It's been already four weeks since I left Switzerland and came here to Rotterdam for my exchange term. Apart from getting used to the city, studying during the day, partying during the night, sleeping at unsual hours I was also travelling around on the past three weekends.
After two weeks of getting accustomed to Rotterdam, a bunch of exchange students wanted to go to Carnival in another city. First we came up with the plan to travel to Köln, but as it was too expensive for some of us we dropped this plan although few exchangers were already there. Instead we went to Maastricht where we spent the early afternoon watching the parade, then went to lunch in a Pizzeria before enjoying the party on the streets of the city. As we had the impression that we wouldn't be able to party the whole night because we didn't see any clubs, we decided to head back with the last train from Maastricht towards Eindhoven where we switched to another train to Rotterdam, where we finally arrived at around 3am. As I left my bike home I had the pleasure to walk back home for half an hour.
The week after our Maastricht trip, my dutch buddy Iris suggested to go for a dinner with all here international buddies. The plan developped further and further and in the end we decided to head to Den Haag for a day. It was one of few very beautiful and not too cold days here in Netherlands. We therefore decided to head to Scheveningen and go to the beach where we had some fun taking jumping pictures and enjoying just the nice weather. After walking a bit around in the city centre we finally went to dinner which was more a hilarious than a delicious experience. But even this couldn't change our mood and it provided us of course with some new material for jokes. After dinner and a desert we headed back to Rotterdam where very few party animals went out till four o' clock in ther morning. After only a couple of hours of sleep, a group of exchange students met again and had some relaxed sunday lunch before visiting Delfshaven (the only part which wasn't bombed during WWII) and the Euromast. Later on we went together to dinner before stopping at the obligatory happy hour in Concordia, the typical students pub for exchangers.
This weekend finally, some friends and I planned to go to Bruxelles. As usual several people backed out and we ended up being only 5. After visiting the royal palace, the Grand Place, Cathédrale Saint-Michel and the Manneken Pis we went for the first time to Delirium, which is the pub holding the Guiness Book World Record with over 2'000 different beers. After only one of them we went to restaurant Chez Leon for dinner before heading back to Delirium for some other beers, where we celebrated the beginning of the 30th birthday of one of the exchange students. Already at around 2am we headed to a hotel where all five of us squeezed in a single and a double-bed room. On sunday we visited then the Museum of fine Art and the European Quarter where we witnessed the auto-corso due to the independence of Kosovo. Our last stop finally was Parc Leopold where we spent some time relaxing and enjoying the sun before heading back to get our luggage and head home to Rotterdam.
After two weeks of getting accustomed to Rotterdam, a bunch of exchange students wanted to go to Carnival in another city. First we came up with the plan to travel to Köln, but as it was too expensive for some of us we dropped this plan although few exchangers were already there. Instead we went to Maastricht where we spent the early afternoon watching the parade, then went to lunch in a Pizzeria before enjoying the party on the streets of the city. As we had the impression that we wouldn't be able to party the whole night because we didn't see any clubs, we decided to head back with the last train from Maastricht towards Eindhoven where we switched to another train to Rotterdam, where we finally arrived at around 3am. As I left my bike home I had the pleasure to walk back home for half an hour.
The week after our Maastricht trip, my dutch buddy Iris suggested to go for a dinner with all here international buddies. The plan developped further and further and in the end we decided to head to Den Haag for a day. It was one of few very beautiful and not too cold days here in Netherlands. We therefore decided to head to Scheveningen and go to the beach where we had some fun taking jumping pictures and enjoying just the nice weather. After walking a bit around in the city centre we finally went to dinner which was more a hilarious than a delicious experience. But even this couldn't change our mood and it provided us of course with some new material for jokes. After dinner and a desert we headed back to Rotterdam where very few party animals went out till four o' clock in ther morning. After only a couple of hours of sleep, a group of exchange students met again and had some relaxed sunday lunch before visiting Delfshaven (the only part which wasn't bombed during WWII) and the Euromast. Later on we went together to dinner before stopping at the obligatory happy hour in Concordia, the typical students pub for exchangers.
This weekend finally, some friends and I planned to go to Bruxelles. As usual several people backed out and we ended up being only 5. After visiting the royal palace, the Grand Place, Cathédrale Saint-Michel and the Manneken Pis we went for the first time to Delirium, which is the pub holding the Guiness Book World Record with over 2'000 different beers. After only one of them we went to restaurant Chez Leon for dinner before heading back to Delirium for some other beers, where we celebrated the beginning of the 30th birthday of one of the exchange students. Already at around 2am we headed to a hotel where all five of us squeezed in a single and a double-bed room. On sunday we visited then the Museum of fine Art and the European Quarter where we witnessed the auto-corso due to the independence of Kosovo. Our last stop finally was Parc Leopold where we spent some time relaxing and enjoying the sun before heading back to get our luggage and head home to Rotterdam.
Carnival in Maastricht
Beach in Scheveningen (Den Haag)
Rotterdam and the Maas
The beginning of the famous harbour in R'dam
Grand Place in Bruxelles
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