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Sometimes I just need to reflect on how kinda crazy it is that I’m in another country. And usually while I’m doing that, I end up reflecting on how crazy some of the professors here at MUDEC are. For example, my political science class this morning is taught by Guy de Muyser. He was the Luxembourg ambassador to the Soviet Union, the Lord Chamberlin of Luxembourg for a while (a secretary of state type person, I believe), and the Luxembourg delegate in NATO. The guy has his own Wikipedia page. In a few weeks he’s having our class over to his house in Luxembourg City to have dinner. With the ambassador from Great Britain. No big deal. The other political science teacher has a pretty similar background and I don’t have any business classes, but apparently at least one is taught by the CEO of Luxembourg’s equivalent to AAA. My French teacher speaks like 5 or more languages fluently and her English is so good no one can guess what her real nationality is. My music teacher has sung all over the world and when he pops in produced DVDs of concerts for us to watch, sometimes he says things like “Oh such-and-such, he’s such a good conductor. Very nice man to work with.”

It’s honestly so cool to be taught by so many extremely qualified people. I’m really enjoying this semester off from my major to just learn about a few subjects I’m just interested in like music and political science. For now anyways… we’ll see if it gets any harder! For now the only class I don’t like is my introduction to the European Union political science class. The professor seems like a nice guy, but we only have class for an hour a week and he expects us to remember a lot out of our reading. That’s not a bad thing in and of itself, but he asks really generalized, open-ended questions that could be answered any number of ways while expecting a very specific answer or wording that he already has in mind. And since I know next to nothing about the EU, I’d rather get just a little bit of lecture in there or even a chance for us to ask questions over the reading, which isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Rumor has it that like… all but two people have dropped from the class. So class on Monday will be interesting!

This weekend I’m going to Alghero, Italy with my friend Mary! Alghero is a city on an island off of Italy called Sardegna. We booked these plane tickets over the summer because they were fairly cheap for an island getaway. After being thrown roughly into fall, I am so excited for sunny weather, 80s, and the beach! And, of course, some cafe and gelato! Time to brush up on my Italian… un cappuccino e un cornetto per favore?