Fall is here!!

Well, aside from school, rain and being cold a lot has been going on! Yesterday also marked the 2^nd month I have been in Belgium!! It seems like it has just flown by!!It is now evidently fall and  leaves are all changing colors and its really pretty! I

Earlier this week was a picture day for all the 6 formers (seniors in American high school). That was very different! There was a theme for the photo, you were supposed to dress up as your inner self. I had no idea what to dress up as, so I picked a cowboy! After lunch no “seniors” returned to school we all went home and get ready then came back at 3 for the picture. I went to a friend’s house and got ready with a bunch of friends. Then we all walked back to school. There we gathered in a huge circle and chanted the “theme song” for the year then climbed on a hill and all took a photo then ran in front of the school and chanted again.

 

Wednesday I went with Rotary to a World War II fort. That was neat, but the tour was in French so I didn’t understand too much of the tour, but I still had a lot of fun!

Normally they give us waffles as a snack. But this time it was pie! The waffles are what we were all looking forward too! They come in a plastic wrapper and instead of snaking on chips here, people eat a waffle! They are so yummy! They have little pockets of sugar in them too, so you will randomly get a bite that is supper sweet and its so good!!

 

 

Then on Thursday I went with Rotary to “The Most Beautiful Race Track in the World” in Spa. That was really fun! I got to drive around the track in a really fast car! I am not too sure what type of car it was, I forgot to look! But I had a lot of fun!

 

 

Friday I had to go to school. And nothing too exciting happened on other than receiving another English test that I failed! I am not sure how I keep doing that!! I am also noticing that on most of my tests the only thing I get correct is the little note I write at the bottom!

 

Saturday I had another Rotary event, this one was in Numar. We went to the Walloon Parliament then were supposed to have a picnic in the park. Because it was raining we instead skipped that and went and sat on a boat and waited for our tour to begin. We traveled down a river and then back up it. It was really cold and rained a lot!!! But it was still a lot of fun! When I returned home I got to celebrate Manons birthday with all of her family! It was really nice! They are all so sweet!!

 

Then new Canadian money is plastic and smells like maple!

 

Then Sunday, in the morning I organized my jacket and added A BUNCH of pins to it! Then I went to a Roteract event (the college version of Rotary). We drove down the most beautiful roads and saw some really neat buildings! Then ended up at the American cemetery here in Belgium. I was told that if your American and they will tell you welcome home, the guards weren’t there so the Rotex guy that was there with me told me it instead. I learned that on “D-Day” more Americans landed in Belgium then in Normandy. I also learned that one of the bridges that I pass all the time, had attempted to be bombed twice in WWII. One bomb landed infront of it and the other behind it! Needless to say it is REALLY old!! I learn a lot about WWII here, a lot about America too, it’s kind of sad that I didn’t know a lot of this stuff!

 

The view from the grave of a fellow Texan

 

 

I don't remember the name of this root, but it is a huge crop here in Belgium! They make sugar out of it!

 

 

After my day driving around with the Roteract, my host family took me to the local fair. It is very similar to the Midway at the state fair! It is a LONG NARROW road. It was a Sunday night so it wasn’t too crowded thankfully! But it was a lot of fun!!!

 

Right before I almost fell!!!