HAPPY COLOMBUS DAY!!... oh no.. we´re not in Barcelona...
Like clockwork I wake up at 7, shower (in the lovely shower), had breakfast (and what a breakfast... my stomach was gonna pop.. ghal la Maltija i guess), changed into business suit, and went to our first day of training and meeting of our international colleagues. I guess we each wondered in our own way what awaited us...
I won´t go into detail on the training... after all I could be infringing some ethical, privacy, confidentiality law. All i can say is that it was brilliant. Besides having learnt a lot and grown through the experience, it provided the opportunity to meet and bond with another 19 or so, really great people - making friends... and it´s also incredible to a certain extent when you think about how people who never knew each other, lived miles away, have a different background and culture, and speak different languages achieved the communication and interaction needed for such a relationship - in such a short time! Ma nafx, forsi nistageb mix-xejn...
Anyway, at night we went out for dinner - the first of a series of organised (by our very hospitable and lovely Belgian friends) dinners. It was a ten minute walk from the hotel to the restaurant. If inclined to appreciate the walk - well... you could appreciate the .. what I think are the typical village Belgian houses.. kind of cute... till you get to the village centre comprised of the local hairdresser, the local bar, the local "Harry Potter" church as P. described it.. well the local everything... and there´s where our culinary destination lay.. "Break-out" a dark, atmospheric, modern and minimalistic really cool restaurant.
No pictures for this event - I think we were much more focused on getting to know each other and the beers in particular. Conversations were fun and interesting... but most all they were varied. They ranged from serious topics of a business nature to a serious topics on the importance of hair removal... can´t go into further detail.. you understand.. many confidentiality issues...
Just a small side node - you can say that, that infamous survey question was what actually got everyone feeling comfortable to say anything, including cheering to "l!&a"!
A delicious Mexican Kip (chicken) wrap, Frambosa (rasberry beer) and Duvel (Devil-ish beer which as Bart kindly informed contains 9% alcohol) away we returned back to the hotel to get a good night´s sleep to wake up early the next day, once again.
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