Category: Travels
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Day 6
Today was pretty jam packed. From the first lecture in the morning (on Reparations in Jurisprudence in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights) to the second lecture being taught by the Academy’s Secretary General (on Economic Sanctions Outside of the United Nations) to the afternoon lecture on the International Criminal…
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Sunday, FUNday
In the housing complex where the majority of the students of the academy stay, every upstairs apartment (or as Tringa [from the UK] says, and I have adopted, ‘flat’) is connected by a giant communal balcony that you can walk along – or in our case, use for giant multi-flat…
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A Nerd in my Natural Environment
Because we are so close to many interesting cities, and because many people here have never been to Europe or may never come back to Europe, the majority of the students of the academy have decided that to spend their weekends raveling around Europe. Me, on the other hand, I…
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Day 5
Classes ended today at 12:30pm. And while there was an optional seminar from 2pm-3:30pm, my roommates and I were disinterested in the topic to be discussed so we decided to visit the International Criminal Court (ICC) instead. Best. Decision. Ever. Since it was more of a spur of the moment…
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Day 4
One by one, we are going down like flies. Yesterday it was Ramina who was ill, today it is Tringa and Avital, and Caitlin and I can feel the tickle forming in our throats. The reality of this summer course is very similar to that of the Model UN conferences…
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Day 3
This morning was a struggle. On top of toast in the oven nearly catching on fire and a sensitive fire alarm going off when a flatmate was cooking eggs, everyone was dead tired from staying up so late last night. Our kitchen looked like a food tornado had blown in…
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Day Two
Well… It happened again… Classes start at 9:20am, so we thought ‘it takes 20minutes to get there; if we leave at 8:30am, that will give us plenty of time.’ Nope. Our false sense of security meant we didn’t leave until 8:45am, barely missing our tram and causing us to wait…
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The First Day
The program began today. We woke up at 6:30am, dressed in our finest business attire, and set out for the Peace Palace (where the program is held) – only to discover we were hopelessly late. Apparently everyone else is more of keeners than we are… Most people left for the…
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Off to the Hague
My weekend adventure in Amsterdam ended today. As my program in the Hague begins tomorrow, I got up, got breakfast at the cafe from yesterday, then took the train to Den Haag (The Hague) – the capital of international law. There are about 350 people in the program I am…
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Wandering Amsterdam
Today was a pretty interesting beginning to my Netherlands adventure. The last time I was in Amsterdam, I had a very strict schedule. With only 48 hours to see the city, I got an IAMsterdam card (totally recommended by the way!) and saw as many amazing things as possible –…
Ginger Without Borders 