June has been a fun month for my wife and I. As part of my EdD program we had the opportunity to travel abroad for one of our courses. We spent five days touring four colleges and one high school in The Netherlands and Belgium. The six days prior to class starting we spent touring Paris and arriving in Amsterdam to visit with a previous Dutch exchange student.
My last trip to Europe was the July shortly after graduating college in 1997. I went with my sister and four of her friends. On that trip we landed in London, spent some time in Paris, and traveled to the parents home of a former French exchange student in the French Riveria. After a few days in Venice and the Itallian Riveria we returned to Paris to We happened to be in Paris for Bastille Day and for the end of the Tour De France.
Though we were not in Europe for any events as signficant as those we had a great time together and with my classmates. As part of my class, Comparative Higher Education, I was required to keep a blog....which I kept on paper. Over the next few days I will type my blog here, add pictures, and share with my you what we did, where we went, and some of my major take-aways from the site visits. This will include my thoughts and observations on similarities and differences on higher education in the US and abroad.
Since the 'full journal' is due mid-July I will post and likely edit as I figure out how to move pictures from the iPad. The picture below was taken by the above mentioned French exchange student in Place de la Concorde.
Philip
p.s. I have grilled a dozen times this past year...and even grilled chicken breasts on Fathers Day...but will re-start those posts in the future.
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