GOING TO PARIS. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

being an exchange student

- is fantastic
- is meeting hundreds of wonderful people
 - is giving speeches and writing letters
 - is getting fat and, at times, being poor
 - is seeing a new country and experiencing new things
 - is being homesick and, at times, miserable
 - is getting tired
 - is being an ambassador
 - is personal growth

From my Florida outbound student handbook. Reading this now feels so different then when I read it before I left because I'm living it all.

7 weeks

Holy crap. I've been in Belgium for 7 weeks. My mind is blown.

Since my last post I have been to Antwerp which was really pretty and I bought a big Belgian flag :) and I went kayaking with other exchange students which was a blast! My arms are really sore though haha.

French is getting better at least my understanding is. I think I can say that I understand much of what is going on around me and the conversations...most of the time haha.

I got my Belgian identification card so I feel pretty legit.

I love Belgium.

I don't do a lot in school but I try. It's hard to understand the teachers and sometime I just can't do some of the work cause I don't understand at all. But I have french class with like 12 year olds and I love it cause it's so much easier than with my class and the teacher is a sweetie. So I actually can do work and learn it that class.

I'm happy.