Bonjour toute le monde After these past few days i cqn only say that Belgium is amazing. I got picked up from the airport by my familly francais, Julie and three men from my host club, They all were happy to see me and i was happy to see them too, i was a little scared that no one would be there to greet me. they all greeted me with one kiss on the cheek. I was assured into their very nice car with my two huge suitcases. Then they drove me to Julies parents house to drop Julie off. THeir [View Full Entry]

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Bonjour tout le monde, Je sais, j'ai pas écrit depuis longtemps! Le dernier mois à Vellereille a été complètement fou! J'ai vécu deux périodes à Vellereille, c'est-à-dire que j'ai eu deux groupes de jeunes différents et que j'ai refait toutes les activités spéciales deux fois! Les ordis étaient horriblement lents ce qui explique que je n'ai pas donné beaucoup de nouvelles. J'ai passé un mois super à l'abbaye de Vellereille. L'équipe de travail et les enfants étaient géniaux. Les 3 premières semaines, il a fait froid et il a plu à tous les jours: c'était pas chouette. La dernière semaine [View Full Entry]

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Bonjour tout le monde, J'ai pas donné de nouvelles depuis longtemps, car je suis pas mal occupée au travail. La ville de Gand était très belle. Maintenant, je suis à Vellereille, à l'abbaye de Bonne-Espérance. La première période du camp est finie. Les jeunes sont partis hier et les nouveaux arrivent demain. J'ai beaucoup aimé la première période. J'avais une classe de niveau 2B (12 élèves semi-débutants): mes élèves étaient chouettes! L'équipe aussi était super, mais presque tout le monde est parti (peu de gens font 2 périodes, car c'est trop fatiguant). Vous pouvez aller voir les phot [View Full Entry]

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In case you didn't know, one of my dreams has been to walk across an international border, and today provided the opportunity. But first, let me explain how I got to this point. So yesterday (Monday), Elizabeth had to go to work so I was left alone with a map of Lille and told to explore. Wrong words? I walked the entire city (except for the south side, which I'm told is a little sketchy). I started in the center, went through Vieux Lille, and ended up on the canal. I walked along the canal until I was almost out of [View Full Entry]

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Sorry for any spelling mistakes, but I'm still learning how to stumble my way across a European keyboard. It's getting better, but... still not great. So I've been in Belgium for just over a week now, and I've had an amazing time so far. I wish I could post some pictures right now, but my computer and the wireless router at Brianna's host families house are having some major compatibility issues (virus maybe?) therefore I can't put them up. As soon as I can, however, I will... because there are some good ones. Belgium is a beautiful country. So far I've [View Full Entry]

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On the 29th of February I and Gabi left Craiova at 7:00 and went to Bucharest to catch the 15:00 o'clock plane to Belgium. The drive was ok as we didn't feel sick or anything (we usually suffer from car sickness). The anxiety manifested itself mostly in Gabi's case. He becomes silent when he's nervous and this annoys me A LOT. So, he didn't say more than a few words during the whole trip. When we arrived in Bucharest we spent a lot of time queuing to check in and get on the plane. The luggage didn't seem heavy at that [View Full Entry]

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Netherlands, Belgium Leg Cheston & Katherine Hervey Again, we're not really in Chimay, Belgium (we actually got back to Koblenz about 10 pm) but we went there today and it was unbelievable. We woke up this morning in Nazareth, which is to the Northwest of Brussels but east of Brugge which is almost on the coast. We drove into Brussel and 15 minutes after entering the edge of the city we renamed it, "The City with the Most Confusing Road System and the Poorest Road Signs in Europe." Once we had gone through 5 tunnels (one [View Full Entry]

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