Today was the second day at the university, and actually was the rest of the countries first day of school, so to say the least the busses and trams were extra busy this morning along with the town square after school was over. This morning class was kind of boring, more speaking French and going over basic grammar stuff we listened to a few songs and watched the news clips on the internet. We got an hour and a half for our lunch break so Coco, Cathy, Meghan and I went to this crêperie about 10 mins walking distance from the school. It was a pretty cool place and it was kind of in a cave. 8 euros got you a two course lunch and it was an excellent meal. After lunch we just watched a movie and then divided into groups and talked about the film. It was a movie that I have already seen and if anyone wants to get a taste of what its like to be a foreign student in another country you could rent it… it’s called l’Auberge espagnol.
After school, I went downtown with a couple others and we finally found our internet café which is Café Cozy. It has free internet and isn’t too hard to get to from my house. In addition I went to a couple of stores and found some notebooks and really cool pens that you can erase however they aren’t ball point they are ink pens, kind of the old fashion looking ones with the metal tips. Tomorrow we are meeting in small groups; the professor split us up according to ability so that she could better help us with the things that we are doing wrong. Because of this, I do not have to go into school until 11am tomorrow so I will get a good nights rest.
Things are getting pretty good around here, Bernard laid down the rules yesterday which were all pretty obvious and I should have no problem obeying them. He basically told me that as long as I let him know if I won’t be there for a meal then he has no problem when or where I go. In addition, he’ll take care of the laundry but any ironing or special care will need to be done by myself. I have my own set of keys and can come back whenever I please as long as I am careful not to make too much noise and wake him up.
Last night we went out for the first time since we’ve been here. We found a really cool bar by the cathedral which I think is going to become our first stop most nights out. It was a lot of fun last night and I decided to make a quick round and try different beers that are here. The best one of the night was a beer called Grimbergen, I believe it’s a German beer but it was fantastic. Tomorrow night Pierre (Bernard’s Son) is going to be partying with his friends because they just finished some exams so we might be heading out again tomorrow night.
I still need to start taking some pictures and I’ve been really terrible with it even though I have my camera pretty much the entire day. One of these days I will take a picture of downtown because at night it is super cool, there are all these fountains that light up to resemble the lava that is in the volcanoes that surround the region. In addition there is like spotlights on the top of the these poles that light up the entire square in different colors from green to red to yellow to blue. I think that for the most part we have a really good group and the few people I didn’t really know I’m having no trouble getting along with, so there are no worries and actually Bernard asked me today if I was thinking about changing my program to the 9 month term and stay more than just the 6 months. The thought has crossed my mind but I don’t know what I shall do… there are many reasons that are running through my head about whether or not to stay for the whole school year.
I think that this is good for today… email me or leave comments on the website!!!
Love to all,
Jon
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