Check out this awesome Facebook status update from Jazmin Squire, who's currently doing our Positive Psychology course in Maastricht, the Netherlands:
Each day here just keeps getting more awesome! Yesterday was too full and amazing to write about in much detail, let's just say that I enjoyed every minute!
It started with a 'mild' and interesting class on the history of Positive Psych and mediation, followed by a nice walk through the streets of Maastricht to a typical Dutch cafeteria at the student centre (this means brimming full of a large variety of fresh, healthy and delicious food at a VERY reasonable price!).
We then caught the bus up to Casino Slavante, a very quaint cafe on the hill of Sint-Pietersberg. This was so much fun! They had an old wooden merry-go-round there that we all had rides on. The views of Maastricht and the river Maas from here were wonderful! I need to come here in the summer sometime and sip wine at a table beneath the roses, outdoors overlooking the river! This is nearby the grand home Andre Rieu!
We then visited the ancient handmade limestone caves of Maastricht. The caves were spectacular and our female tour guide told us so many interesting tales of the history of the caves. Fascinating! And too many to share right here, they will be tales for when I get back home.
We then when on to Wijnggaard Apostelhoeve, one of only four wineries in the area that have been making their own white wines unique to this area, since the 1970's. The lovely Mathieu, owner of the vineyard, gave us an informative tour of the winery that ended with a wine tasting in his cosy little stone wine-tasting restaurant adjoining the beautiful, ancient stone farmhouse where his family live. Mathieu served the wine with delicious sandwiches of dark brown bread and succulent prosciutto. We sampled three of the wines at Apostlehoeve, A Muller-Thurgau, which was a lovely crisp, light wine perfect for aperitif and two Pinto-Gris, the distinction being that one had been aged in the cellar in a wooden barrel and the other had not. The wines were amazing, Kate and I may have gotten quite tipsy, but it made for a lot of laughter and fun times and we admit to buying a few bottles between us. I will definitely be seeking out this wine label. However, because they are such a small winery and have such good produce they sell out quite quickly!
As if that wasn't enough fun for one day, we ended what proved to be a perfect day with a meal of pancakes and beer at the home of one of our host dutch students Daisy. Daisy was good company and she and her friends cooked us a meal of pancakes with bacon, capsicum, onion, apple, cheese and maple syrup. A surprisingly tasty combo, and plied us with good dutch beer! We then bundled into our coats and walked slowly back to the Guesthouse in the dark, feeling satiated! Ah Maastricht! :)
Jazmin Squire is participating in our January 2012 Positive Psychology program at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Jazmin is going into her 3rd year of a Bachelor of Psychology degree at Griffith University.
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