Trip to Maastricht

Participants: Laurie (Quebec) and Katarinka (Slovakia)

Maastricht seems to be really agreeable city. Maybe one of the oldest one in Holland? Laurie told me that they are arguing about this status with Utrecht.

...river reminding me on Danube in Bratislava...

...museums and ramparts from the past...

...small center...

...cat observing the dog...

...green parcs full of swans and ducks...

...and romantic sunset over the panorama of the city... :-)

Trip to Rotterdam

Participants: Jana (Slovakia), Laurie (Quebec), Jar*(Slovakia), Katarinka (Slovakia)

From my point of view, this seems to be really modern city with many new buildings and modern bridges.


We did not have opportunity to see many coffee shops, but this was just probably due to the fact that we stayed mainly in the center.

We visited immigrants quarter just for a while, but it was amazing to observe differences between those parts of the city. Here mostly black, Chinese orIndian people where walking around. Even the assortment in shops was different – more exotic vegetables and fruits and food in general. Interesting ;-)

Jana: "Waw, interesting statue... it has everything that a man should have ..." :-))))

...

Yes, I agree, it is much better not to have EVERYTHING we desire...

Different point of view :-)

PS: Hanna has bought this postcard in Berlin, I love this original point of view :-)

Trip to Berlin

One day I got email from Cedric asking if anybody wanted to join him for a Berlin trip. I decided immediatly, wrote him back that I was in :-)) It seemed to be a bit crazy trip. Leaving at 3am on Saturday morning from Luxembourg and coming back at 3am on Monday. But it was worth it :-))

Firstly, the weather was perfect. No rain, just sun and blue sky.

Secondly, the company was perfect. Cedric, his friend from univesity – Laurence, Hanna and me. I felt so comfortable with all of them, it was really unbelievable. It happens sometimes that you even do not realise why and you feel this special peace inside.

Thirdly, the city is very interesting. I had such a weird feeling while looking at and touching the rests of Berlin Wall. Finally, I learned more about its history. Even in the city there is some kind of special atmosphere, you can feel it everywhere.

But what was really surprising that there were not so many people. If I remember well, the most of big European cities are so much crowded. Actually, this is not the case of Berlin.

To sum it up, just PERFECT weekend :-))

Berlin Wall

Lo imposible solo tarda un poco mas...

...written on Berlin wall...

Ktoze to tu? :-)

Wonderful automn

During this weekend the weather was just wonderful in LLN and probably in whole Belgium. Even if I went to bed quite late on Friday, I was totally sure that Saturday is a trip day. The rest went to Bruges. As I have already been there, I decided to join Jar*.

It was such a perfect trip!!! We went to Namur and later to Dinant. I have already visited both cities, but just for one hour. It is so much true that with sun all places are so beautiful. In addition, we decided to visit two castles that are next to Dinant. They were pretty nice. Both closed, but never mind, we enjoyed the view. We took so many funny pictures. I have attached some of them, cause they are really worth to see :-) Here are some pictures from Dinant :-)

In the evening I went to Becketts. Guys were watching rugby hehe for me it was for the first time that I watched rugby match. Quite interesting hehe everybody touching everybody, such a contact game :-)) I decided not to drink at all, and I was so proud of me that I accomplish that. Everybody got quite drunk, but well, still nice evening.

On Sunday I was enjoying the sun again. We met with Renaud for a while and then I went for my aerobic class. It is so good to work out at least a bit. In the evening we went to Brussels for dinner with some friends. They were a bit complaining about the restaurant, but I felt really happy :-) Finally, I had opportunity to try this special plate of “moules”.

Playing with shadows :-)

Autumn is such a beautiful season.

One of the reasons why I love it is that it always surprises me in many ways and give me possibility to play and to have so much fun :-)) I enjoy those days a lot :-))

Sometimes it reminds me on spring, but instead green, it provides the nature with many different and beautiful colours. It smells like early powerless winter, without white cover yet.

I love to walk in fallen leaves, make small figures out of fallen chestnuts, enjoy the sun and all those shadows :-))

How do I study in LLN

As I have already written, I do this semester here as part of my CEMS studies. What means 30 ECTS credits chosen among some „special“ CEMS courses. These ones divided into core and elective.

Being CEMS student means here to have very limited choice. Actually, I was a bit disappointed. We were obliged to choose 3 of 5 core courses, what is not really big choice comparing to the other Erasmus students who can choose from dozens of courses.

I have not decided yet about all classes. The final deadline is this Friday. So I have one more day to be sure about my choice. As I am the prototype of indecisive person, and as I never know what I want, this will be very hard :-))

So far I can see a lot of differences between this and my home university. At my university we have basically just one exam to pass and that is it. Here we have to work quite a lot during semester (mainly preparing different case studies and presentations). In addition, there is emphasize on team work. Everything we do is in teams. What can be sometimes a bit annoying see the number of courses and though, number of different groups and people we have to deal with.

On the other hand, what I really like is connection to practice. At my university we are basically learning the theory without getting in touch with real cases (except few courses). Here we are resolving all the time different case studies from real life. It means we have to learn how to deal with the real problem that occurs in the company. Interesting, isn’it? :-)