My big adventures this week included trying all different kinds of Belgian beer (most of which are delicious!) and wandering all over the city to get to know my way better. I think I have a pretty good map in my head now!
Of course I did also spend a ton of time trying to sort out classes and textbooks, but that's much less exciting. As far as I can tell, most of my professors haven't printed their coursepacks yet, or there's no coursepack or textbook at all. However, I tried to find textbooks I knew about for one class, and the lady at the campus bookstore told me they were out and not ordering any more in! Wouldn't the campus bookstore make more money if they sold the books professors assign to their classes? I could by a travel guide to just about anywhere in the world, and all kinds of books about Brussels, but nothing for my classes. Bizarre. But one thing I'm beginning to notice about Belgium, or at least Brussels, is that making money is much less important than having a two hour lunch break, or better, the whole afternoon off. As my friend Gabrielle noted in her blog, if you wan't to get something done here, do it before noon, and definately not on Sunday.
For this coming weekend I'm deciding between going to Ghent or Leuven. I'll keep you posted how that turns out.
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