Finalement...

After weeks of relentless stress and work, I can now finally take a breather. Sometimes I wonder whether the system of 'controle continu' of Sciences Po is better for the well being of students than the more rigid system of UvT. For one, 'controle continu' implies that I only have to sit for 3 exams in total, even though I have taken 6 courses. On the other hand, this creates continual pressure as opposed to a one-time-big-end-of-semester-exam we are so used to in UvT.

The winding down of stress implicitly (or perhaps explicitly?) implied that I could take a walk, and do my share of visiting museums, in addition to doing some reference reading for other courses which are still not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel (read controle continu). Nevertheless, the confounded weather has disrupted my plans for going around Paris; it has rained rather heavily over the weekend, and even though I have the benefit of 2 waterproof windbreakers, the weather creates a sense of depression, the need to stay indoors with a cup of hot tea.

Here are some pictures taken from the top of Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris.





Het regende hard over de weekend en er waren veel grote overstromingen in Nederland, Belgie en Frankrijk. Ik maak hier zorg voor en mijn geachte vrienden zijn hopelijk okee. Ik hoop ook dat het geval is voortuitgegaan.