Lille, France
I went up here a couple weeks ago with my host mom and brother. We spent the day shopping and wandering the streets. It's a beautiful place.
Chimay, Belgium
This is the town where my school is and my host parents work. We live 20 minutes out in a village of 400, surrounded by countless other villages. I am pretty sure Belgium is the most densely populated country in the world.
Namur, Belgium
This was the most amazing sunset I've ever seen. The picture doesn't give it credit. We went kayaking with the Rotex (Past exchange students) and about 150 exchange students, but we missed out train so my host mom had to drive us to it's next stop in Namur. It was completely worth it though because the drive was amazing. The sun was coming out and it was foggy and everything looked purple. I can't even describe it. It was beautiful.
Kayaking on the River Lesse in Dinante
This part of Belgium is absolutely amazing. It is hilly and the scenery is picturesque. We spent the entire day kayaking down this river, occasionally running into other exchanges students. It was gorgeous. At one point we hit a branch and tipped and my first thought was "GET THE BUCKET I AM NOT LOSING ANOTHER CAMERA" and then I realized that the water was freezing and I could hardly breathe. When we finally made it to the shore with the kayake I had to change out of my soaking clothes infront of a group of Flemish speaking belgians. They were nice and helped us get the water out. (everything in the bucket stayed dry, camera is safe)
A castle along the river...
La grange aux Papillons
greenhouse housing butterflies from around the world in a beautiful tropical environment, in the town of Virelles, 3km from Chimay.
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