August 2012
7 posts
Brugge, Oostende, and the North Sea
Friday, the group took a day trip to Brugge. We were led through the city for awhile by Dr. Taylor and Aaron, pausing to highlight several points of interest, such as a monastery where we couldn’t talk because of the sacredness. It was a place where women could go who wanted to serve God but not become nuns. It was utterly peaceful. We also stopped by a little lover’s lake, where a...
Classes, FiestaCity, and Cologne
Classes Friday were interesting and both simple and difficult. Difficult because I have two heavy reading classes w/out much of a break in between and because we’re all distracted from being in Europe; simple because the teachers know we’d rather be exploring. It’ll be okay, though. Heritage is interesting, and I enjoy most of the kinds of literature we’ll be reading.
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Aachen, Germany
Yesterday, we took our first group day trip to Aachen, Germany. Aaron and Dr. Taylor took us on a tour throughout the city, telling us the significance of certain statues and taking us to a couple of different places, such as a partial reconstruction of an old Roman pavilion and an old church with such beautiful mosaics on the ceilings and walls.
After, they let us go, telling us that our...
I Am On A Great Adventure
Less than twenty-four hours ago I was in Memphis, TN.
I think. My math may be off. Haven’t slept more than a couple hours since Monday evening, whenever that was.
Either way. As I’m sure you’ve assumed, if you don’t already know, I am not in Memphis anymore. My current location happens to be Verviers, Belgium.
I know. I can’t believe it either. Right now, in the...
