lamb burgers

So we chatted with C a bit and looked at some maps and she told us not to sleep until 9pm that night. I think it was around 11:30 in the morning at the time. Some of us showered and then we decided to walk over to the University of Gent where Allison was going to be doing a poster presentation later on for the conference that started this entire trip.

We rode the tram, fumbled with euros and found our way to the University. My memory is spotty at this point because I was so effing tired. I am not sure what we did at the University, but I think we hung Allison’s poster and then walked around a bit. Blank space in my recollection.

Jennifer and I had our first FOOD in Belgium. We ordered tofu burger and coffee and beer and cigarettes. We sat outside of a little café and ate our food. We’re no entirely sure that what we ate was tofu. Could have been lamb. But it tasted good. I had two beers and then began to feel weird. I tried to tip the server because I had no idea whether to do this or not, and we had a very uncomfortable exchange before I ended up giving him 4 euro and regretted it later when T told me that generally, tipping does not happen.

We left the café after eating and walked back to the University, where we found Allison with crazy eyes, standing next to her poster. She told us how tired she was and that she thinks she fell asleep during a presentation in a classroom earlier. She offered us more coffee and we tried to drink it. More blank spaces.