Month: July 2018

Week 3: What is gone is gone — 2018 Summer Abroad Journal (Belgium & Luxembourg)

2018.7.16 Day 16: History of Belgium, Antwerp City Tour 2018.7.17 Day 17: Art and Culture of Belgium, Cathedral of Our Lady, Rubens House 2018.7.18   Day 18: European Union, Museum Plantin-Moretus, MAS museum, Panorama view of the city 2018.7.19   Day 19: Mechelen, Museum Hof van Busleyden, St. John’s Church, St. Rumbold’s Church—climbing 538 steps to the …

Week 2: the heart murmurs of history— 2018 Summer Abroad Journal (Netherlands)

2018.7.9 — 2018.7.15 2018.7.9  Day 9: National Maritime Museum, Icebar   After a two-hour lecture on the colonial history of the Netherlands (with a special focus on the Dutch East India Company and the West India Comany), we went to the Het Scheepvaartmuseum, or National Maritime Museum. The Dutch Republic’s economic success is mainly based …

Week 1: a city of freedom or a city of sin — 2018 Summer Abroad Journal (Netherlands)

FIRst week in the netherlands (7.1-7.8) 2018.7.1 Day 1: Random walk in Amsterdam, Flower markets, Vondelpark, Dutch pancake bars 2018.7.2 Day 2: Van Gogh Museum, Boat tour on canals, Coffeeshop, Local bars 2018.7.3 Day 3: Scavenger hunt in Amsterdam, Vondelpark 2018.7.4 Day 4: Train from Amsterdam Central to Utrecht, Utrecht University, proposal at Dom Church, …