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This morning, the delegates attending PTPI’s Board of Trustees Program in Brussels, Belgium met in the hotel lobby just before 9:00 am and boarded a bus for a day trip to Antwerp. Fast fact: according to legend, long ago, an evil giant once guarded the Scheldt River, taking large toll fees from those who tried to pass. Then one day, a brave Roman soldier (Silvius Brabo) succeed in slaying the giant. He cut off the giant’s hand and threw it into the river. Therefore, the name Antwerpen is said to come from the Dutch words for ‘to throw’: ‘hand werpen.’

Thanks to delegate Carol Jarvis for writing about the day:

While the People to People International Board of Directors held their meeting in Brussels, a large delegation of 40 people took a day trip to Antwerp.  It was a great opportunity to leave the big city of Brussels and experience a little bit of life in the historical port town of Antwerp.

Delegates set off for a tour of Antwerp, Belgium

I asked several delegates to give me a word or phase to describe this charming town and these are some of the responses:

• a history lover’s paradise
• an architect’s smorgasbord
• an art lover’s dream
• a diamond and chocolate lover’s heaven

Others said that Antwerp was charming, awesome, extremely interesting and a perfect day trip while visiting Brussels. A highlight of our day was learning about Rubens… I mean the artist, not the sandwich (because the sandwich is spelled with an ‘e’)!

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