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Friday, June 9, 2017: Daily chores in Ghent
Even when on vacation it is necessary to take care of
more everyday concerns. We also needed a
more relaxed day as we had been out every day sight seeing. Today we did laundry and a little shopping.
Saturday, June 10, 2017: a day in Brugges, Belgium
Apparently while Ghent is larger than Brugges, Brugges is
better known as a tourist area with lots of beer and chocolate houses. We went to the Torture Museum and also
visited a Brewery called De Halve
Maan. While we were in Brugges we
met several interesting people. We had our picnic lunch on a bench in the
square where we met two lovely old “brits” with whom we had a wonderful
conversation. On the brewery tour we met
some guys who told us about a Beer
Spa in Prauge. Later, while tasting beer we met two professors from Oxford.
(but were German). A Geology professor
and a Philosophy professor. We talked
for 3 hours ! We discussed life,
philosophy, and politics. It doesn’t get
better than this !
Sunday- Monday, June 11 -12, 2017- Traveling
back to Koln.
This would have been a mediocre travel day except that we
ended up getting in first class on the train, and seated next to 3 college
professors who were coming back from a conference in Brussels. Perhaps I’ll come back and teach in Germany
next year ! It was so interesting to find that they struggle with the same issues at their institutions that I struggle with at RCC.
Monday we did laundry, packed, and made preparations for
the next 3 weeks of our expedition.
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