Verviers, 08/23/2017
We
landed in Brussels and apparently some of the luggage crew went on strike so
after we went through customs we went to retrieve our luggage and met a huge
crowd of people.
There was no room to maneuver and no room around the luggage
areas to even see if your luggage was on the belt. It took our group probably
close to an hour to get our luggage and finally walk to the train station. Once
we found out what trains to take to Verviers, we encountered our first European
train ride!
It was also the first time we would be able to see the landscape
and architecture. The first thing I noticed was corn! Corn fields all around. I
was surprised but felt right at home! The landscape is very rural. Lots of
farmland. The houses are mixed. Some old quaint houses that are skinny and tall
with lots of chimneys, and then some modern square houses with lots of windows.
The buildings are old and brick and stone and as adorable as you would imagine
them to be.
I was screaming inside from happiness and cheesing big on the
outside. We switched trains like 3 times so we became very skilled at
maneuvering our huge suitcases up and down escalators and up and down the train
stairs.
We
finally made it to Verviers where we met another one of our group leaders,
Steve Johnson.
(to be continued)
