These past few days were so nice - despite it being very cold in England!! I'm so happy I got to spend time with my real family and I'm also happy to get back to my routine here in Belgium...
Let me just take a moment to brag about myself and my success with country hopping alone - pause for recognition....Okay - it is really not a big deal but I'm just very happy with myself that I managed to do it rather stress free and without getting on the wrong train. High Five! I took the bus (with two rather large shoulder bags) during morning rush-hour to the train station in Liege and then I took the train to Brussels then hopped on the Eurostar. In an hour and 55 minutes I was in London (much better than the 9 hour bus ride with Rotary) and found Myme... I mean my Great Aunt ;)... pretty easily! We decided to just go to the house instead of heading into London since I might have overpacked a bit and for some reason thought that there would be a car... but it worked out fine and we just chilled at the house until the boys got home. It was cool to meet Zachary and Noah again since the last time I saw them they were so young! They are the sweetest little boys and I think I could listen to their litte, British accents all day! Little Noah is the cutest thing and the whole time I was there he would want me to read him a story at night and would come up and hug me during the day. We are besties :) Zachary and I got along well also!
That night I enjoyed Fish & Chips and a nice, huge glass of milk... :) I think I drank 2 gallons in 4 days. My stomach was really confused after not having milk (like this) in 3 months... confused but happy! My s
tomach was so happy when it was re-introduced to Myme's sour cream and onio
n dip. No words can express how much I love this dip... OH and homemade turtles!! I have yet to share them with anyone in Belgium ... SH
H! Let's just say that it was a good 4 days of eating for me. I also got to enjoy playing a wonderful, family custom of ours - DOMINOS (mexican style). I lovee this game and it made me so happy to play - even if it wasn't for a dollar ... or should I say a 'pound'.
On Wednesday, it was Zachary's 11th birthday so I got up early to watch him open his birthday presents. He got this intense, lego thing that you can build robots and control them via the internet and all these crazy things - it was beyond my intelligence level. He loved it though!! Then that day, we (Louise, Myme and I) went on a double-decker bus tour of Cambridge. It reminded me so much of my friend's (Hayden's) double-decker that I pretty much grew up on and always enjoyed on St. Patrick's Day... good memories. W
e sat on the top and got a crazy, good view of the town. I learned so 
much about the city and how it really is not considered a city because it doesn't have a Cathedrale. I had no idea that so many intelligent people went to Cambridge... around 60 Noble Peace Prize winners graduated from one of Cambridge's colleges. That is crazy!! I was impressed - for a lack of an intelligent word. I also learned what "punting" is... which Cambridge is apparently known for but I have never heard of it in my life. It is like those boats in Venice that the guys stand on and push it with a stick - but Chris told me it is not like this at all. It is not a competition but just for fun. Then that night we had enchiladas for Zachary's birthday :)
Thursday was really fun also. Louise, Myme, and I went to Ely Cathedrale - about 20 minutes away from Cambridge. It was such a cool
church and had so many chapels!! I enjoyed walking around and reading all the little plaques about whose tomb was whose... which there were also a lot of. I bought little christmas cards and a christmasy candle holder for Marta (she loved it) at the gift shop there - all of us ended up buying something from Ely Cathedrale ... it was funny. When we got home we had clotted cream (not curdled!!) , jam (not jelly!!), and scones. This was a religious experience for me but came to a sweet halt when I realized how many calories per teaspoon there was in curdled cream!! I feel that with my constant talking of food in this blog it is redundant for me to update everyone on my progressive weight gain... which is almost amazing. I will stop eating tomorrow... that is what I said after my first kilo!! Anyw
ays ... that night I went to the local pub with Chris. It was fun to just chill and enjoy a cold beer or two... :)
Friday was a good day too! We went to this new sushi bar in Cambridge that had the plates on a belt thing (don't remember the word) and they went past all the tables in the restaurant. You just grab the thing you want and they charge you at the end based on the color of your plate. I was soo happy to finally eat sushi and it was such a cool restaurant. Myme and I stole the menu and I am going to pin it on my blazer - it was that epic. Then pretty much all day we went shopping. I bought way too many things and Myme bought me a new pair of boots :) I love them!! It was a fun day.
Saturday was one of the longest days of my life. I woke up at 7 in the morning and I went with Louise and Chris to London. We went to Harrod's. Which is amazing. I don' t know what I was expecting but it was nothing what I thought it was going to be! It was crazy big and crazy ritzy and crazy
amazing!! I think my mouth was open the entire time we were walking through... especially when we got to the food courts. Chris bought me a cute, little cupcake. It was lemon and was beyond 
amazing when we ate them in the busy train station. It made me happy :) Funny story and your Mallory Moment - I wante to take a picture with the Harrod's door holder. Which I think I asked him in the most awkward way and didn't know how close to get to him and if we should make small chat. All in all it was beyond awkward and when the picture was taken I pretty much bolted with Louise. Halfway down the block, I realize that the picture didn't save so I had to go back and get another awkward picture with him. I couldn't stop laughing and I'm sure the doorman thought I had a problem or was just another stupid American. Classic.
Let me just take a moment to brag about myself and my success with country hopping alone - pause for recognition....Okay - it is really not a big deal but I'm just very happy with myself that I managed to do it rather stress free and without getting on the wrong train. High Five! I took the bus (with two rather large shoulder bags) during morning rush-hour to the train station in Liege and then I took the train to Brussels then hopped on the Eurostar. In an hour and 55 minutes I was in London (much better than the 9 hour bus ride with Rotary) and found Myme... I mean my Great Aunt ;)... pretty easily! We decided to just go to the house instead of heading into London since I might have overpacked a bit and for some reason thought that there would be a car... but it worked out fine and we just chilled at the house until the boys got home. It was cool to meet Zachary and Noah again since the last time I saw them they were so young! They are the sweetest little boys and I think I could listen to their litte, British accents all day! Little Noah is the cutest thing and the whole time I was there he would want me to read him a story at night and would come up and hug me during the day. We are besties :) Zachary and I got along well also!
That night I enjoyed Fish & Chips and a nice, huge glass of milk... :) I think I drank 2 gallons in 4 days. My stomach was really confused after not having milk (like this) in 3 months... confused but happy! My s
tomach was so happy when it was re-introduced to Myme's sour cream and onion dip. No words can express how much I love this dip... OH and homemade turtles!! I have yet to share them with anyone in Belgium ... SHH! Let's just say that it was a good 4 days of eating for me. I also got to enjoy playing a wonderful, family custom of ours - DOMINOS (mexican style). I lovee this game and it made me so happy to play - even if it wasn't for a dollar ... or should I say a 'pound'.On Wednesday, it was Zachary's 11th birthday so I got up early to watch him open his birthday presents. He got this intense, lego thing that you can build robots and control them via the internet and all these crazy things - it was beyond my intelligence level. He loved it though!! Then that day, we (Louise, Myme and I) went on a double-decker bus tour of Cambridge. It reminded me so much of my friend's (Hayden's) double-decker that I pretty much grew up on and always enjoyed on St. Patrick's Day... good memories. W
e sat on the top and got a crazy, good view of the town. I learned so much about the city and how it really is not considered a city because it doesn't have a Cathedrale. I had no idea that so many intelligent people went to Cambridge... around 60 Noble Peace Prize winners graduated from one of Cambridge's colleges. That is crazy!! I was impressed - for a lack of an intelligent word. I also learned what "punting" is... which Cambridge is apparently known for but I have never heard of it in my life. It is like those boats in Venice that the guys stand on and push it with a stick - but Chris told me it is not like this at all. It is not a competition but just for fun. Then that night we had enchiladas for Zachary's birthday :)Thursday was really fun also. Louise, Myme, and I went to Ely Cathedrale - about 20 minutes away from Cambridge. It was such a cool
church and had so many chapels!! I enjoyed walking around and reading all the little plaques about whose tomb was whose... which there were also a lot of. I bought little christmas cards and a christmasy candle holder for Marta (she loved it) at the gift shop there - all of us ended up buying something from Ely Cathedrale ... it was funny. When we got home we had clotted cream (not curdled!!) , jam (not jelly!!), and scones. This was a religious experience for me but came to a sweet halt when I realized how many calories per teaspoon there was in curdled cream!! I feel that with my constant talking of food in this blog it is redundant for me to update everyone on my progressive weight gain... which is almost amazing. I will stop eating tomorrow... that is what I said after my first kilo!! Anyways ... that night I went to the local pub with Chris. It was fun to just chill and enjoy a cold beer or two... :)Friday was a good day too! We went to this new sushi bar in Cambridge that had the plates on a belt thing (don't remember the word) and they went past all the tables in the restaurant. You just grab the thing you want and they charge you at the end based on the color of your plate. I was soo happy to finally eat sushi and it was such a cool restaurant. Myme and I stole the menu and I am going to pin it on my blazer - it was that epic. Then pretty much all day we went shopping. I bought way too many things and Myme bought me a new pair of boots :) I love them!! It was a fun day.
Saturday was one of the longest days of my life. I woke up at 7 in the morning and I went with Louise and Chris to London. We went to Harrod's. Which is amazing. I don' t know what I was expecting but it was nothing what I thought it was going to be! It was crazy big and crazy ritzy and crazy
amazing!! I think my mouth was open the entire time we were walking through... especially when we got to the food courts. Chris bought me a cute, little cupcake. It was lemon and was beyond amazing when we ate them in the busy train station. It made me happy :) Funny story and your Mallory Moment - I wante to take a picture with the Harrod's door holder. Which I think I asked him in the most awkward way and didn't know how close to get to him and if we should make small chat. All in all it was beyond awkward and when the picture was taken I pretty much bolted with Louise. Halfway down the block, I realize that the picture didn't save so I had to go back and get another awkward picture with him. I couldn't stop laughing and I'm sure the doorman thought I had a problem or was just another stupid American. Classic.I got on the Eurostar at 1 and was back in Liege at 6. Just in time to go straight to Larry's dad's birthday party... which lasted until 2 am. (Welcome to Belgium.) It was a nice re-introduction to french though!! It was a huge meal - complete with 3 appetizers and a 4 course meal and 3 different types of wine. It was really sweet of them because they had turkey as the main dish - so it was like my thanksgiving here :) I was happy that they thought about me. I was sooo tired though when we got home at 3 am...
got up today at noon and helped out with the raking. It was sad to rake up all the leaves that I loved so much... :/ but a new season is on the way! Hello Winter!
All for now
got up today at noon and helped out with the raking. It was sad to rake up all the leaves that I loved so much... :/ but a new season is on the way! Hello Winter!
All for now
Cheers
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