The Erasmus adventure: “Galway is the only way”

The Emerald Island:  “Galway is the only way” In the first semester of 2007 I had the opportunity to go on Erasmus and leave the comfy bubble of Leuven for half a year, which I thankfully did. After having examined all the “Erasmus options” at our university, I was glad […]

JEF Sing-a-long: Lyrics to the ode to joy

If anyone ever wanted to sing along to the European anthem: here is Friedrich von Schiller’s original german poem, which was adapted by Beethoven for use in the fourth movement of his 9th symphony. In 1972, the council of Europe elected Beethoven’s ode to joy as the European hymnn. In […]