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A snapshot of some of our adventures in Belgium this past week with highlights from Brugge and our final days in Brussels. Canals and historic buildings, Delirium Cafe, Belgium chocolates, waffels and les frites. Got to spend the week with Erik and Jose...perfect company to do a little exploring in Europe! #Belgium #Brugge #Brussels #EuroTrip #Explore #Travel

Spent our first day in #Amsterdam with a former Physchology Professor named Ruud who served as a journalist for many years following Community #Design & #Architecture. He is now in his 80s and a wealth of knowledge on changes that have taken place over the past 70 years. Got to walk through mixed social #housing with center squares for green space, pedestrian bridges to help support walkability, community libraries in open spaces, and hundreds of buildings still standing from the 16-1700s. Got to ask Ruud questions about the progression of the bike culture in Amsterdam and challenges with antisocial disorders due to the heavy use of biking. How chronic #diseases have lowered due to heightened use of #bikes and walking in the inner city, increased rate of mafia when marijuana was banded for a short time, and the heightened regulations for euthanasia. He shared with us how his family came to the Netherlands as refugees fleeing from Indonesia and the progress for gay rights in this progressive city. #Netherlands #USFCOPHRocks #StudyAbroad #Thisispublichealth #culture #Explore #history #Learn

Freetown Christiania, an alternative community of ramshackle houses, street art, galleries, and music venues serves as a famous utopian commune in the heart of Denmark’s capital. Squatters broke down the barricades of an abandoned military base, creatively activating disused spaces in a time when living conditions were poor in Copenhagen and affordable housing hard to come by. In 1973, the government gave #Christiania the official temporary status of a “social experiment”. By 1989 Christiania Law was put in stone, legalising the squatters presence. The community continuously experiments with green building techniques, stormwater management, solar energy and water-treatment systems to reduce their ecological footprint. Christiania’s #creativity and experimentation has always existed, but the presence of Pusher Street has dominated the focus. #Copenhagen #art #anarcist #commune #Denmark

Day two in Copenhagen touring the waterfront and public spaces throughout the city. From green roof tops and unique architectural design to exploring the bike culture and walkability along the cobblestone streets. #copenhagen #Denmark #DesignHealth #USFCOPHRocks #Architecture #FloodManagement #USFSACD

Spent the day taking a limousine to Daytona from St. Pete with friends to watch the Daytona 300 front and center. Great opportunity and definitely a first. #Daytona500 #Nascar #Daytona #SaturdayVibes

Flight booked to Copenhagen, Denmark in March with my #Architecture Design Studio team to study the design of their flood management system and explore how we can be more resilient here in #Tampa to the effects of sea level rise and flooding. Then we'll be heading over to Amsterdam and Rotterdam to look at mitigation measures and the engineering of their levees, dikes and canals that protect their city and residents. Excited to see where some of my family once lived in #Denmark and crazy to think it's been 10 years since my last visit to the Netherlands. Thought I would share a photo of me in 2009...10 years ago as I spent a month in Europe! This was shot in the city of #Brugge, Belgium after spending a few days in Iceland and then a week in Maastricht. I was heading to Slovakia for an unexpected solo-trek through the Baltics. From Bratislava to Poland, Ukraine, and Lithuania. Along the coast of Estonia and finally ending in Riga, Latvia. Then spent a few days back in Belgium before ending my travels in Amsterdam. I'll need to get a replicated shot of me and my ruckpack for 2019 to showcase the changes that I have made these past #10years. In 2009 I was in my second semester of my Masters and now in 2019 I am in my second semester of my #Doctorate. Would have never thought when this photo was taken I would be where I am today.

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