Dutch “National Brain Champion”Myrthe Weessies represented the Netherlands on the International Brain Bee in Daegu, Zuid-Korea from 19th-23rd of September, 2019. At the IBB, participants from over 20 countries competed, forged friendships and visited the IBRO World Congress for neurosciences. For the Dutch Brain Olympiad, Myrthe kept a journal. The first part (in Dutch) can be found in our newsletter for October, 2019, the second part (also in Dutch) in the newsletter for December, 2019.