Foreign eyes [electronic resource] : international students reflect on Utrecht / edited by Emmeline Besamusca.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Besamusca, Emmeline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Students, Foreign--Netherlands.

Students, Foreign.

Universiteit Utrecht.

Utrecht (Netherlands)--Social life and customs.

Utrecht (Netherlands).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Pallas Publications, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Annually, hundreds of students from all over the world come to study at Utrecht University. To commemorate the university's 375th anniversary, current and past international students were invited to reflect on Dutch culture. What do they consider particularly noteworthy,surprising, incomprehensible or charming in their Dutch academic life? From a personal perspective and in their own words,the students share their experiences and comment on remarkable, frustrating and fascinating features of Dutch culture. Curtainless windows, delicious stroop wafels,a scent of freedom in the streets, canals reflecting

Contents:

An Ode to Foreign Eyes; Fascinated by Foreign Eyes; Understanding Happiness; Perception Is Reality; Nervous, Alone and So Excited...; Scraping Clouds from a Wolkenkrabber:; One Good Day; It Must Be the Broodje Kaas; In Search of My Own Time; Discovering Utrecht through the Senses; Cycling through Snow; Utrecht by Night - Utrecht by Light!; Where Surrealism Unleashes; On People and Sunlight; Bicycle Diaries: Racing in the Land of Giants; Letter to My Friend; In a Map of Time; Students from Utrecht; Utrecht's Climate in Shorts; Contrast; My Space hopper; Out on the Town

The Devil Is in the Details Lessons for Life; A Semester of Swayings (Uncensored); The Missing Dimension; Six Months below Sea; Translations of Mottos; About the Authors; Acknowledgements

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-25929-X

9786613259295

90-485-1405-3

OCLC:

756484166