3/9/2012

Well today I finally caught a bit of a break to update this. The day after I last posted I went and signed up for school. There I was given a rule book, but the book is all in french so it takes some time to actually read and find out the rules. Turns out St. Roch is a Catholic school. I'm not sure what that entails but I guess I'm going to find out. Students thre are required to learn two foreign languages so now I'm learning not just french but german as well. I also intend to take calculus, which could be rather difficult in a different language. The next day I left for the orientation in Brussels and Huy. There I visited the Grand Palace and the Parliment. Both were very large and ornate. The next day we toured Huy and looked around a very large, very old church. Afterwards we had a few powerpoints that explained the rules. These took some time because translators had to translate every slide from french to english and spanish and portuguese. There were many other Americans there and it was nice to speak some English for once. The next day we returned home and I relaxed for the rest of the day. Yesterday I visited the Chateau de Franchimont, which are ruins of a very old castle and the surrounding area. The castle is actually within walking distance from where I am living and I am pretty sure if the trees weren't in the way I could probably see it from my bedroom window. Today we aren't doing much My host sister Line started school today and tomorrow I go to school to tour and sign up for classes. Fortunatly the person giving the tour is also the english language teacher at the school. Wednesday we're going bowling so I am rather excited for that as well. Oh, and please excuse any of my poor grammer and spelling. It is rather hard to switch back and forth between languages for me right now.