Just came home yesterday from an amazing weekend! Friday night we traveled to Den Haag, spent the day Saturday at the day of the international student, and Sunday we went to the beach and checked out Den Haag more, as sinterklaas was there too. (We didn't go to Amsterdam this weekend, decided we wanted to see more of Den Haag).
Friday night was great. We couch surfed and went to a few pubs that night, but came home a tad bit early because we were very tired and had a busy day Saturday.
Saturday was the Day of the International Student at the World Forum Center in Den Haag. There were 2,000 in attendance! They day was jam-packed full of activities and the entire thing only cost 12.50 Euros. It started at noon with lunch provided and an information fair. We went to the different booths and learned more about the professional aspect of studying abroad as it relates to jobs, and other booths had a lot of info about the Dutch and the Netherlands in general. The opening ceremony followed, and the whole day was provided by Nuffic. HERE IS NUFFICS WEBSITE WITH A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION
After the opening ceremony (which closed with BMX bike riders doing crazy tricks!) we were able to choose two workshops to go too. The first one we did was "Brand Me" which had you look at the qualities you look for in an organization and how you'd fit in it. This wasn't the best workshop and really wasn't what we expected, but I was happy I did it anyway. The second workshop was all about entrepreneurship and the qualities entrepreneurs had. For some reason I really wanted to check out this workshop and I'm happy I did. I think I share a lot of the same characteristics as entrepreneurs do :) We'll see where my future takes me!
After that we had a closing ceremony with a commedian and also a buffet dinner right at the World Forum Center. After that we used our four free drink vouchers and enjoyed the DJ and the band! We had an amazing time and the band "Tour De Funk" was really great. I'll get photos up stat! The Bands website: http://www.tourdefunk.nl/
After that we went with many other international students downtown and we met one girl from Costa Rica, one from Kenya and one from Nigeria that we hung out a lot with. They said to us that if we are looking for an African Safari to do in the future, to go to Kenya! I think I am going to keep this on my radar.
Then Sunday we woke up and explored Den Haag a bit. We went to the ocean and spent time on the beach. The cold didn't hurt us to much because sinterklaas was going on so there were a lot of kids and a lot of people dressed up celebrating the holiday. It was a great weekend and I'm so happy we decided to go there! Our couch surfing hosts were great and the Day of the International Student was well worth the money and was a great time.
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