The canteen

The canteen of Fontys Tilburg is a place where you can find me a couple times a day. I like to get a cup of coffee from there in between my lessons. Sometimes I wish we were at Fontys Eindhoven where a cup of coffee is half the price. That would save a lot of money in a year. Another bad part of the canteen are the opening hours. There is no better way to start the day than with a cup of coffee, but in the early morning, when my first lesson starts at half past 8 or half past 9, the canteen is closed. Luckily there are coffee machines in some hallways as well!

Besides these negative matters of the canteen, there are also some positive things. For example: when I forget my lunch, the canteen will save my day. I go there to buy a delicious hamburger and a cup of soup. They also offer very good sandwiches, which can be composed however you want it. You can also go for a snack. They usually provide several Dutch sausages. The soups are also very good. They usually have two different soups on a day. Which soups? Every day, that’s a surprise for me!

Rudy Rutgers
Jos Vromans

Public Transport…

First off, a little warning: this blog isn’t all cheerful about the busses between Tilburg CS and Stappegoor. Actually I hate it very much.

This is what happens all the time when you’re waiting for bus 1 or 11, and when one of the two finally shows up: The bus is so incredibly crowded with students who all want to go to school that when the bus is full, a lot of students are still outside waiting. But when the next bus arrives, there are as many people again as there were when the first bus arrived.

The way back isn’t any better. Because when you travel back to the station, the bus has to drive a whole circle through the bus station often blocked by another bus or a stoplight before it finally stops. Why doesn’t it just stop at the exit places? Because in my opinion, they are specifically made for people to exit the bus and catch their connection with a train or another bus.

I tell you we need more busses, only when it’s crowded with students. There will be more workplaces for bus drives and more students who can go to school on time without all of the stress at the bus station. Win-win situation, don’t you think?

Timon Woordes
Bart van Broekhoven