12.11.2010
Maastricht
Maastricht part was the best for me!
Waking up on such a view and spending two days in that great hostel “StayOk” I can say that I was more than “OK” and ready to be involved in any activity. The special day started in doing the surveys, I took the chance, along with my partner Aron, to explore the city. In fact, observing people’s nature and the way of life was more interesting to me than doing the surveys. However, talking with people and asking them to fill up the surveys gave me some hints about their behaviors and way of thinking. I should say, actually, that the mall wasn’t a very good place to talk to people about global challenges, especially after we were kicked out from the place! Then, we had the idea to stop people and ask them in the streets, but it wasn’t really practical to do so, people in Europe are very busy and always on a hurry!
The lecture we had on poverty and social exclusion afterwards by an expert professor was quiet informative. I was really shocked of some facts about Netherlands, especially when I knew that the Dutch family who doesn’t have a laptop is considered to be poor. We were able to compare at some points between our economical situation as Palestinians and European economy in general, what a comparison! Maastricht
Maastricht part was the best for me!
Waking up on such a view and spending two days in that great hostel “StayOk” I can say that I was more than “OK” and ready to be involved in any activity. The special day started in doing the surveys, I took the chance, along with my partner Aron, to explore the city. In fact, observing people’s nature and the way of life was more interesting to me than doing the surveys. However, talking with people and asking them to fill up the surveys gave me some hints about their behaviors and way of thinking. I should say, actually, that the mall wasn’t a very good place to talk to people about global challenges, especially after we were kicked out from the place! Then, we had the idea to stop people and ask them in the streets, but it wasn’t really practical to do so, people in Europe are very busy and always on a hurry!
Later on, after getting wet because of the rainy weather we went to a small restaurant to meet some people from Maastricht and had a delicious hot chocolate.
The day finished with a very good chicken sandwich and Dutch fries which I love.
