Wow that sounds fantastic Alex. I haven't been to Belgium but I did spend 4 weeks in Amsterdam way back in 2000. I'd love to visit there though. It's like a beer lovers Disneyland there. :)
Belgium it is
On 01/29/2014 at 08:28 AM by Alex-C25 See More From This User » |
Remember in this blog where I mentioned that I would spend 2014 in Belgium before going to college? Well, I just want to let you know guys i'm already there since the 26 of January.
To explain things a bit, i'm part of an exchange program of the Rotary Club (my mom side of my family is a member) where I get to live for a year in a country and I get to meet the country, live with three or two families, repeat the last year of school and attend many meetings of the Rotary Club and sometimes reprent the country in a event.
Belgium (much like Canada) has two language sides, one French and the other Dutch, and I got to live in the Dutch side of the country in a town called Turnhout, which is 10km from the frontier between Belgium and The Netherlands. Not only that, but i'm also obligated to learn Dutch, which I just started yesterday. So far, I think I can get the hang of it (it's very similar in some ways to English), but I need to remember some of the basic words i've heard.
I also started today school. It really feels like being a stranger in a strange land, specially because of the Dutch language barrier. The good thing is that some of the teachers talk english and them with some of the local students said they could help me to understand what is happening in the class, so i'm not too worried.
So anyway, that's all for today in this update in the land of waffles.
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