Category: University of Antwerpen

DISCOVERING ANTWERP AND ME:
I can admit freely and without shame that the first day I arrived in Antwerp, I was deeply overwhelmed. The train ride that I had taken from the Netherlands (I was late and almost missed my train, of course) was exhausting – In my rush to make the train I had accidentally jumped in first class and was then promptly kicked out by the conductor, only to find no access to second class. The result was a tired South African student sitting on her bags in the entrance of the train, watching the Netherlands fly by and slowly become Belgium without much formality.

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