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| Canal in Bruges |
During the weekend Sarah and I had decided to do
some traveling before getting back in to the normal routine of university and
placement. We decided to spend the weekend in Bruges,
Belgium. On Saturday we set of on our
journey to the train station and after a few hours traveling and three train
changes we eventually ended up in Bruges.
My first impression of Bruges was
that it was the most beautiful place I had ever seen in my entire life. With the sun splitting the trees Sarah and I
walked around Bruges in complete awe of its beauty. According to Ucityguides (2013) Bruges is
considered to be in the top 10 most beautiful cities in the world and it was
easy to see this as we walked around it. From sparkling canals to medieval
architecture it was an unforgettable experience and I would advise everyone if
they had the change to visit Bruges to not pass by the opportunity.
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| Bruges by night |
After an amazing weekend spent exploring Bruges with
Sarah it was time to prepare ourselves for our first ‘good-bye’ of
Erasmus. The week that we all had been
dreading had finally crept up on us.
Jodie or ‘Dojo’ as she now was called would be leaving us on Tuesday and
travelling back to Bordeaux. We wanted
Dojo to have the best last day ever so on Monday Darren, Sarah and I went into Nijmegen
to get her the best leaving present ever.
We arrived back with a variety of different presents that described Dojo
down to a tee and although it was very emotional to give her the presents we
had some laugh when she revealed what each present was. Then after a buffet dinner we sat up talking
all night postponing goodbyes until at 4.30 am until we eventually had to let
her get some sleep as she was getting up
at 7.00am to go the airport. It wasn’t
until late on Tuesday evening that it finally sunk in that she was gone and the
whole flat was filled with a strange feeling.
However plans have been made to travel to Bordeaux in June so we are
counting down the days until we are all reunited.  |
| The boy's favourite song |
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| Spice up your life |
On Wednesday I travelled with Darren to Amsterdam to
pick up his mum and dad. It was great to
here an accent from home and we filled them in on all the gossip that had been
happening on Erasmus. When we arrived back to Nijmegen, Darren and his parents
went out for dinner while I returned back to Vossenveld for a crazy night of
Karaoke with our friends on the 8th floor. With artist like Steps, The Spice Girls and
Tom Jones being requested it was a great night full of laughs. Darren even returned back early and along
with Mikael and Olli (boys from Finland) provided us with endless laughs with their
rendition of Barbie Girl.
Our friend Ciara also returned to The Netherlands this week and it was great to have part of the family
back. As we were starting back to
placement on Monday we decided to have a party on Saturday night to bring an
end to our two week holiday. On Saturday
night we went to the 8th floor and partied together long into
the night. It was a great end to our two week holiday.
References
Ucityguides (2013) Top 10 most beautiful cities in the world available at: http://www.ucityguides.com/cities/top-10-most-beautiful-cities.html
(last accessed 13/05/13)
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