Reflections on Travel to Europe – Part Three

This trip finally gave me a chance to take my first train ride through the Chunnel—frankly, it was disappointing as it was already dark so there was no view going into the tunnel and there is no view at any time of the day under the ocean! The good news is that we were traveling with FDA colleagues—a real treat.

After a good night’s sleep, we visited the U.S. Mission to the European Union (EU) in Brussels, an important historic focus for the U.S.-Europe relationship. Brussels has always had a particular significance to me because my dad was in the Battle of the Bulge, centered not far from Brussels, and he was saved from capture by Belgian people in the countryside. 

We visited Ambassador Gitenstein, the U.S. Ambassador to the EU, and got a useful briefing from the mission staff representing the variety of U.S. Government agencies with posts in Brussels.

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