Hello. My name is Austin Lowry. I am currently a Chemistry Major at Appalachian State University. My current plan for life after college is to go to dental school. Some places I have already traveled to includes New York City, Disneyworld, the Grand Canyon, San Francisco, Hawaii, Arizona, Las Vegas, Disneyland, the Alamo, Yellowstone National Park, and a few other states. The majority of the places I have visited was during a program called Teens Westward Bound. Despite all my traveling, I have never been outside of the country before. This is one of the reasons I’m super excited to travel to Belgium and the Netherlands. I can’t wait to experience the different culture.

While I was in the class Art, Politics, and Power, I researched the painting The Fight Between Carnival and Lent by Pieter Bruegel. On the trip, I hope to visit and see some of the works by Bruegel the Elder or by his son, Pieter Bruegel the Younger. The Ghent Altarpiece is another piece of art I look forward to seeing. This is one of the many pieces of artwork we talked about during class and read about in the book, The Monuments Men. I also hope to try a variety of food and bring back some chocolate and maybe a t-shirt.