In her own words:
My political science class spent this previous weekend in the country of Belgium. After a morning train on Saturday, we arrived in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. The rest of Saturday was spent exploring the Grand-Place, as well as a visit to the European Parliament building. Unfortunately, the Parliament was not in session so we were unable to see the actual chamber, however we were able to tour the rest of the building.
On Sunday, the associate professor and I organized a day trip to Brugge, another city in Belgium. A small group of students took the train out to Brugge, where we spent the day exploring the small city. The highlight of this day trip was definitely the chocolate; there were chocolatiers every other store front and we all ate too much!
Monday entailed a trip to NATO headquarters, where we had three back to back meetings with NATO officials about security issues within and also outside the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. As a national security major, these meetings were incredibly interesting and provided me with insight on security priorities in other regions of the world.
Belgium is definitely at the top of my list of countries that we have visited so far. The architecture of both Brussels and Brugge was incredible beautiful, and the food was excellent. I tasted two of Belgium's famous dishes, waffles and mussels, both of which were quite good. I also visited Mannequin Pis, one of Brussels' most comical, yet famous landmarks.
Monday night consists of a train to the Netherlands, and specifically The Hague, where we will spend the next two days.
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