So, today started out with waking up at the ripe young time of 8h00. Christine (my club councelor) met us in downtown Lessines so I could get une carte d'identité (a Belgian ID). After we finished applying, we went to le BNP, my new bank, to set up a debit account. Overall, those two things made for a very boring hour. But after that, my host mom took me to the Mobistar to get me a prepaid calling card for my cell phone. My host mom is almost overly nice, I have yet to spend a single euro. I can't REALLY complain about that though. :) This was my first experience in la grande centre de 10.000 gens. It was good to get out and see new things though. Although this is supposedly the poorest part of the country, it is all old and beautiful.
While getting ready for my day before we went to town, I had my first experience with the European bathing system. I took a bath in my bathtub, and since the water is so expensive here, you wet yourself down, turn off the water, scrub, and then rinse. Since I hadn't been able to shower since Monday evening, I took this opportunity to shampoo and condition my hair, and also shave. (Just in case you wanted to know! ;)) I should add that it was advised to me that if I shower everyday, I only wash my hair or shave every other day. So, today I did both. By the time I was finished, the mere 2-3 inches of water that were in the bathtub were not clear. This was quite discouraging.
After we returned home, we had lunch. Nothing too special, bread, cheese and ham. I am loving this diet based on bread so far. Hopefully I don't get too fat, too quickly. ;) We then went out again to go grocery shopping for Cécile's friend. We ended up buying only a few things, and again my host mother spent an outrageous amount of money on food, 212€/$272. It was crazyyyy. Then we went to Fernande's house to deliver said groceries, she was very old and walked with a cane, but she was very nice.
We arrived home just in time to rapidly unload the groceries and leave again to take François to pick up his car in another town about half an hour away. On the car ride there, I learned that François is going to a Muse concert in London in September, and he invited me to come! AHHHH!!!! SO excited! :) Earlier that day, my host mom also told me that we would go to Paris and Normandie at the end of September for the weekend. I just LOVE these people! :)
I came home from town with François, needless to say he is a crazy driver.... I LOVE IT! :) We picked up Charlotte from Lessines on the way. When we got home we drank some Porto Santelmo, and had hors d'ourves of green olives, cheese, and cherry tomatoes. We then moved onto a bottle of French Chardonnay, and then to a steak dinner with salad and skinned potatoes. After dinner, Benôit convinced me to try the Belgian beer, sooooo I did. Honestly, it tasted like beer. Either way you slice it, I'm pretty sure I just don't like beer. ha. I also tried the "World Famous" ice cream with a Belgian cookie called Speculoos. Pretty much vanilla ice cream with a gingersnap and caramel. All in all it was good. I have yet to try alcohol I like though.... Charlotte says to try the Fruit Beer of Belgium, or as I told her, "Bitch Beer." ;) It made the boys laugh.
Tomorrow evening, Benôit et Françoit will take me to a big festival in Ath. It is supposedly the festival of the marriage of David and Goliath? I didn't know when they went bromo, but I'll let you know how it turns out. ;)
Je suis très fatigue, bonne nuit! :)
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