"Ahh! You're Canadian! I love meeting Canadians, so I can tell them how much I love Neil Young!" - Vincent from ItalyQuestion 1: Where are you from? This answer, obviously, varies enormously: US, New-Zealand, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, France, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria, Russia, and the best answer of all: Canada.
Question 2: Why did you choose Belgium? Mes enseignants du secondaire seraient particulièrement contents d'entendre celle ci: To learn French. (The irony isn't lost of anyone that this conversation is going on in English).
This will be a short post, as my Internet access is scarce. My first week at UCL (well it hasn't really been a week yet, hard to believe!) has included meeting an enormous amount of international students and my two Belgean roommates, travelling to Namur for les Walloniade (festival celebrating Wallonia) during which we attended a Belgean punk-rock now, a spontaneous afternoon trip to Brussels (the most beautiful and typically European city in Europe), and last but not least figuring out class schedule for UCL (ensuring four day weekends, of course). Best of all, I have found such a close core group of friends that I can refer to us as "we". And we are roadtriping to Switzerland this weekend.
For those coming for the winter: prepare to be confronted with Belgian bureaucracy, but also Belgian friendliness, Belgian beers, Belgian parties, Belgian architecture and some amazing Belgian days and nights.
More soon!
À la prochaine,
Olivia
tell us about your roommates!
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