I spent the most memorable 7 months of my life in Maastricht! I was then involved in a student exchange program for a semester there. It is really a very beautiful little town, with all the shops and famous Olivier Bonbons chocolate shop!!! I used to go there for my weekly supply of pralines. Yummy.

This is also the place where I meet such wonderful people who have always been helping exchange students to get around the city and also Europe. They’re so friendly, the mother is a GREAT cook and that’s how I got hooked on the gulash dish.

From weekend visits to nearby belgium, antique markets, parades, the famous carnaval, maastricht universiteit, my dutch language class, the famous friet shop round the street corner, the maas river, to all the people I met there… Everything is so wonderful!

I’ll definitely be back sometime in the future!