Update

I love Belgium! Over the past 19 days I have done a lot already. I've gone shopping in Lille, France with some friends who I know from school and went out with them. I went on a bike tour of Brussels that lasted ALL day. Despite the fact that I had to wake up at 6 AM after going to sleep at 1:30 AM, it was still a good day. I got to know some people from my host Rotary club better and the day was followed by a catered dinner in the town house of the president of my host club which looked over all of Brussels. This past 3 day weekend I went to Lessines to visit Ashley who is from Eugene. We ventured out to a Dutch speaking town, which meant we could speak English. The day included shopping, and going to a cinema that played the movies in ENGLISH with Dutch subtitles. It was refreshing. On Sunday we toured a castle which was very beautiful. However, the tours are usually boring. On Monday we took the train to Brussels and shopped some more (thus adding to the low number in my bank account.) I had American fast food for the first time since I've been here. It was subway. And I definitely don't miss it. The food here is incredible. I tried Speculoos spread for the first time and I fell in love. I think I've fallen in love with all the food here. Trying to avoid gaining kilos is just not an option here. Considering they eat chocolate for breakfast everyday here.

School is still boring, that's unavoidable in every country. The days are long, but all my friends are really nice and funny so the days go by quickly. Most of the time... during physics, chemistry, biology, and french.. it goes by VERY slow because I might as well be taking chinese.