During the project week in Rotterdam our Erasmus students focused very much on the production of their WWI documentary, but in the afternoon of Thursday, 9th March 2017, film cameras, computers and microphones were left behind, when the group was taken on a tour through the city by Carolyn McNanie. One of the first stops was Rotterdam Harbour…
… and the famous Erasmus Bridge, named after the philosopher Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (1466-1536), who is also the name giver to the European Commission’s educational programme ERASMUS PLUS, which offers European students – like the ones at Goetheschule Essen – the opportunity to study abroad.
[Portrait of Erasmus by Hans Holbein the Younger]
The guided tour ended at Rotterdam Central Station, where visitors are reminded of Erasmus’ conviction “Space separates bodies, not minds”.