Last semester we had an excursion to European Central Bank in Frankfurt.
Well, I did not go there.
This semester we had another one to European Parliament in Strasbourg in France.
As I am not a business/management I was not that interested in ECB but this time was different. I really wanted to visit! :)
It was 2nd time to Strasbourg and I thought it would be 'okay' weather.
WTH, It was snowing in Strasbourg!
"Joder"
Well, we had short free time to look around the city, so went to see a cathedral.
had Coffee right in front of the Cathedral and,
now head to Parliament ;)
from the bus
They said only some area in the building we can take a picture. So I don't have that many to upload.
It was nice to seeing around, especially I was really happy when the guide was telling us basic structure of EP, some episodes about the session and about the Interpreting in EP session.
23 Languages?! wow
Because it's the area that I love, so I didn't want to miss anything about it.
He said interpreters working for EP take tests in every 3 months.
They have to translate all the things correctly, and even period/comma will be checked. amazing.
We went to see the session after.
When we just came into the hall, I heard the word "South Korea" a few times while somebody was making a speech. I thought he was just giving an example of Korea.
But he was not the only one, and when I checked the monitor, the topic was about Korea.
Well, not a good thing, but title was "South Korea - Death Penalty declared legal"
Hmmm Yes a few weeks ago, Korean constitution court declared that.
Should I say what I think about this matter?
- I don't think so, but just briefly I agree with CC's judgement partially.
Anyway, it was very surprise and nice to hear from the members in EU government discussing about my country's matter. Well, It's "OUR" matter, but it is always good to hear from people who are totally in another continent. no?
Well, 12 Euros lunch was not good at all, but the others were perfect.
At least for me.
Also, it was a good time for me to think about myself (I mean what I want to do in future - well, obviously not for EP unless Korea will be a member of it hahaha)
It definitely worth a lot.
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