An Exchange Student in Belgium

Champagne, France

I took a 2 day trip to Champagne with a man from my Rotary and his family and had the best time. We stayed at his mother’s house that was really an old, traditional farm that had been transformed into a home. She cooked us amazing, homemade, french cuisine and they took me on a driving tour of the area. I got to see an old WW1 bunker, overlook the many vineyards while eating grapes off the vine, and drink some amazing champagne. It was so gorgeous there.

Some other amazing memories from Paris

The Louvre and Notre Dame

Visiting the Eiffel Tower during the day and night.

Château de Versailles in Paris, France

Friday October 27th through the 29th, I had my first Rotary trip to Paris and it was absolutely amazing! I love Pais so much! I’m going to go more in depth about it later. Then, on October 30th, my host family took me to a circus at the top of the citadel de Namur and I got to pet a baby lion! The next day was my 17th birthday and my family surprised me with a small party including champaign, flowers, cake, and Titanic in french. November 3rd and 4th I was in Champagne France with a member of my Rotary club and his family. We drove 3 1/2 hours and stayed with their grand mother in her traditional farm house. She cooked us traditional french cuisine and I got to go on a tour of the area. I ate grapes straight from the vine and saw a World War I bunker. So I’ve been super busy and I’ll start updating more often!

The Atomium in Brussels, Belgium

I went to Namur for a day with Laura and we walked around the city until we decided to climb the citadelle and we got some amazing pictures!

So I was sitting at the table this morning drinking my tea and looking outside and thinking about how amazing Belgium is. It was cool and foggy and I could hear the annoying rooster next door. Even though I’m going through some rough times right now, I absolutely love it here!

These were taken during our inbound meeting last weekend in Namur. I love all of these amazing people! We went to the Walloon Parliament building then took a 2 hour boat ride in the cold and rain!