Just some photos...

Mini Europe (Stephanie- Host cousin, and I)


Belgian Waffles!! (Brussels)


Bruges


Host mom, Chantal


Bruges


It was beautiful

My life lately

Life has been busy busy lately (When is it not?). School started three weeks ago which has been taking up most of my time. We go from 8am-4pm, except Wednesdays at noon. It is different, more strict than even my elementary school. There are six years of secondary school here (seventh through twelfth grade in America). It is strange going to school with kids my brother's age! There are three of us and we were put in the "French-Science" section, so we have tons of french and science classes each week, plus the rest of the "core" classes like history, geography, etc.
They are so disorganized here, our schedules are different every day and we never have class in the same classroom. If I didn't have someone to follow, I would probably miss all my classes. They are letting us drop the more difficult classes in a couple weeks, which will be nice. I did not come half way across the world to spend all my time learning physics in another language! If I wanted to take those classes, I could have taken them at South. It is getting better though, the other students are warming up to us. I am having a good time at lunch and study periods! I've started playing poker with a lot of the kids at lunch, even though I have absolutely no idea how to play and am probably making a fool of myself every time.
I am also starting to understand a lot more. I've found that in class when I want to pay attention, I understand what is going on for the most part. It is more the material that I don't understand, rather than the language.
Other than that, I adore my host family. I went kayaking with 150 other exchange students and some rotex. It was so amazing. I have a birthday party to attend to right now, but more to come soon.

Until then,
Clarissa