Once again, we were up and at it early to visit the BS Amby school in Maastricht. After a briefing with the principal of the school we were free to roam the school in pairs. I spend a good portion of my time in the gymnasium playing ball with the kids. It was awesome for me because I got to run around and have fun with these kids even though we could not verbally communicate (they usually learn English by fifth grade). There was one kid in particular that just was talking away in Dutch to me and although I couldn't understand a word he said, he just kept on talking like we were the best of friends. I noticed that the kids had a lot more freedom in the gym and the teachers did not mind us playing with the kids at all; in fact, they encouraged it. I'm not sure this would be the case in the US, especially these days. Amby seemed like a typical primary school and the inside was beautiful. I think it was recently renovated.
The rest of the day was rather uneventful as we were leaving very early for Paris the next day.
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