'list-building' of potential audiences in the Brussels area, data cleaning of existing customer data and helping to organise, prepare and execute events when they were hosted. Daily Life I stayed with Full Circle members in a spare room in their house and I settled in very quickly as they were accommodating, friendly and helpful. The house was centrally located, it was only a 15minute walk to the Full Circle office from where I was staying and a 30-minute walk into the centre of Brussels. I found I rarely needed to use public transport as a result, and I was glad to have a quick and simple commute. I arrived at the office around 9.30am each morning, took a lunch break with the other interns around 12.30pm, and left around 5pm each day. Outside of work, I socialised either with my host family or with the interns and I used my time to explore Brussels and beyond. This included walks before and after work, visiting museums, going out for drinks and dinner and cooking with the other interns. At the weekend, the interns often took day or weekend trips together to places like Bruges, Ghent and Amsterdam and I also visited Leuven and Namur by myself. Flexible office hours meant that we were able to take days off if our family or friends were visiting, or for longer trips such as to Amsterdam, and also on the first Wednesday afternoon of August when the museums in the city offer free entrance. Lasting Impressions I loved the experience of living and working in Brussels, especially as I was fortunate to have an excellent group of fellow interns around me as well as a kind and welcoming host family. I particularly enjoyed the group working environment. In previous years, it seems that interns have had staggered starting and finishing dates across June-September, but for me working for the same time period was the most important and enjoyable aspect of the internship. I would not have enjoyed the work or my free time as much without the other interns around me. I gained some useful ideas about my future plans, specifically that I would like to work outside the UK on a long-term basis and that I'm interested particularly in the EU whether that is working in it or working alongside it, this is something I plan to explore further. The work itself was largely an extension of previous marketing roles I've held and therefore did not challenge me as much as I thought it would, but the overall experience of getting to know new places and making new friends made the whole internship worthwhile.
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