1.

The members assembled at Avenue de Gaulois 35 at 9:00 am and left

for Namur.
2. At 9:45 reached Namur’s Provincial Palace where everyone was
welcomed by The Governor of the Province of Namur, Mr. Denis
Mathen.
3. The President APWA presented a bouquet to Governor and thanked
him for giving his valuable time and for his warm hospitality.
4. The Governor, Namur welcomed all and gave a brief history of the
provincial palace and urged all to visit Namur and explore the city has to
offer.
5. The members had tea, coffee and cookies at the palace along with
some candid photo moments.
6. The Governor had arranged the visit to Rops Museum for all the
members and before moving to the museum, he presented all the
members with a sweet gift.
7. All the members visited Rops Museum from 11:15 to 12:00pm and
enjoyed the beautiful drawings, paintings, sketches, letters of Felicien
Rops, a fin-de-siècle Belgian artist.
8. Then all the members proceeded to Asia Restaurant for lunch and
APWA October proceedings.
9. The Secretary APWA updated the members with meeting’s agenda.
Firstly, she requested everyone to follow time discipline. Then she
updated that the charity proposals would be finalised in the meeting
scheduled to be held on October 12 at ACP.
10. The President APWA updated the members about the upcoming
plans. She informed that there will be a visit to European Parliament on
October 26 and an election meeting on Now 17 at Mauritius house. She
also informed that the visit to Antwerp Diamond Museum has been fixed
for January 2024.
11. The Treasurer APWA requested all the members to clear the
outstanding fees for the period Nov 22-Nov 23. The new members were
also requested to fill up the form and pay the required fees.
12. The Treasurer APWA raised the issue of Bazar and discussed the
various time options available and convenient to all the members for
holding the same.
13. Everyone enjoyed the delicious lunch with warm verbal exchanges.
14. Then the members proceeded towards the Citadel of Namur.
Everything enjoyed the mesmerising view from the top, clicked lots of
pictures and then headed towards the Cable Car. All the members were
thrilled and enjoyed the cable car ride while descending the citadel.
15. At 3:00pm, we started the return journey and reached Brussels back
by 3:45pm.