Oh la la!

Well here it comes people... I really am sorry for the delay, but I am rarely in one place long enough to sit down and explain all the adventures! Anyway, I thought that while I have a little time this evening, I would get you all up to date about my lovely life in Belgium... and many other places in Europe. I have made myself a cup of tea, and am ready to "raconter des histoires" or share some stories :)

I am going to have to backtrack to where I last left off... back in March!
Well, while I liked Amsterdam so much, I don't think it liked me back just as well because most of the week after I got back I stayed home from school sick. The doctor doesn't know what I had exactly, just a terrible cough that needed an inhaler and an antibiotic and kept me from sleeping... The break was actually very productive in that I started, and made a lot of progress on my scrapbook of the year! I love looking back and remembering all the wonderful times that I have had this year :) and after the few days of rest I was feeling much perkier!

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day!! Now in Belgium so may wonder if this holiday is celebrated or not... and I would say that for the most part, no, not at all. However, I went to Brussels with Malory and met up with some exchange students in the Celtica Bar for a good toast to the Irish; the best part of that day though was running into a woman there who was from Ireland and getting tip of all the places to hit up in Ireland on a student's budget-- oh yeah, Mallory, Mollie and I booked a flight and hostel and are going to Ireland for 5 days in June... :) She was lovely- meeting people like that makes you really believe in fate!

That Friday, after school I went to Liège where I met up with Malory and some other friends. We had high spirits despite the very rainy weather; we had to walk, in the rain (I miss my car) to Justine, a friend of Mallory's from school's house, and there we got all prettied up for a soirée! I am going to miss these soirées back in the states-- we danced the night away, until 3:30 am! Then I went back to Mallory's to spend the night, or rather morning :) And then I guess Mal and I just hadn't had enough of each other for the weekend because the next night, Saturday the 19th, we both were going to be home alone, so she came to my house and we made mac and cheese and watched Talladega Nights- how much more of an all American evening can you get?? :)

On March 21st, Belgium welcomed le PRINTEMPS or SPRING with a sunny, blue sky, warm day! I heard that St Louis was hit by some late wintery weather, well all I can say is that we are enjoying the soleil here and I can't get enough :)