Slow but busy couple days.

After class we had a quick visit to the European Union Commission on our way out of town. The Commission is like the enforcement body of the EU (they bring cases against states), and they are also the only body able to introduce legislation. The speaker was interesting, just a spokesman for the EU, and very technical. We have not studied the EU directly. So, the lecture was quite confusing at first, talking away about various EU bodies, which we had never heard of. Although, after a half hour or so, things started to connect.

Right after the EU we headed for Luxemburg or Luxembourg. We stopped by Pizza Hut on the way out for a quick lunch, and the Pizza Hut was crazy. It’s a wanna-be fancy restaurant with nice seating and over-expensive food. Luxembourg is an amazing city. It’s very small but there is a large gorge through the middle of the city which creates a sort of town on the river (and) canyon feel. My view from the hotel is across the gorge, I can see homes down into the valley, a beautiful bridge, and castle structures across the way. The downtown area is amazing as well. Tonight we walked down for some Chinese food (also not good here), and there was a band playing movie theme songs in the middle of a large square full of terrace seating. We heard songs from Superman and James Bond movies while eating Gelato from a little stand, it was amazing (yes, third time I said it). There are not any soccer games on for the next couple days because it’s getting into the finals, so that has lessened my celebrating. Although, the beer in the vending machine(!) at the hotel is still the same price as water and soda.