Job: as Minister of Finance. I was lucky with fi nding a room. My sister was already studying in Wageningen and I could sub-rent her room. Then I went to Bowlespark 28, also known as Heesteroord, which was the nicest student house I stayed in. When it was sold I moved into the student house at number 32 Oude Eekmolenweg.
Far too many distractions, a busy social life. I never joined a society but went to all the end-of-first-year parties. I only started to work in my fourth year.
Which aspect of my studies is useful to me in my day-to-day work now? In terms of courses, monetary economics scores high at the momentโฆ But in all seriousness, I still benefit a lot from the broad academic training with courses in public administration, law and socio-economic history. One of the nicest things about Wageningen was its international fl avour.
Everyone travelled around the world for internships and research. And they brought the culture back with them. In my case I immersed myself in the Latin American atmosphere and we still have some good friends in Nicaragua as a result. Job: as writer and journalist for the Volkskrant and NRC national newspapers. One student invited us to tag along with him and see what student life was really like.
We were introduced to a commune and went to the macrobiotic restaurant Pee Pastinakel, where we ate pumpkin soup. On the strength of this a lot of us, me included, decided to register for a Wageningen degree course. I lived at the Dijkgraaf for three months, then moved to Nieuwstraat 1. That was a stately town house in the town centre where seven of us lived.
