I don’t have any pictures today because I didn’t travel. We had lectures this morning, and in the afternoon I went to the dentist (to relieve and infected crown) and did my laundry. This evening I stayed in Leuven and had a fabulous dinner: green bean and bacon salad, followed by lamb tenderlion with sauce creme au poive, and a Leffe Triple (Belgian Trappist beer, the lighter version), seated at an outside table on a cobblestone street overlooking the 15th-Century town hall and St. Pieterskerk, a gothic church constructed in 1425, all for 35 Euro. It just doesn’t get much better than that. Then I ambled through town and got a marvelous ice cream and ate it while strolling through the park. I found some of my students camped out at a cafe table in the Oude Markt, a large open area flanked by cafes and brasseries. There I enjoyed a Leffe dark and some good conversation before rambling back to my room.<\/p>\n
Leuven is just wonderful. It’s too bad we’re leaving tomorrow, although I’m looking forward to Galway, and I hope I get back to Leuven someday for a more extended stay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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