Well well well... the winter days have come and are here to stay. I wake up in the dark and get home in the dark, most days barely get above freezing, and Belgium is famous for their fog and I have to say that it is astounding! Yesterday I was at track practice and while running on the track you couldn't see anyone 50 meters in front of you, and I couldn't even see my watch! Although we are having an early winter, that hasn't stopped me from living a very fun and busy life!
Last week I tried to catch up on a little sleep Monday and Tuesday but then Wednesday I was off and running again! In the afternoon I took the train to Liege with Pauline; she met up with her friends and I met up with mine and after a few hours of shopping we all met up to catch the bus home. My really good friend Mollie came home with us and just as we arrived we left again to go see the musical "La Melodie de Bonheur" or "The Sound of Music". It was really fun to hear all the songs in French and notice that the translations are far from exact. It was late so Mollie spent the night and in the morning we had pastries and took her to the train station and then our neighbor picked me up to take me to Germany to Jordan Berger's house!!!
Our neighbor grew up bilingual with French and German so he was so helpful! I was really proud of myself though that I could sit in a car with someone and talk non-stop for two hours from everything to politics to weather.
I arrived in Germany Thursday afternoon and after a tour of the house Jordan and I started prepping our Thanksgiving dinner! That night we did aerobics and watched a movie. Friday was the big cooking day and in the midst we went on a run, to school for an hour and taught a little English lesson to neighborhood girls. In the evening, we served mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, stuffing, turkey, and apple pie for seven people and we were a HIT! Despite not following any real recipes, our food turned out delicious! The turkey was juicy and the stuffing wasn't dry-- success : ) However, now we know why no one ever wants to host Thanksgiving because we were exhausted afterwards!!
Saturday we woke up and took the train with Carey and Flavia, exchangers from Nebraska and Brazil respectively, to Dusseldorf. It took about 2.5 hours on the train so we didn't have much time there, but it was a pretty city and fun to walk around in the rain! That night we were tired and we just hung out. Sunday afternoon I took a train to the Belgium-Germany border where Nicole picked me up. I was so happy to be back in Belgium with my family and speaking French again! It was an awesome weekend, but I really missed the farm : )
Tonight I am going to the Opera with the Rotary. We are going to see "La Bohême Puccini" which apparently is the most commonly performed opera in America... It's apparently a love story, ending with the woman dying- cool. Kidding- it should be fun!
Send dry and warm thoughts my way!! : )
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