We have begun to settle in a little more. It's interesting to see people's personalities become a little less filtered. Classes are finally in the swing of things. Economics is interesting, it is taught by a man from Benin. I'm also taking History of the EU which seems to be more of a 'how the EU functions' class. Culture, the third class I am enrolled in, is by far and wide my favorite. The first half of the class is covering European cultural history from the middle ages to present day.
I started my internship this week. I had to interview for the position along with one of my NEU classmates. The body of work is completely new to me and it is envigorating to try something that I have little or no experience with. I was required to sit in on a committee meeting for the Nord Stream pipeline connecting Russia and Germany. It is quite a heated subject as it is suspected that the state run OAO Gazprom is using a costly inefficient method of building the pipeline as a method of political leverage against eastern Europe.
We went to the Hague this weekend. The Nederlands is a beautiful country and I can't wait to see it in the springtime. I much prefer the Hague to Amsterdam, it has a similar feel minus the trappings of a city who's main revenue is tourism. We saw the peace palace and went to the MC Escher museum, all very fascinating.
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