How I feel here changes from hour to hour! It's ridiculous! Yesterday was a really hard day for me, I felt really homesick. But today is much better! I'm actually staying with my second host family this week, because my host family is going to France for camping. I could have easily gone with them, but there is a big event in Brussels for all the exchange students in Belgium that I've been looking forward to since the Spring, so I decided to stay here. It's nice, because I get to go to Brussels, and also meet my second host family! At first it was hard to decide what to do, because I didn't want to hurt my host family's feelings by not going, but I realized that a week of camping after just arriving in a new country was just not a good idea for me. One of the reasons that I chose a yearlong exchange instead of a summer travel program was because feeling settled is very important to me, I don't feel good nor do I have fun if I don't feel settled somewhere.
But I'm really happy with my decision to stay here, my second host family is wonderful! They have two kids, Marianne who's 18 and François who is 14. Plus their cousins who live next door, so there are a lot of kids! I love it.
I still feel homesick sometimes, especially at night. But I always feel better when I'm around more people and there is more activity. I know for a fact that in a few weeks I will be much more busy, so I think everything will slowly get better! But right now I'm feeling pretty good :)
But I'm really happy with my decision to stay here, my second host family is wonderful! They have two kids, Marianne who's 18 and François who is 14. Plus their cousins who live next door, so there are a lot of kids! I love it.
I still feel homesick sometimes, especially at night. But I always feel better when I'm around more people and there is more activity. I know for a fact that in a few weeks I will be much more busy, so I think everything will slowly get better! But right now I'm feeling pretty good :)