>Let the scary and violent world around us be for a moment, and hide in the crazy funky warm creative and young spirits of the AEGEE Head Office.
While half the Comite Directeur abandoned ship to be with the network – Tena touring around the UK establishing new contacts and mobilising people for the greater good wherever they go, follow them here, Ivonne after several days in the UK now in the Netherlands with AEGEE-Leiden, AEGEE-Enschede, and all the other Dutchies celebrating Queen’s Day; Percin at Network Meeting Thessaloniki – the remaining ones received the Network in Brussels.
AEGEE-Kaiserslautern came for a Barbeque and Y Vote workshop last Tuesday. They became fully informed of why it is so important for young people to vote, and as thank you provided us with some excellent German sausages.
That same evening, half the Y Vote team arrived as well as the Editor in Chief of Key to Europe, for the hearing in the European Parliament the next day on education. Last minute preparations with ESU until late that evening, and the next day all to the Parliament to promote Y Vote and give some speeches (see previous post). Memorable and a great success. With all our guests and Brussels based visitors of the hearing we then went for a dinner and then returned to the house to continue with normal work. In the evening to the meeting of AEGEE-Brussel/Bruxelles, to arrange some things for their event this week, and hosting and workshop support needed by the CD.
Next morning time for some major cleaning, as AEGEE-Leon with 10 members arrives that day for a visit. After working hard all day the crazy Spaniards convince us to go to Delerium for a beer, three more Russian guests arrive, and then getting up early again next morning to work on the Study in Europe Forum with Ilona who is also back in Brussels for the weekend. In the afternoon a meeting with our lawyer in the city centre, followed by a tour through the city and European district with Cezary from Y Vote. Back in the house, AEGEE-Leon has the sangria ready and the BBQ going for una fiesta loca. One more guest arrives.
Saturday, no time to rest, with our 20 guests from all over Europe we have a city tour and a speedcourse on the EU in the European District by Dragan. Four more guests from Czech Republic arrive, and after the Barcelona-Madrid match it is time for another party. AEGEE-Brussel/Bruxelles starts its week long event on EU-Russia relations, so I go to meet them shortly on their welcoming party.
Back to the house with the nightbus and the Czech guests. Now it’s Sunday morning, most of the guests have left. Ilona supervises the cleaning of the kitchen with the remaining guests. Vedran is waiting to have a meeting on the Liaison Agency.
To do today:
– Cleaning (tomorrow Euronews will come to film)
– Doing laundry
– Discussing some things with the remaining guests
– Preparing for the next week
– Maybe take a nap :-)
