ONLY 9 DAYS UNTIL PARIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (not that anyone's counting or anything) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Thursday, 6 October 2011
First Belgian Rotary Meeting
On Monday night I went to my first Rotary meeting here and it was way different then the meetings I've been to in Canada.
It was at the golf and country club in Genval, and it was beautiful there!
TheDifference's
-there were probably only 4 women in the whole club
-the members were drinking beer and there was wine on all the tables
-a couple of the members were on their cell phones during the meeting
-the food at the meetings in Prince Rupert is way better!
-they don't do 'a good buck' here
- it was during dinner so I didn't get to miss school to attend :(
TheSimilarites
- tons of talking that I had know idea what it was about
-everyone was looking for more people to help with their part of Rotary
- they specially welcomed people from other clubs and special guest (like me! :) )
-you could totally tell who was in-charge
-all the men were dressed like they just came from the office and all the ladies (including me!) were wearing heels (don't worry Momma, I didn't break anything!)
The topic of the meeting was RYE so me and the 5 other inbounds (Mexico, USA, Brazil, Equator, and Argentina) in my club and 3 rebounds (Mexico, USA and Equator) were all at the meeting, and we all had to get up and introduce ourself (luckily my host parents had made me practice the french, and it actually went ok!)
It was almost 11pm when we got home, and me being so tired from just living here ( I sleep well every night, but no matter what I am always tired!) I forgot to set my alarm, so for the first time all year I was late for school! <-- thats kinda a big deal for me because i was late everyday last semester...
It was at the golf and country club in Genval, and it was beautiful there!
TheDifference's
-there were probably only 4 women in the whole club
-the members were drinking beer and there was wine on all the tables
-a couple of the members were on their cell phones during the meeting
-the food at the meetings in Prince Rupert is way better!
-they don't do 'a good buck' here
- it was during dinner so I didn't get to miss school to attend :(
TheSimilarites
- tons of talking that I had know idea what it was about
-everyone was looking for more people to help with their part of Rotary
- they specially welcomed people from other clubs and special guest (like me! :) )
-you could totally tell who was in-charge
-all the men were dressed like they just came from the office and all the ladies (including me!) were wearing heels (don't worry Momma, I didn't break anything!)
The topic of the meeting was RYE so me and the 5 other inbounds (Mexico, USA, Brazil, Equator, and Argentina) in my club and 3 rebounds (Mexico, USA and Equator) were all at the meeting, and we all had to get up and introduce ourself (luckily my host parents had made me practice the french, and it actually went ok!)
It was almost 11pm when we got home, and me being so tired from just living here ( I sleep well every night, but no matter what I am always tired!) I forgot to set my alarm, so for the first time all year I was late for school! <-- thats kinda a big deal for me because i was late everyday last semester...
Brugge
Last Tuesday I didn’t have school because it was some random holiday here in Belgium. So my host mom and my friend Cat’s host mom took 8 of us (me, Cat from Canada, Jocelyn from Canada, Jennie from the States, Henry from Ecuador, Rodrigo from Argentina, Isabel from Mexico, and Fernanda from Bolivia) to Bruges for the day!
Bruges is absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!!!!! It is called ‘Little Venice’ and because of the cannels that run through it, and if it is anything close to what the real Venice looks like, well then I best be starting my countdown to Italy(ps. Paris is only 23 days away! )
When we were in Bruges, we went to their version of the Grand Place and it was just as cool as the one in Brussels, went on a cannel ride through the water ways and had lunch while visiting a Frites museum. Then we got to hit up all the tourist shops; where I bought the best shirt ever and then we went a checked out all the free samples at the chocolate shops.
When we were in Bruges, we went to their version of the Grand Place and it was just as cool as the one in Brussels, went on a cannel ride through the water ways and had lunch while visiting a Frites museum. Then we got to hit up all the tourist shops; where I bought the best shirt ever and then we went a checked out all the free samples at the chocolate shops.
The best part of being in Bruges was that it is in the Flemish region of the country so they speak Dutch there, and the Flemish people don’t like people speaking French in their area so we got to speak English all day! I don’t think I’ve ever walked so much in a day (not even when I was in Las Vegas with my momma!) or taken so many pictures before (my daddy should be proud! )
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