End of the Week and Amsterdam

The past few days have been a whirlwind of activities. I haven’t had much time to do anything really. Thursday, February 2 I had to give a group presentation in operations on a case that we were give. The case was about Crocs Inc. and we had to present about how they could improve their operations. It went really well and I think the teacher liked it. My group had been preparing for hours and hours in the prior days so that took up a lot of time and I’m glad it’s done. Thursday night I went out with a few people to a local club called Café de Anvers. It was really fun! 

On Friday I had class at 9:30am and then a lecture about the history of Antwerp at 2:30. In between the lectures I went to a new restaurant that sells kebabs. It’s some type of shaved meat inside a roll with a bunch of vegetable and you pick a sauce. It was delicious! A new favorite here in Belgium.  Also on Friday it snowed about an inch. It hasn’t been too difficult getting around in the snow but it has been cold. After the 2:30 lecture I ran some errands with my roommate and then worked on homework and fell asleep early. 

Saturday I work up at 5:30am to get ready and catch the train to Amsterdam for the day. The train ride was a little over 2 hours due to the snow. Once we arrived we walked over to the Anne Frank House/Museum. It costs 9 euro to walk through but it was well worth it. We were able to go to the hiding place in the upstairs and see where she lived and slept. After that we went to lunch at a small bar and had Panini’s, then headed to the Heineken Brewery.

We took a tour of the brewery and were able to try the beer after. It was really cool to see how it’s made and we also got to see the Clydesdales. After, we took a free boat ride on the canal to the Heineken shop where they gave us a free souvenir. Finally we walked back to the train station go to home. The first train was cancelled due to the snow and so was the second. After waiting 2 extra hours we finally were able to board the third train and rode home. By the time we got home it was around 1:00am.