These last couple weeks after Italy (while it was still a let down to be back "home" after such a fantastic trip) have been great. Full of friends, school, family, and plans. Plans for this weekend, for the rest of my 8 (!!!) weeks left in this wonderful country, plans for this summer, next year... But the most exciting thing that I can think about is this weekend, seeing my parents in LONDON!
While I am extremely excited to see my parents after 9 months, I am also a bit nervous. While we have definitely talked on skype, they have seen my pictures, and even talked a bit to my host family, having them with me and showing them this life will be quite strange. Strange-great or strange-bad? I'm pretty sure that it will be the former :). Being away for a long time is a funny thing... you begin to image scenes of seeing people from home, or showing them elements of your new environment and friends, and now it is actually going to happen. I feel a bit like I felt before i came on exchange, imagining situations and wondering about what everything will be like. Of course it's different, my parents are not a new country and language! But it's the same feeling of not knowing what to expect.
Something else that I am ecstatic for this weekend is London! It's the first European city that I ever remembering wanting to visit (did the Parent Trap have something to do with that? I think so...). Pictures coming next week!
But for right now here are a few pics from the last couple of weeks... :) Sun in Belgium!!!
While I am extremely excited to see my parents after 9 months, I am also a bit nervous. While we have definitely talked on skype, they have seen my pictures, and even talked a bit to my host family, having them with me and showing them this life will be quite strange. Strange-great or strange-bad? I'm pretty sure that it will be the former :). Being away for a long time is a funny thing... you begin to image scenes of seeing people from home, or showing them elements of your new environment and friends, and now it is actually going to happen. I feel a bit like I felt before i came on exchange, imagining situations and wondering about what everything will be like. Of course it's different, my parents are not a new country and language! But it's the same feeling of not knowing what to expect.
Something else that I am ecstatic for this weekend is London! It's the first European city that I ever remembering wanting to visit (did the Parent Trap have something to do with that? I think so...). Pictures coming next week!
But for right now here are a few pics from the last couple of weeks... :) Sun in Belgium!!!
In Lille France with Marianne and Sophie :)
Nico (Marianne's boyfriend) about to scare me...
annnd after
Lola <3