Wallos

So Les Fêtes de Wallonie were a success!

On Saturday I took the bus to Namur around

5:30pm where I met some friends (Caroline,

Damien & Kamil) at the bus station. So

how to describe wallos. Kinda like the

state fair, but not as tacky, but still a little

tacky. And there is beer and peket at least

every 50 ft. And you don't have to pay to

get in, it's basically all the streets in

downtown are closed to traffic and there

are tons of vendors and stuff.

Oh, and like a billion people.

So anyway, the first thing I have to do when

I get there (according to my friends) is have

a peket. Peket is the drink of wallos. It's a very

strong shot and they have every flavor imaginable!

The peket stands are actually really cool looking

because they're all different colored. So I tried

apple flavored. We all took it together (except

Kamil, he doesn't drink) and after you drink,

you throw your cup on the ground and step on

it. After that we walked around a bit and then

went to this park where we met Johanna and

Dominik! Ya, I saw Dominik! Pretty cool.

So the rest of the night was wild. Well not for

me, but for everyone else there. I've never seen

so many drunk people in my life- or maybe just

so many people in general! There was this one

point where it took us like 20 minutes to get

through this street that would take less than a

minute on a normal day. It was intense! But I

had a lot of funand a few more pekets. Oh, and

I saw one of the best fire work shows of my life!

It was so cool! There was music and smoke and

lights and fireworks. It was beautiful. Most of

the night I was with Damien because everyone

else came and went. We just walked around and

stuff.I feel a little bad for him actually, he was

kind of like my baby-sitter/tour guide! I think

he had fun though. (Damien, if you're reading

this, I hope you had fun! I did!) Then later we

met up with Kamil and Johanna again and he

gave us rides home at like 12 or 1.

I went again today with my family but it wasn't

as fun. We watched this fight thing with people

on stilts. It would be cool but it was like an hour

long. I did get to see something kind of like marching

band...except they had bag pipes. It was cool though

because the bottom bass was a total BA because he

stood in the middle of the circle while they were

playing and he was just beating away. It made me

feel cool for playing bottom bass in marching

band! haha.

But ya, I took some pictures. I'm a little upset

though because I didn't get any good ones!

Sometimes you have to choose between taking a

good picture and just enjoying yourself. I chose to

be in the moment, which didn't render good pictures

but I had a great time so it's ok!

But since I haven't shown you guys pictures in a

while I'll let you see a few:

Candy! I wish I got a picture of one of the peket stands...

This was before it got wild...

I have friends!!!!!!

Johanna, Caroline, Damien,and Kamil.

(from left to right)

Dominik!

I look terrible but I had to get a picture of me being

so Belgian with my fries w/ mayo and beer!

Fireworks!

Marching band!

What a bad ass!