So last week when I was telling myself that the cure to homesickness was staying busy, I (and all the exchange students that I've talked to) was right!
Last week I was still at Marianne's (I came back to my first host family's yesterday morning), and this weekend was busy! Friday night I got to meet a lot of her friends, it was so much fun hanging out with kids my age. They all kept asking how to say things in English, and loved hearing how their names sounded with an American accent. I was also surprised that they ALL know how to swear in English!! Probably all those American movies...
This weekend we also went to a street market, watched a movie, and went out with friends too. I love building relationships with peers in a different language, it's so much fun!
Yesterday I hung out with my friend Michelle she's an exchange student from Colorado. I feel like I have a nice balance between being with Belgian kids and exchange students, and I love hanging out with both of them! It feels so nice to be making friends :D I don't have the loneliness that I was having at the beginning.
Today I'm going to BRUXELLES with my friend Jordann (an exchange student from Pennsylvania). Even though we went last week, we wanted to come again to take pictures, eat chocolate, walk around, and really see the city. We're taking the train in about an hour and I'm so excited!!
So some funny things that I've noticed:
People here eat bread. For almost every meal.
People here also eat an insane amount of chocolate :D
The cereal has pieces of chocolate in it
The lights are more like buttons, not switches like in the U.S.
Doors are always closed in houses (and there are a lot of doors separating rooms in Belgian houses). It's too keep the heat in, I was told, because gas is really expensive here
The French Belgians don't have much against the Dutch Belgians, but the Dutch Belgians really don't like the French Belgians.
That's all for now! I have a very busy week before school starts on Friday :D
I'll blog about Bruxelles later today or tomorrow (with pics).
Last week I was still at Marianne's (I came back to my first host family's yesterday morning), and this weekend was busy! Friday night I got to meet a lot of her friends, it was so much fun hanging out with kids my age. They all kept asking how to say things in English, and loved hearing how their names sounded with an American accent. I was also surprised that they ALL know how to swear in English!! Probably all those American movies...
This weekend we also went to a street market, watched a movie, and went out with friends too. I love building relationships with peers in a different language, it's so much fun!
Yesterday I hung out with my friend Michelle she's an exchange student from Colorado. I feel like I have a nice balance between being with Belgian kids and exchange students, and I love hanging out with both of them! It feels so nice to be making friends :D I don't have the loneliness that I was having at the beginning.
Today I'm going to BRUXELLES with my friend Jordann (an exchange student from Pennsylvania). Even though we went last week, we wanted to come again to take pictures, eat chocolate, walk around, and really see the city. We're taking the train in about an hour and I'm so excited!!
So some funny things that I've noticed:
People here eat bread. For almost every meal.
People here also eat an insane amount of chocolate :D
The cereal has pieces of chocolate in it
The lights are more like buttons, not switches like in the U.S.
Doors are always closed in houses (and there are a lot of doors separating rooms in Belgian houses). It's too keep the heat in, I was told, because gas is really expensive here
The French Belgians don't have much against the Dutch Belgians, but the Dutch Belgians really don't like the French Belgians.
That's all for now! I have a very busy week before school starts on Friday :D
I'll blog about Bruxelles later today or tomorrow (with pics).