Finally in Belgium!

bonjourrrr!
I have arrived safely and happily :) It is very hard for me to type on this french keyboard and I am very tired (it is midnight here). Also sorry about my english... it is only the second day and everything I think and write I think of translating....
The flight was so long but I met a lot of new people. All the rotary people are very nice and I even met a boy who graduated from East! C'est encroyable! It was funny because the man I sat next to on the plane was born in Belgium and hated it.... while I had not even been to Belgium and already loved it. It was very funny to me but not to him...!
Layovers are horrible and when you get an opportunity to have a 7 hour layover.... you should not take it (especially if you have to pay for the wifi).
My bags arrived safe and sound and I was way too happy about this :) It took me forever to pack AND to meet the weight limit so if I had lost them I would have been mad and sad!
When I saw my family I was so happy. I gave them all a kiss on the cheek and a huge smile. That is all I do know! Smile and smile and smile! It rained all day and still I thought it was the best thing ever... my family may think I am crazy? I was laughing all day today because we went to the 'flea market' in the rain and I realized Americans do not know how to hold an umbrella ( my new word of the day that I said probably 100 times = parapluie). I thought it was funny with this simple realization because I kept hitting people and dropping rain on them. It rains all the time here so I must master this 'sport' as ma maman says.
Yesterday, when I arrived at 7:30, I took two naps throughout the day! I broke the rule.... sh! But before the naps my family took me to the top of the hill overlooking the valley (where Liège is in) and it was beautiful! I wish I had taken a picture.... but left it in the car :/ It looked so quiet from far away but when we were actually in the city it was so busy and full of life! It made me smile and want to walk around in it forever. After lunch I took another nap and decided to go out with my host brother (David) and his friends. It was a good decision! I had so much fun and I tried to speak French with little luck of being understood so I just watched and smiled. Maybe everyone thinks I am crazy! The French I learned in school is so different from the French they speak here. I am lost... but still smile! I have really started to love language that I so desperately hated in high school. I like the way it twists my mouth into different ways it is not used to. But back to last night! It was a huge party for Liège because of the national holiday.... so everyone (young and old) come together to have a good time in the streets with music and lots of laughter. I met François (my other host brother who is 18) and all his and David's friends. Except the I only really hung out with 4 of them because it was so crowded! I danced and had so much fun with them making fun of my pathetic attempt at French and me teaching them English slang. I even had a 'dance' with an old man who bear hugged me.... the boys thought this was hilarious (which it was). We went home late and I almost peed my pants in the car because I didn't remember/was too embarrassed to ask where the bathroom was. So on my first night in Liège I had a narrow escape from peeing myself in the back of a car! That would have seriously been awful!
Today I woke up and had 2 pains des chocolats (mon favori!). I was in heaven. We went to the flea market after and mon père showed me all the old buildings. I don't think he knows how much I love history until I took a picture of a plaque explaining that Napolean stayed a night at that house (Bonaparte Babe?). After there was a parade for the city of Liège and even though it was raining everyone was there! And I again was able to practice my umbrella sport :) There is a famous marionette named Tchantetes and everybody loves him! He has all these outfits and a wife and he works for Charlemagne. It sounds silly but it is true! There are huge giants of him in the parade that are very heavy to lift... I know because I tried to life these giants! It was a lot of fun :)
Alors! I am very tired now but I really enjoy my new family and they arre very understanding :)
Their house is beautiful and everything is modern and clean! They are beyond nice to me and I really enjoy just sitting and talking with them all :)
Ah! I am so tired. This is all for now.... sorry about my horrible writing and my excessive amount of exclamation points... haha I love them these days :) Also I will put up pictures when I can figure this computer out. My computer is kind of worthless because they do not have wifi but I do not mind ... c'est ne pas grave!
Au revoir
a + (this is a quick way to say à bientot... )