Well, we made it a week in Belgium without any rain.... we were definitely spoiled. Today we woke up to pouring rain and chilly temperatures... typical Belgian weather.
We made the walk to class in the rain, all complaining and whining, definitely not enjoying our first experience with Belgian weather. We also had to go register with the city... some weird thing they make you do if you are going to be here for more than 3 weeks. (Pretty pointless and time consuming if you ask any of us). We had to first walk in one crazy downpour to the train station to take pictures... they wanted 3 passport size pictures... such a hassle. And not only were we soaked and miserable, they also cost us 5 euros. Great. We were all so thrilled. From the train station we made a short walk to the city hall to register --- Today must really just be a day of BAD LUCK... because none of the girls of D202 had our actual passports... only the copies---so we got DENIED. We made the walk in the rain for nothing and will have to do it tomorrow at some point. After that, all I wanted to do was go back to the room and get under the covers. (Of course I have homework and reading that I should be doing on a rainy day such as this, but my procrastination was not something I left in Champaign, so we'll see what actually gets done today).
The big question of the day.... does Belgium have DELIVERY! (haha)
none of us are wanting to be out in this weather... and we're going to get hungry.... so pizza? Jimmy Johns? We are definitely missing you!
((We're not your stereotypical American college students at all, are we!? haha))
The rain also forced us to cancel our trip to Antwerp.... again. We have tried twice now to get there.... all we want to do is SHOP! Is that too much to ask!?! I can't even remember the last time I went on Forever 21's website... I'm going to start going through withdrawals here if I don't get some shopping in my life!---however, my suitcase was already filled to the max.... so this might be a good thing! but still.....
(by the way you should all look up Antwerp--or Antwerpen as it is called in Dutch. It looks like a great city with a lot to offer... great shopping, the cool old building and museums, and a zoo!) So hopefully we will get there tomorrow afternoon.
TWO DAYS until our longgg weekend in PARIS! I can't wait!
Tootsies! :)
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