I've returned from my adventures in Belgium and also a day in Oxford. After a day in Brussels, we traveled to Antwerp on Saturday. Antwerp is known because it is a major "port" for diamonds and diamond deals. Orthodox Jews walk in the streets with briefcases of diamonds handcuffed to their wrists. Since I went to visit on Saturday, I sadly did not see them because it was the Sabbath. I was surprised I didn't see more apparent security in the area w...

I'm in Belgium! This is my first trip outside London without the entire Hansard Scholar group, and I think it will definitely help me to have a weekend away. It is not exactly easy for me to live with ten other people in the flat, and while I love the people in my room, I have been used to living in a single since 2005. I feel like I had to relearn how share a living space again. It's the little things that you have to relearn too. Like where whose stuff goe...