God this weekend has gone so fast, I think I'm about to collapse from being so tired. I am many things right now: exhausted, bruised, hungover, sleepy, confused and happy... all at once. I guess ill start with Friday? Ok, so, It is the biggest trek from Maredsous school to our house. Its a long bus trip, train, another train and a car ride. So by the time I reached their house, I had to change and rush to a party. The party was once again in an amazing house near Bruxelles, I swear the families go all out with these things. I met so many amazing people and there was lots of dancing. I wore my grandma's bright red coat, and I felt so happy wearing it because I felt as though I had a bit of her with me, she's really sick at the moment and is in hospital, so wearing it was comforting to me. The girls were so lovely and welcoming, I wish that they lived in Sydney! God the boys here are so gorgeous, seriously they are all amazing and have the "classic European look" I do like it here :)
Saturday morning came and my feet were sore from dancing that night. I couldnt get out of bed quicker though because the breakfasts with my family are eizughsnvzkehgozuhsgjdozrgihs AMAZING. The bread, the spreads for the bread, the croissants, the pain au chocolate, the tea, the coffee, the homemade cereal and the home grown fruit. I loved Saturday because I was lazy and I didnt have to do anything till the afternoon. I had a nap, I walked around their country property, I watched Harry Potter 2 en français in their own cinema, curled up with a blanket and a cup of tea. God that was an amazing day. That afternoon Patricia my Aunt told me that I didn't have any adequate shoes for the party that night, so she drove me all the way to Bruxelles to buy a new pair! Once we got back, there was a manic rush to get ready on time again, so I wasn't late for the party. This Party, Gaspard wasn't going to be there because he had something else on, so I basically knew no one! Patricia introduced me to some of the girls, and they were all so lovely.
This party was so full on... The theme was magic, and they hired out a huge place to have it. Ok, so the party was divided up into 3 parts, the first was the Champagne, magicians and talking. Waiters came around offering one glass of Champagne after the other, whilst magicians popped out from everywhere doing card tricks and hat tricks, which was so amazing. The lights were colourful and the music was extremely loud. As the party got on, and more Champagne and wine entered my body, I felt like everything was so surreal and crazy. The next part was the dinner. Each girl was given a card, which matched up to the guy we were assigned to sit next to. The dinner was called "magic box" from a place called Quick, a belgium version of maccas. Finally some crap food in my body! It was a relief from all the canapes and classy food :) I spoke french most of the time, so I'm pretty proud of myself, even if I made no sense, which is probably what happened. After dinner was the crazy part. There was so many trays of multicolored drinks everywhere, and as soon a I finished one I was offered another. Gradually my feet hurt less and less from my new shoes and my urge to dance was at a high. I needed fresh air so I stepped out side, about half of the people were. I really did make a massive fool of myself here, as I stood in the middle of a group of guys, and I was trying my hardest to stand up straight and stop laughing. However I did learn something about myself: I speak better french when I am drunk, weird but true. Definitely one of the best parties I have ever been to.
I slept over with a girl called Julie and Isaline, at another incredible house. There were I think 5 stories, an indoor swimming pool, a tree house, a trampoline and everything you could think of in a house. They were really nice girls, and they spoke only french to me, which made me so happy, because it really helped. This morning I went to a place called Aqualibi, its a water park with water slides and pools etc. I really did enjoy it but it probably wasnt the best thing to do the morning after a big night. I still had an amazing time though, I wish we had more things like that in Sydney. Now Im at home in the beautiful house of my cousins, hopeing to relax before school tomorrow. I miss everyone in Australia, and its hard seeing all of the photos on facebook, because it makes me miss them. Buuut on the good side, Im here in belgium having an amazing time, and realistically Ill be seeing everyone soon.
attempt: Alors, j'ai l'école demain, et je dois me revailler à six heures du matin, parce que le bus partira à sept heures trente, et on dois partir la maison avant ça. J'ai besoin de parler le français cette semaine, parce que je suis ici apprendre le français, et si je ne parle pas français chaque jour, cet échange est injustifié. j'essaye mon plus dur, mais c'est très difficile, surtout quand je suis avec des gens qui parlent anglais parfait. Je pense que je m'améliore, parce que je le trouve plus facilement qu'avant pour entendre ce que les gens disent. Je dis les même choses chaque jour: "Qu'est-ce que ça veux dire?" et "comment dit on... en français?" et "qu'est-ce que tu fait?" et "où est-ce qu'on va?" et "Qu'est-ce qu'il se passe?" J'espère que mon vocabulaire deviendra plus grand. Bisous tout le monde.