Many people will be familiair with the name Erasmus because of the Erasmus exchange scholarships. Within a few days, I too will embark on this adventure and head for Ljubljana.
In doing so I will also follow in the footsteps of the man who gave these scholarships, as well as my own Erasmus University College, their name. The great Dutch humanist thinker, writer and priest Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536) spent a life time travelling through Europe, studying and working, thirsty for knowledge.
My first small treads in his footsteps, however, I have already taken.
On concluding my previous internship in Brussels, and before leaving on
exchange, friends organised a little trip to the Erasmus house in the
Belgian capital. Erasmus lived for about five months in this house,
which is now a nice museum where the desk at which he worked, can still
be seen.
There are however other ways of treading in Erasmus' footsteps, as I found out when I received the invitation shown below. It makes one wonder what Erasmus' himself would have to say about this, given that he once remarked that "When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes". Would he change his "Your library is your paradise" for "Your pub is your paradise"?
Hoi Saja! Superleuk initiatief om een blog te starten; ik ben dan ook heel benieuwd naar je ervaringen als midwife-to-be. Heel veel succes gewenst!!! Groetjes, Ilse
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