9/9/2012

I've noticed that it gets really cold at night here in Belgium. Friday morning when I stepped outside to head to school I could again see my breath. After my walk to school I went to gym class, which is now one of my favorite classes. There I played floor hockey and the only bad thing about it was the fact that since there is a dress code for gym it is very difficult to tell who is on your team because everybody is wearing the same type of clothes. After gym I had science 6. It is only labled as science 6 on my schedule and as a result I don't know which science it will be. It turned out to be what I think is Nuclear Physics, which is awesome given that my dad works at the nuclear plant back in Iowa. Afterwards I had science 6 again but with a different teacher which meant a different type of science. Turns out I ended up in Biology, which works out well because mom teaches that back at home. After science 6 I went to French 4H (the 4H means I have it 4 times a week). This turned out to be what I think is a philosophy class. It is rather hard being it is all in french and requires some writing of your own thoughts about a specific topic in french. It is somewhat difficult to understand but I think I am going to stick with it. It will help improve my french and what I do understand of it I find rather interesting. So after French I had lunch where I had a sandwich and some mini cookie things. After lunch I had Math 4. I asked a kid where to go and he said he was going to Math 4 as well. Well it turns out there are two Math 4 classes at the same time and I ended up in a different on than the one I was at the day before. I was told to stick with the most current one so that is what I am going to do. After Math 4 I had French again and we continued the discussion from the previous class. After French again I had Math again. Here we continued learning about the stuff from before. Afterwards I went home. I had to walk home by myself for the first time because my host brothers were in class still. So I am proud to say I can now get to and from school on my own without getting lost. Afterwards I worked on some stuff for school and we watched a movie. The next day we went to a castle, which wasn't castle ruins like the last one was. Inside there were many interesting and old things, but you weren't allowed to take pictures. There was a tour guide but it was difficult to understand what she said because she talked kinda quiet and fast. After the castle We went to a hydroelectric dam (which was very cool to see) and after that we went to the highest point in Belgium which is apparently 700 meters. After standing up on top of that we went and saw another dam. This time on the dam was an incredibly large statue of a lion. After looking at this dam we went home. After we got home my host dad went to go get supper while we relaxed. When he came back he started putting plates and silverware on a tray and handed the food to my little brother who walked passed the dinner table with it and started walking upstairs. He handed the juice to my little sister and she did the same. At this point I was incredibly confused as to why we were taking our food upstairs. He then hands me a jar of mayonaise and grabs the tray and tells me to follow him. After walking up two flights of stairs we came to what looked like a closet. Inside the closet was a step ladder that led up to a trap door, and on the other side of this trap door was a flat roof that actually had a picnic table!! So we ate our supper of special belgian fried fish an sausage and fries on the roof of my host dads house. After supper we went back down stairs and we watched Back to the Future in french with english subtitles so I could understand everything still. Afterwards I went back to my room and went on Facebook, Skyped my parents and then went to bed.