We're off to see the wizard...

Belgium, and Luxembourg for that matter, are definitely not used to harsh winds. Today has been quite interesting.

This morning I went to church like normal, and it was pretty windy, but nothing that would make me think that it would do damage. However coming home, I was proved wrong. There was a tree blocking my route so we turned around and went a different way. Well, that was blocked too. The same thing happened about 10 other times before we made it to Arlon. (I live in Eischen) So, I am now staying with my third host family that lives in Arlon until the concert tonight at la maison de la culture. I actually saw a couple of those trees fall, too. It was impressive. Power lines were torn down, and also cell phone service was a little crazy.

But I am alive and well, so no worries.  I made it out alive this time, haha.

Bring on the Spring

So now instead of snow everyday, we have rain everyday. But it's still awesome... mainly because it's warmer but yeah. I hope winter is finally over. and I desperately need some sunlight, cause im lacking it majorly. For one, I think I'm even more white than usual, and also I'm always really tired. I'm hoping with some sun that this tiredness thing might go away.

My internet's not working at the moment, hopefully we'll get that fixed this weekend, and Dad, you better be on skype. I miss my internet, but at the same time it's better for everything that I don't have it. It forces me to spend more time with my host family, and it actually helps my French. Though, I have now taken a liking to The Mentalist, (the english version) which is obviously not helping. It's so completely weird when I'm trying to talk and I can't think of the right word, or when I'm writing at I can't spell anything. Really though, I was writing an email to Judson the other day and I literally was typing words into Google to see if I spelled them correctly because I couldn't remember. Weird... and then today I knew the translation of this word we learned in French class was "shutters", but I couldn't remember how to spell "shutters" so I had to look it up in the dictionary anyway, so I could spell it right. Though that's mainly due to the american accent, making 't's sound like 'd's. Shudder, shutter.. sounds the same to me. And only now am I realizing that shudder is a completely different word with another meaning. wow, just wow.

By the way, Mom, you can update my Trip to Belgium group on facebook, as in sending out mass emails with updates, because I'm not on facebook. I think it's been like 2 months since I last updated it.

Family, don't forget about skype...

Je vous aime ! :D

February?

Well, yeah, I guess it is February, and already half over. Many things have happened, and I'm not sure what's to come, but I'm sure there are many things yet to happen in February.

Yesterday, I went to Bastogne, Belgium to visit the American War Memorial and museum. It's technically American territory, too, so I went to the USA yesterday!!! Woo! haha. It was actually really great. Wars don't seem to interest me that much. But the film we watched was interesting and the giant memorial outside was too. All the uniforms and bullets and knives and such wasn't so interesting to me, but yes, that memorial was awesome. It's a star with all the states listed around the border. On the inside pillars is written what happened in the Battle of the Bulge. It's really made me feel quite patriotic.

 










The Olympics have also made me feel vary patriotic, of course. I'm rooting for team USA, but with discovering so much more about other countries of the world this year, I can't help but cheer on the others as well, especially if it's Canada. And for anyone who wants to know, I have the official Olympic gloves!!! The ones all the torch bearers had. :) Awesomeness! I have some wonderful Canadian friends.

Speaking of Canadians, I had Brenna and Brianne over at my house the past few days because they wanted to see the south of Belgium and Luxembourg, because they've never been here. So, on Sunday we chilled at the house. On Monday, we went to Luxembourg city, and miraculously caught the bus. We literally ran to the bus stop and waved at the driver to keep him from driving away as we continued to run up. Oh my, yeah we burned off those pancakes we ate for breakfast! haha. So then we tried on insane dresses at H&M before going to the most awesomest ice cream place EVER!

Sadly I don't have a picture of the ice cream, but if it means anything, it was called Mexico, and it had fruity flavoured ice creams and a banana with eyes a nose and mouth with a pineapple ring sombrero. Yeah, we're that cool! I will definitely be taking my family there when the visit. We then found the tourism office that just happened to be playing epic movie music outside so we made a video that is just so completely hilarious that I can't believe it actually happened. You get theatre people together and you just never know what'll happen.

OnTuesday, we went to Arlon so I could show them my school and where we go in the city everyday and such. That was fun. I never knew how much fun that mini park could be until I had my Canadians. Wow, that's all I have to say.

Here's a picture of my host family: