This is why I love music

This summer, I had the opportunity to intern in Amsterdam, my country's capital city. It was a great mix of professional and personal development, and getting to re-know a city I last lived in as a child. Amsterdam is a city that you have to just get out and explore on foot or by bike, and there is so much to see and do.

I have been passionate about music for a number of years, and being able to finally attend some of our biggest summer events was a great feeling. The energy of the people I worked with really excited me and made me happy to go into work each day.

Amsterdam is back to being as busy as it was before covid, and in some ways this makes the weekends a little too packed up, but we had great weather for most of my stay, and taking the boat over to Noorderpark or spending a Saturday in Westerpark with friends felt relaxed. It was great that the program offered us a few opportunities to meet other students to get us settled into the city and expand our groups, inspiring us to do as much as we possibly could with our time. I would encourage others to do this porigramme if they want to experience working and living in another city and overseas.