All,

Sorry I haven't posted yet. It has been go, go, go since we arrived here in Brussels. I am quickly beginning to understand why other Fellows have shared that any chance you get 1-2 hours of free time, you usually go back to your hotel room and take a nap!

We arrived on Saturday morning and our city coordinator tooks us on a walking tour all around Belgium--we started on noon and didn't return to our hotel until around 7:30.   Brussels is an incredibly beautiful city full of old history, historic buildings and incredible chocolate, waffles and beer. On Sunday we took a train to the Ghent a city in the Flemish region of the country. While we did stage a minor rebellion to stop our walking tour to get additional layers of hats and gloves (it is freezing here), we really enjoyed the walking tour.

The colleagues that I am travelling with are all quite intriguing and accomplished folks from across the US. We have fellows representing Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Alaska, Atlanta, and California in our group. There are actually four other people who work in Philanthropy.

Some funny moments have included the many confusing to figure out (to us) washrooms.  More than one of us has walked into the wrong restroom and also not being able to figure out how the entire facility works.  More later –we’re off to the EU for the day!

Pictures soon!