I finally got a chance to sleep a lot (and I found some coffee "à emporter" - note the look at joy as I drank my first coffee yesterday!) so Im feeling quite a bit better now!
Yesterday morning we had orientation and a placement test. We got a bit of a preview of all the fabulous "excursions" we will be taking and to how the course will work in general. I was placed in group 1 (the lowest, which upset me a little at first but now Im glad because Im WAAYY less stressed about being the least-frech-speaking-person here!) In my class there are people from Toronto, Italy, Lithuaniq, Russiq, Slovakia, Spain and many more. The are students here from 20 countries!! More than 10 from canada - 2 from Toronto and at least 8 from NB.
In the afternoon / evening Anne-Marie, Monica and I all went into downtown Bruxelles in search of La Grand Place (and supper). I also wanted to find a Church and check out mass times for this morning. We found the Bassilica no problem (its MASSIVE) and as i went to check mass times i discovered mass was JUST beginning, so I went then. VERY convenient - Thanks God!
After mass we had a fabulous time exploring Bruxelles, with its many alleys, cafes, pubs, shops and MAGNIFICENT achitecture! There are also tons of random cartoon figures everywhere (not sure why, but ill figure it out Im sure). At the bar called "A La Mort Subite" (aka sudden death) we had Belgian beer and some snacks. Although the waitress tried to warn us, Anne-Marie and I got cubes of meat mixed with "vegetables". Looked like Spam to me! We also ordered "chips": Lays! Anyway, the Belgian Waffles with cream and chocolate MORE than made up for THAT meal.
Today nothing was planned so I went to the Museum of Musical Instruments with Anne-Marie. It is the largest of its kind in the world and it was GREAT! After that we simply picked a direction and walked (after waiting out a small and sudden rain strom, which turned back to sun in no time). We are having a great time exploring :)
Tomorrow classes start - I cant WAIT! Im looking foeward to getting to know some more people. There are two downsides tho - the only coffee on or near campus comes from a machine, and I blew up my straightner ALREADY so Iùve gotta go curly for the re,ainder of the 5 weeks! Oh well, its a small price. All in all Im VERY happy to be here :)
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Sounds neat - went to SJ the B church and gave your music book to your choir and picked up your cheque. Will put it in the bank tomorrow.
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Not much new here. Going to a high school reunion gathering at a camp this afternoon. Love and miss you - Mom (PS Dad is golfing)
Awe blew up the straightener already? That's too bad. It'll be good for you though ;) It sounds like you're having fun, I'm enjoying the blog! Talk to you later hun <3 Meesh
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