Last weekend, I went to Leuven, and fell absolutely sick in the meantime. I went with the test team, or the Dynamic Duo of the Testing world, as well as Dan & Bart, which most of us worked together with my Masters thesis last year. Of course NXP Semiconductors has changed dramatically as a company since then, and most of us are in different places right now. But still its nice to catch up with your supervisors now and then.
I’m really bad at architectural details because I’m not the most culturally inclined person around. But there are 300+ over statues of saints and important people, and a mere 60 are female. The tiny structures also told a story, which was really nice to know. Like you see Adam & Eve on one… and then you see them banished on another. The last time I went to Brussels, all it reminded me was of gay bars, strange structures and alot of beer, Leuven naturally did not disappoint.
Where Brussels had their Manneken Pis, they had Fons. Which involves a boy who is pouring beer down his empty brain whilst he is reading a book. Brilliant ain’t they?
We signed up for the city tour which also showed us one of the house breweries – huisbrouwerij. Apparently the pike transfers beer from one side to another, so imagine breaking the pike when beer is being transferred from one end to another….
Told you belgium is all about the beertje.
And we had a wonderfully cheap meal at the Myake. There was a set meal for 9.95EUR with bubbles as a starter, and a main dish. The place was wonderfully decorated and it allowed full flexibility even though it seemed that we were cheapskate (with the meals).
Catch me in the window. 
Of course since then, the temperature actually dropped way too low for my liking, plus it was rainy so I kind of caught sick. Luckily this week is a very short 3 day week so I look forward to the long weekend!
xoxo, Summer
