Update from Brussels

It’s been a month since I’ve arrived in Brussels to start chapter #2 of my ABN AMRO Experience. In short, after last year’s internship I went back to Serbia to finish my studies, and in a meanwhile I got really challenging and interesting job in Credit Portfolio Management Department (the very same department of my internship as well:)) So, if your road crosses City of Brussels in months or maybe years to come, don’t hesitate to give me a call.

Flower Carpet & ABN AMRO Friends from Amsterdam

It was Saturday afternoon when I went to the city centre to meet Pedro and some other AIESECers, intending to go to the Grand Place and take a look at the famous Flower carpet of Brussels. The pleasant surprise happened in front of the Central station when I met Gina (an old AIESEC friend of mine from international conferences) and two other girls -Ming and Olga – and surprisingly they all work in ABN AMRO Amsterdam! What a coincidence? :) We all went to see an exceptional production of more than 100 master gardeners 12 months’ work at some 1.800m2!


This year’s designers of this flower tapestry found inspiration in the alchemy of the Middle Ages. The alchemists of that time developed a cluster of often esoteric sciences. All the buildings at the Market Square bear their obvious or discrete mark. The Flower Carpet 2006 has drawn inspiration from their perfect wind rose: an eight-pointed star. A symbol of the cosmic balance, it is naturally centred on an octagonal layout. It’s the own featured in the rose windows and pavements of the most beautiful Gothic and Renaissance cathedrals.



Ana & Zika in Brussels

A couple of weeks ago Ana Kostic, Zika (Ana’s boyfriend) and their Romanian friends visited Brussels. We did a nice sightseeing and walks throughout Brussels. It was one really nice day… Btw, at the moment Ana is doing her internship in Deutsche Post in Bonn. I’ll write more about that in next blog update because I spent one whole weekend in Bonn and Cologne.