Best Weekend So Far

I can't believe October is over in a couple days.  I've only been here about 2 and a half months, and I have somewhere around 8 more to go, but time is going by so fast and I often find myself wondering how I can possibly bring myself to leave this place. 

I've had a lot of fun the past few days.  Friday was a good day at school.  I found out I got 12/20 on my french essay, which I was very proud of.  It was also good because I didn't have any afternoon classes so I just hung out and had fun with my friends.  We left school at lunch hour and went to get fries, then came back and played some soccer and musical chairs.  After school on Friday, Autumn (exchange student from Phoenix) and I caught the train to go to Tournai where we'd be meeting up with a few other exchangers for Greta's Hallowe'en Party. There was Claire, from Missouri; Emma, from Florida; and of course Greta, from Iowa. There were a bunch of Greta's belgian friends her party too, as well as some other exchange students living in Tournai who all seem pretty cool.  We danced and talked and got to know other exchange students and some of her Belgies for a few hours until some people went home and the rest of us went out on the town.  Us exchangers split up from the others for a little while and we ended up running into some French guys from Lille who were in Tournai for the night just for fun and they were giving out stickers of themselves.  So we ended up hanging out with them and we brought them back to Place-St Pierre with us to hang with everyone.  Being with the french guys made me feel very belgian because I was being thrown off when they said things like "soixante-douze" rather than "septante-deux" and in saying goodbye they do two kisses instead of one. Towards the end of the night we got some fries and said goodbye to everyone so we could go back to Greta's to sleep, since we'd have to get up at 9 the next morning.  It was such a fun night!!

The next morning Autumn and I came home by train, I showered, then went off to Dinant with my host mom, Adeline, and Fabian.  It's a really nice town! There's crazy escarpment, a cathedral, aaand it's the birthplace of Adolphe Sax, the guy who INVENTED THE SAXOPHONE.  So that's pretty awesome. 

We came back for about 6pm, then Adeline and I went off to babysit for the family she babysits for almost every weekend (and I also happen to know the father because he's a Rotarian here). 

Then at midnight, we went to Baileux for the Halloween Soirée where I danced for about 4 hours straight with 3000 other people under a chapiteau.  I mostly stuck with my friends and classmates though.  It was such a good weekend.  Since my host sister and I got in super late last night, I woke up at about 3pm today.

I don't have school this week because of Toussaint :) And I go to London on the 3rd!
I don't know when I'll have the time to post again, but it might be after both London and Rome, so be prepared for a huge one :P