In her own words:
The last educational leg of my study abroad trip ended this past week in the Netherlands. After arriving on Monday night, we spent Tuesday and part of Wednesday in the city of The Hague, a coastal city which hosts two international organizations; the OPCW (organization for the prevention of chemical weapons) and the ICC (international criminal court).
We visited the OPCW on Tuesday, where we met with an officer from the public affairs division, who explained the values and processes of the OPCW, then fielded questions from my class for almost 30 minutes. It was definitely my favorite of the organizations we visited - the representative was very informed and discussed parts of the OPCW that applied to multiple majors and career paths. The rest of Tuesday was free for the students so we took the opportunity to visit the coast of the North Sea.
On Wednesday morning, my class had its last international organization meeting: the ICC. Unfortunately, the trial that we were scheduled to sit in on was delayed two weeks, so we instead had a presentation followed by a Q&A. While very informative, everyone was definitely sad to have missed the trial!
In the afternoon, my class split in half: we were given the choice to either return back to Paris or continue on to Amsterdam. Naturally, Sophia, Abby and I decided to join the group going to Amsterdam, where we spent the first day of our free weekend. On Wednesday night, we stayed in a hostel, meeting up with classmates to go out and explore as well. Thursday consisted of a canal tour in the morning, followed by the Van Goh museum and dinner with one of our professors.
Now, the three of us awaiting our flight to Germany, where we will take a 9 hour bus through the country and into Poland, where we will spend the next two days.
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