After a long absence, I find myself contributing my two (euro)cents to the Belgian educational system once again. It was almost literally two cents, because the entire program cost only about 500 euros, which is “peanuts” compared to the heaps of cash I had to dig out for my American undergrad degree. The students at …
Monthly Archive: October 2004
Oct
11
Last Call for the Airbreakers
First of all, we had to drive two hours to Venlo to play two games. For those of you keeping track at home, this is the last outdoor tournament of the 2004 season, and I had to play it with the Airbreakers (click here to find out why). Final results: Game 1: Airbreakers 9 : …
Oct
10
Quiz Night in Duffel
Ann promised me, “This is Belgium at its most provincial Brian.” And she was right. Quiz night at the local bar/second home for Duffel’s finest. Ann had signed us up with Katja and Roeland to participate in the monthly quiz night. 30 teams of 4 people congregated in the back meeting hall of “de Kroon” …
Oct
07
Breaking Up with the Airbreakers
The Airbreakers. Sounds like a club for the flatulent-prone. In fact it is the name of the ultimate frisbee team from Rotterdam. Months before I actually stepped foot in the Netherlands I had checked out the ultimate scene to make sure that I was going to be living in a civilized country. What I found …
Oct
03
Gouda
Okay. So Gouda is actually pronounced with a soft ‘g’, like “how-da”. Bet you didn’t know that (unless you are Dutch. Or Belgian. Or unless you DID know it). Ann and I just got back from a (brief) day-trip to this city famous for it’s cheese and it’s stained-glass windows. We did buy some cheese …