Morning traffic jams in Brussels, Belgium

This is how our live traffic GPS shows Brussels roads during the morning of an ordinary working day (roads in red mean traffic jams).

We truly feel sorry for those working in Brussels :(

Hotel review - Best Western Hotel Brussels South, Belgium

The room was OK. The breakfast had limited choice with mostly pre-packaged food and of low quality products.

Free wi-fi and free parking places.

No free late check out.

It takes about 45 minutes to get to Brussels centre under regular traffic conditions.

Trip to Brussels, Belgium - part 1

Since it was the second time we went to Brussels, we visited only some of touristic objectives :

Plenty of advantages: famous Belgian beer, delicious chocolate, tasty Belgian fries (no, they are not French), multicultural environment, etc.

EPSO interview in Brussels

We have recently experienced an EPSO interview for an administrator position and here-below are some facts and impressions:

- it was a commission of 6 members (1 head of commission and the others simple members)

- the head of commission just had the role of coordinating the development of the interview - he did not actually ask any questions

- the other 5 members have each asked questions from a specific area (UE knowledge, motivation to work for EU, specialist knowledge, etc.)

- at the beginning there were 5 minutes for a self-presentation (education, knowledge, skills, etc.)

- the interview lasted exactly for 45 minutes

- the members of the commission seemed friendly and open to discussion

- the questions regarding EU knowledge were in relation to basic subjects, there was nothing that required an in-depth knowledge of EU

- the EPSO response from the interview will be given in approximately 1 month

Best of luck !

Atomium Bruxelles

Recently we've taken a short trip to the Atomium in Bruxelles.

Here are some pictures:

EPSO - exam hall in Bruxelles

This is how the exam hall for the EPSO written test looks like:

To be brief, it is a very large, very basic hall part of the Bruxelles exhibition centre (near the Atomium):

To get a better idea of the size, there were about 400 - 500 people taking the exam at the same time:

Mini Europe parc within Bruparck in Brussels (IV)

And the last post about Mini_Europe:

And remember, it's only a 2 hour drive from Luxembourg ...

PR: wait...  I: wait...  L: wait...  LD: wait...  I: wait... wait...  Rank: wait...  Traffic: wait...  Price: wait...  C: wait...

Mini Europe parc within Bruparck in Brussels (III)

Several other miniatures: