09.11.2010
Köln - Brussels
We have reached the middle of our educational trip. Regarding the 9th day of the EuroArab case study trip, there were so many things that did not go according to the schedule. In fact, besides the waking up process and the departure on time, in order to arrive in Brussels, the rest of the day was full of transfers from one place to another, while it was raining, and some unavoidable delays, because Brussels is a big city and the weather was awful. The bad weather conditions did not help us conducting our surveys, either. So, by the end of the day we were completely exhausted. All in all, there was a lot of tension and confusion during that day, because of a lot of misunderstandings caused mainly by the fact that we did not know where and when to go next. I guess that after more than one week of intensive workshops and activities we tend to exaggerate in our reactions. Perhaps, if there was a local organizer from Brussels we could rely on, like in Cologne and Aachen the situation would have been better. I think that spending only two days in Brussels were not enough. However, visiting Brussels and the European Commission was definitely an interesting and worthwhile experience. I am sure that for the Egyptian and the Palestinian participants in particular, it must have been a good introduction to the European policies and institutions.
Köln - Brussels
We have reached the middle of our educational trip. Regarding the 9th day of the EuroArab case study trip, there were so many things that did not go according to the schedule. In fact, besides the waking up process and the departure on time, in order to arrive in Brussels, the rest of the day was full of transfers from one place to another, while it was raining, and some unavoidable delays, because Brussels is a big city and the weather was awful. The bad weather conditions did not help us conducting our surveys, either. So, by the end of the day we were completely exhausted. All in all, there was a lot of tension and confusion during that day, because of a lot of misunderstandings caused mainly by the fact that we did not know where and when to go next. I guess that after more than one week of intensive workshops and activities we tend to exaggerate in our reactions. Perhaps, if there was a local organizer from Brussels we could rely on, like in Cologne and Aachen the situation would have been better. I think that spending only two days in Brussels were not enough. However, visiting Brussels and the European Commission was definitely an interesting and worthwhile experience. I am sure that for the Egyptian and the Palestinian participants in particular, it must have been a good introduction to the European policies and institutions.
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