence. Basically, after every presentation one hapless student is sent up to thank the presenter. Usually they wait until after all questions have been asked. However, one of the directors felt that the presentation was dragging on, and sent me to cut off the proceedings. It received much applause.
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