Just thought I'd share about my day. Today we had another meeting about Morocco and now the dates are set... I think. haha. Well, as of now, it's March 31- April 7. Mark your calendars; this is when you will change from being jealous of me because I'm in Belgium to being jealous of me because I'm in MOROCCO! Have you seen Casablanca? That's where I'm going. Actually, I'm not. But I'll be in the same country and that's what I meant! So from what I'm getting from the paper, 5 or 6 of the 8 days are going to be trekking days, which means 5 to 7 hours of hiking through the ATLAS MOUNTAINS, you know, the ones where Atlas himself held up the heavens. Well, that is if you're into Greek mythology. If not, then they're the ones you've heard of but never been to. But anyway, it's gonna be intense. After the trekking we're going to be in Marrakesh and then back to Belgium. I'm excited! :)
Instead of going to one of my French classes today, I went to English with my fellow 6th years. They had prepared some questions for me about school in America. At first it was kind of awkward because I was facing the whole class and they were all writing down what I was saying. It was fun though once I warmed up to it. It was really funny/embarrassing though. Somebody asked what I would do after school on a normal day and I said that I would hang out with friends and we would go to a coffee shop almost every day, sometimes during lunch too. I didn't know this yet, but that was not a good answer. haha. They all were like "oooh" and kind of looked at each other but I didn't really make a deal of it because I figured they just thought it was weird that I hung out with friends every day instead of doing homework. A few minutes later, a girl asked what we did at the coffee shops every day. I thought this was strange and responded with "ummm....drink coffee. We aren't allowed to drink alcohol like here so coffee shops are very popular for teenagers." Everyone smiled and she said that in Belgium, people go to coffee shops to buy drugs! haha. WOOPS! I explained that it's different in America, and that it's a very socially accepted activity, with no drugs involved! Hopefully I cleared things up, people were still laughing. So now I know that I've been going around for 2 months telling people that in America I went to coffee shops almost every day! It's about time someone told me! haha, so not only am I a weird American who can't pronounce "au revoir", but also a drug addict! Oh, here's a random fact: there is only ONE starbucks in Belgium! It's in the airport in Brussels. Crazy, huh?! Most people don't even know what it is.
I got to leave school early today to go into Namur to obtain my residence permit and ID card. Well I accidently got the time wrong and showed up nearly an hour late! I was lucky though because they still saw me. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get my permit/card because I didn't have my birth certificate? and because my picture wasn't the right kind. It was hard, because I was all by myself and my French still isn't great. But so I gave the lady my number and she's going to call me when she gets the information that she needs from my birth certificate. My host parents aren't too happy about it, but all they could really say was "Well, that's Belgium!".
My attestation expires tomorrow though so I'll technically be illegal after that. haha. Hopefully they don't kick me out.
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