Obligatory third monthiversary post...

Honestly, since last Friday, not much has happened, but I felt obliged to post seeing as three months ago today, I arrived in a new country full of strange, exciting new things, and strange, exciting new experiences. Since last week this is what I have been up to.

The Green Light:

I can almost see Daisy...

For my host brother's birthday, we went to Kamperlaand (in Holland) Saturday night. We played card games, ate delicious food and some cake, and had a rousing round of cache cache lampe de poche (basically hide and seek with flashlights). Positioned on a lake, the house we stayed at had a great view, at least I assume it did, because it was dark and I couldn't actually see anything. Except for the green light shining across the way that is (no joke, an actual green light). The next morning, I took the train from Holland back to Belgium by myself in order to attend the exotic dinner hosted by Rotary.

Le Dîner Exotique:
The dinner was pretty fun. All of us Rotary students formed small groups of about five (by country) and made a dish representative of our nation to serve to our host families and Rotary clubs. I know what you're all probably thinking, but no, we didn't make burgers, or donuts, or quoi. Actually, since I was in Holland, I didn't help my group make our dish. My friend has a family recipe they call "heavenly spaghetti". It's basically a spaghetti bake with a lot of cheese and meat and veggies and such. I didn't eat any because we ran out, but it got some raving reviews from the guests. Other than the food, there was a lot of music, dancing, and general enjoyment all around.

Me and my friend Florence
as 118, 218. The famous French
telephone operator commercial
mascots. Aren't we cute?

Carnaval:
This week, we had a "carnaval" at school. Basically, we all wore costumes and we had a huge assembly/talent show thing. While that's a fun and good and all, but the thing that I was the most
impressed by was the amount of participation. Back home in America, when we have spirit days, there are always a number of students who regularly participate, ASB types and such, but those who don't dress up always outnumber those who do. Here it was different. I hardly saw anyone sans deguisement, and the people who were got teased (benevolently) for not participating. All in all it was a fun day.

Well there you have it, it's been a pretty good week. I also went to go and see the most recent installment in the Hunger Games trilogy. It was in French, but from what I could understand of the language, and what I got from observing the images, I think it's probably a good movie. Hopefully I'll get to see it in English eventually. Anyway. If you're reading this, thanks for keeping up with me over these past three months, and here's to the next seven eh? Byeeee.