I Love Belgium (and Belgians)

I know I said to expect posts about Prague, but I haven't gotten around to working on that and after going to The Netherlands, the idea of tackling both trips is rather daunting. I suppose I should work on that, but I'm going to go a bit out of order and write a bit about the trip I'm on now. This isn't going to have pictures because I'm working from a friend's computer and I always like to sort through the photos before I post them, so a more detailed description will be posted later. This is kind of a pain to type too because this laptop has a French keyboard.

I love Belgium. I also love Bretagne and Normandy. Mostly what I love is Belgians though.

I can only speak of about 50% of the population because I've only come into contact with Walloons and have only spoken to a few Flemish people for very brief amouts of time. Spending time with the Golliers, the Werbroucks, and their friends has shown me that the country is not only characterized by chocolate, beer, waffles, statues of urinating children, and diamonds, but also big, lively, long-lived, happy families and a distinctly non-french French accent.

Initially this trip was only supposed to be 6 days but because of the recent volcanic activity in Iceland, my flight was cancelled 4 times and I've booked 5 different times.

Luckily for me I am staying with a super awesome family. I've had an absolute blast with the Werbroucks and will find it very hard to leave them. Wivine and Vincent are so welcoming and together with their children, Cedric, Morgane, Gaetan, Camille, and Loic, family dinners are always a riot. Feels like home!

Another American girl, Jenny, came to visit too. She knew Cedric from back when they were in school together in Tennessee and stayed for a few days. She is apparently studying in a very expensive part of Southern France.

We got to meet several of Cedric's friends as well. I met several at one dinner- these were the students he went to Corsica with, and met a few others, Antoine, Martin, and Nicolas when we went out. His cousin and her boyfriend also met up with us at a bar (on a boat in a canal) about 30 min from where he lives.

It's awesome when you feel so at home halfway around the world.