Beer Fest and school

This week was fairly uneventful. I've been trying to save money and energy for upcoming spring break. We took our last midterm on Monday. It didn't go so well but I brought it upon myself with the hectic weekend in Barcelona and returning only a couple of hours before the exam. Work went well and I decided on a topic for my research paper. I am doing a comparative study of the EU 15 and the EU 12 on how they are satisfying Kyoto protocol. Economics class was very memorable as the staunch republican of the group started parroting conservative politicians on how our economy is not going into a recession. It was fun systematically destroying his views. He really knows nothing about the economy and was quoting other people who know nothing about the economy. I got to use a lot of what I've learned in my two co-ops in financial services to show him the light. Our professor was also pretty shocked at his beliefs.

This weekend I took it easy so to speak. By American standards I stayed out pretty late but was very reserved by European nightlife standards. However Saturday was a blast. We went to a beer festival in a town outside Antwerp. I got to taste quite a few beers that I had never had before, and got to see how different beer festivals are in Belgium compared to the US. It was full of really small breweries which was nice as I got to compare notes with a few Brothers Seamus.