Study trip: Gent
Together with my friend Benjamin Bond I wrote a summary of our, Gym 3's, study trip to Gent.
On the 9th of September 2011 the whole of Gym 3 went on a study trip to Gent, a town in Belgium. Gent is particularly known for it’s remarkable medieval architecture that we greatly experienced while walking through the city. It is a busy town with a university and many students, interesting for us since universities are where many of us are going next.
We all took the train from Waterloo to Gent in order to learn about how the train system works and how to get there on our own. On arrival we met up with a local, previously a teacher at SSB, who showed us around through the city. We also went into the Saint Bavo cathedral, where we got to see famous paintings and sculptures. It’s built in Gothic style, from what we can recall. We visited the torture museum, which was inside an enormous stone-brick castle, an amazing experience!
Unfortunately we did not get to experience more historical matters that day for it was time to return home, to Waterloo. We got to try taking the tram to the train station and after that we took the train back home to Waterloo. It was a nice trip and not only did we get to see a lot of the city and learn about paintings etc. but we also learnt how to get to Gent and take the train.
