One month??

        Tomorrow I will have been in Belgium for one month. My first thought when I realized this was "already? I feel like it's been so much shorter!". Then I started thinking about how many things I have done this month. Everything I've already learned, the experiences I've had, the people I've met, and then I started to think "and it's only been 1 month???". I think that is how this year is going to be. I will do so many things and have so many wonderful times that it will feel very short, but the amount that is packed into this year is the equivalent of 5 normal ones (and probably more!). It made me start thinking about my exchange and why I came here. That led me back to looking online at Maya Frost's website and all of the exchanger's stories. Maya Frost wrote a book called "The New Global Student", and if it wasn't for that book I wouldn't be in Belgium right now. I sent her an email telling her about my experience and how much she helped me get here, and I received an awesome and encouraging response today. Looking back at the past year, how much I prepared for this trip, and how much I have already gotten out of it, makes me realize that an adventure like this is comparable to nothing else. 


I've only been here a month and I've:
-learned a ton of French
-been to quite a few cities in Belgium   
-made wonderful exchange friends, some that I get to see very often
-started to make really great Belgian friends
-been on a train by myself
-started to adapt to and feel at home with a completely different family
-done math in French
-done dance classes!
-ridden a horse
-gone out on the town with Belgian buds
And so much more!!!
I can't wait for everything else that this year has to offer, I'm sure I can't even begin to imagine it now :)