 | A Bills fan and Brussels
2007-01-14, Brussels, Belgium. By: bbmk0001 | | Our roommate left on Friday morning for Chicago. He said he had a will reading to attend and would be back on Monday morning. However, he took all of his stuff with him, including two huge suitcases... |
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| Interview Today
2007-01-11, Leuven, Belgium. By: bbmk0001 | | I think I am almost fully recovered from being violently ill the other night. Throwing up 8 times in one night is quite a lot. I’ve been able to eat some food and it hasn’t come up. Hopefully I don... |
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| The Institute Food
2007-01-09, Leuven, Belgium. By: bbmk0001 | | Classes started today; it was OK, but they are 2 and a half hours long…that could end up being a big problem. At least there’s not a clock in the room, so I won’t be staring at it the entire time. Y... |
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| Landed in Leuven
2007-01-06, Leuven, Belgium. By: bbmk0001 | | I finally made it to Leuven. After going through a lot of hassle in the airport and on the plane, I am sitting in my bed at the Institute (funny story, they prefer it when you call it the Institute).... |
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 | Ypres - Marching To The Menen Gate
2005-11-21, Ypres, Belgium. By: leahjet | | Each turn and roll of the car ferry maintains a steady, cacophonous chorus of car alarms during the sea crossing from Dover to Calais.
Cacophonous – a word synonymous with the clamouring weapons of... |
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 | on the liege train station
2006-07-17, brussels, Belgium. By: bolioboy | | after checking out i went to central station and bought a ticket to dortmund. then i went to the grand place (main square) to see the most gorgeous open space in belgium, i really loved the hotel d'v... |
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 | On brussels and Art noveau
2006-07-16, brussels, Belgium. By: bolioboy | | up early i walked down rue royal towards the palace and museum quarter. first i stopped into the old england building that despite its name is a beautiful art noveau building that now houses the muse... |
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 | busy and exciting
2006-07-05, Schilde, Belgium. By: drooms | | Hi there
Our departure is near and the last things are starting to get done before we leave
Go out with some friends before we leave, last haircut, last doctors visit, ...
though the list sta... |
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 | England tomorrow
2006-05-25, Brussels, Belgium. By: hazel70 | | Well we had a nice and unusual day, we were on train between station in Brussels where nobody seems to care who ride the train as nobody ever check our ticket either coming or going.The weather finall... |
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| 2nd time
2006-05-24, Brussels, Belgium. By: hazel70 | | Lost the first time, this is my second attend today at this, we have arrive in Brussels, we are living in a tourist area call The Grand Place it is very pretty and also very old with many ancient bui... |
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 | 05/09 Landing in Europe
2006-05-09, Brussels, Belgium. By: drewby | | What a day! I can't even describe in words how amazing it was. As I was landing in Amsterdam I had a laugh about how much American influence was stamped onto the country. The first landform I saw in... |
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 | No Boullion this trip, unless it is soup
2006-04-21, Bruges, Belgium. By: dhazel | | Hello again,
Well the title probably says it all. I never got to Boullion today but now I am in Brugges instead. After a very busy morning and early afternoon in Virton I was heading by train to ... |
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| Up Hill, Down Hill
2006-04-19, Florenville, Belgium. By: dhazel | | Hi everyone,
Thanks everyone for the birthday greetings and emails. All is well here. Beautiful sunny day today. I arrived here at about 2:00 on the train. Great view of the rural countryside on th... |
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| Leaving Belgium in the AM
2006-04-16, Brussels, Belgium. By: dhazel | | Hello to everyone,
The last few days have been fairly busy but today I had to force myself to get going due to feeling a bit under the weather. I am glad I did though because I saw several sites th... |
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 | Liking Brussels so far
2006-04-14, Brussels, Belgium. By: dhazel | | Well, The train trip went by so fast. I forgot to ask how fast we were actually going at the fastest point. My hotel really is just across from the Central Station. I didn't realize that my Eurostar t... |
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 | Brussels Sprouts and Strasbourg
2005-04-10, Brussels, Belgium. By: chefortune | | In mid April, I headed back to the continent once again, to reunite with the rest of the DG Press Representation Stagiaires for a weeklong seminar on the workings of DG Press and a trip to Strasbourg ... |
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 | Finally...my typical day
2006-01-08, Leuven, Belgium. By: sarahlew | | Here, finally, is a typical week for me in Leuven.
On Mondays I get up around 8:30 and I am at breakfast downstairs by 8:40, if not 8:35. I love breakfast. It is my favorite meal at the institute... |
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 | Wet and cold
2004-10-02, Brussels, Belgium. By: hsgautama | | I was visit Brussel mid January 2006 in wet and cold seasson. A bit windy, makes my nose a bit hurt.
We stay at Conrad hotel and from there visit some interesting spot arround the town. We comming ... |
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| Classes
2006-01-08, Leuven, Belgium. By: sarahlew | | Well, in response to a request from Buberdine, I am writing about classes here in Leuven. There isn't much to say so far...My law teacher announced to us on the first day that he would not be standin... |
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| Amsterdam and Ghent
2006-01-08, Leuven, Belgium. By: sarahlew | | I went to Amsterdam on Friday with Kristin, Deirdre, and Tom. We left Leuven at 6:12 AM! The train ride was about 3 hours long. Once we made it into Amsterdam, we had breakfast and then headed towa... |
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| Ghost story
2006-01-08, Leuven, Belgium. By: sarahlew | | Ok, here's the explanation for the ghost picture.
I was uploading Kristin's pictures on to my computer, and I was sitting at my desk with Thomas, looking through her pictures from Stockholm. All o... |
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| Stockholm
2006-01-08, Leuven, Belgium. By: sarahlew | | Hello from cold and freezing Stockholm! I don't know who's idea it was to come to Stockholm in January, but I was the fool who agreed to come along.
But seriously, it is blizzarding here in this b... |
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| Bad luck room
2006-01-08, Leuven, Belgium. By: sarahlew | | Well, I'm just waiting for something terrible to happen to me. All of my roommates have something goin on. One girl sprained her ankle and also fell in the shower and bumped her head pretty bad. On... |
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| Naked statues and beer tours
2006-01-08, Leuven, Belgium. By: sarahlew | | We took a walk to see the sports facilities on Wednesday. Next to the track were three or four statues of women, completely naked, and running. I guess that's just how they do it in Belgium.
We... |
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| First days Part II
2006-01-08, Leuven, Belgium. By: SarahLew | | Hello again,
I'm sitting in the computer lab at KULeuven. Classes start today! Some people are interviewing for their internship in Brussels this morning, so the rest of us have lots of free time... |
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