On Tuesday and Wednesday I had the opportunity to visit Maastricht for a workshop at Maastricht University.
Maastricht is in the very southeast corner of the Netherlands, nestled in-between Germany and Belgium. It’s about 2.5 hours from my house by train, but it’s a pretty easy ride: just a single transfer with regular trains.
Maastricht is arguably the oldest city in the Netherlands (in competition with Nijmegen). So, I took a train in early to give me time to explore the city. Luckily, the weather was ideal for walking around the city.
The dinner, office visits, and workshop were great. In particular, I got some feedback on a paper that really helped clarify in my mind the best way to run a follow-up experiment. I was previously thinking I needed to run an experiment with 10 conditions (a very expensive and time-consuming experiment), but the workshop participants helped me realize that we really only need 4 conditions, which is much more manageable.
So, great workshop. Now for pictures of the city!
Dutch Bentleys 