Blog of Tuesday 3 March 2026

7:10 AM We took the first train to Brussels; the journey took 45 minutes.

8:00 AM Arriving in Brussels, we got off the train and walked a short distance to the European Parliament. We had to scan our ID cards to get a small tag to attach to our t-shirts, then we went through security with our bags. A member of the European Parliament staff gave us a short presentation about the European Union and its institutions. We also played a game where we had to guess the languages ​​spoken by some of the people in Parliament. Afterwards, we were able to go inside the Parliament and take photos.

10:30 AM We left the Parliament and went to the Museum of the History of the European Union. We were given tablets that translated and explained the content and history of each room and object in the language we needed.

12:30AM Lunch break on the stairs in front of the museum

1:30 We take the train for a 45-minute ride to Anvers

2:15 PM Arrived in Anvers at a large station with a magnificent mural in the center at the top of the stairs

3:30 PM Arrived at the Red Star Line Museum, which retraces the lives of immigrants during the immigration era, how they were treated, how they traveled, what they used, etc.

5:00 PM Return to the train station

5:20 PM We had 10 minutes of free time

5:30 PM We all leave together by train for a 1.5-hour journey

7:00 PM We are told there is a problem with the train and that we will be delayed

8:30 PM We arrive at the train station and say goodbye