Flemish Ardennes

Saturday
  On Saturday we travelled to the Flemish Ardennes and then went for a hike there. During the hike, we passed through some small villages. One of the villages had a tourist information place that also offered some locally made products such as jam and beer. I bought two warm beers, a thing of jam, and one cold beer for the road. In the middle of our hike, we had lunch in a field.

  Lunch consisted of lots of sandwiches, and some juice if I remember correctly. After eating we all somehow started discussing religion and politics, and that went on for a very long time. It was probably one of the oddest discussions I have had in a while. When the long, informative, weird discussion was over the hike towards a local pub started.

  At the pub, two rounds were completed, and one person ordered a Carlsberg for one of those rounds. Carlsberg is a Danish beer which is ok, but not nearly as good as some of the great Belgium beers that were being offered. This person was therefore made fun of for ordering this beer.

  After the pub, we then went to the place where we would camp. The tents were set up and one IAESTE member, Michael, had a mansion for a tent. I think it housed at least 10 people. When the tents were set up the rest of the night was spent playing games with some time inserted for eating. One of the games involved one person reading a story and then others asking questions to find out what the story is. It was an interesting game that I had never played before. When the games were done I went to sleep

Sunday
  This day everyone packed up the tents then went and caught the train back to Gent.


Thank you to Sebastiaan for organizing this great weekend!