So it doesn't really feel like I've been in Belgium for one week. Time has been going by very strangely, and I know that this year is going to fly by. The flight from Vancouver to Frankfurt wasn't too bad, but I couldn't sleep....my brain wouldn't shut off no matter how hard I tried. I was very happy to get a window seat, because my favourite part of flying is looking out at the clouds...
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| My lovely dinner while flying over the Arctic |
It was very serene watching the moon while flying above the clouds. I ate breakfast while flying over some Scottish mountains - definitely somewhere I would like to visit! When I arrived at the Frankfurt airport, I had to trek all the way to the other side. Seriously, it was such a long walk with my 15 pound backpack...and then I couldn't find my return flight ticket for the customs man, but he eventually let me through without it because I was looking through my bags for around ten minutes (of course I found it later, in my backpack). When I arrived in Brussels, I had been awake for at least 24 hours and I was not feeling so hot, it was very overwhelming to walk out into the arrivals area where there were so many people....my family was right in the centre waiting for me.
After bisous (kissing everyone on the cheek), we headed out to the car...once we started driving (still in pretty heavy traffic) I thought 'hmmm it feels like we are going pretty fast' and then I looked at the speedometer and we were going 120 kilometres....everyone in Belgium drives very, very fast....I believe we hit 170 kms/hour....and also no one uses their signals, everyone just weaves in and out, but I have yet to see an accident.
Instead of going to the house right away, we went to a Rotary dinner, which was held in the president's basement, with lots and lots of food, wine and dessert. Everyone was very welcoming, and some of the Rotarians speak a bit of English so we can communicate better.
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| The view from my bedroom on the first night |
When I finally went to bed around 9ish after eating crepes, I had been awake for over 30 hours, which is a new record for me.
Here is a list of some things I did the first few days
- explored Ciney a bit
- visited my school
- ate some fantastic meals
- slept a lot
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| My house from the backyard |
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| Ma chambre |
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| View of the backyard from my balcony |
On Thursday I went to Brussels with all the other exchange students in Belgium...I think that there are over 200!
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| I really have no idea what is going on in the picture, but I thought it was interesting |
One of the things I've learnt in Belgium is that I never know 100% what is happening...my french is très, très terrible. I just have to go with things, because I never know exactly what everyone is saying! So today I went to a jazz concert (well it was actually walking through a park following a small jazz band), but I had no idea what we were doing until we started walking. Sometimes (actually all the time), I am very confused.
On the drive back to Ciney we stopped at a church...
That's it for this post, tomorrow I am going to go shopping for some more clothes, and then on Tuesday I start school...I'm nervous, but I know that it will really help with my french.....bisous everyone xxxx
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