March has been yet another exciting
and crazy month. The first and second week of March my parents came to visit
which was really exciting. It was so fun to be able to show my parents a little
bit of my life here in Belgium. Together we visited multiple cities in Belgium,
along with Luxembourg, and Ireland. My parents got to meet my host families
here and see my school which was really cool but also strange.
The
week after my parents left was the Brussels explosions so that set the country
into a frenzy. I am currently living just about twenty minutes from Brussels
and attend a Brussels-run school so my school was immediately placed on high
security lock down with police and army on site. All of the trains, buses, and
many roads were closed so getting home from school was not easy. We were not
allowed to leave school to get lunch, and could not exit the building for any
reason until 4 o'clock when a guardian pulled the car up to the school gate. My
host parents work in Brussels but were all safe. Things are now just starting
to go back to normal here in Belgium but the airport is still partly closed and
will most likely be closed for at least another month.
The
last two weeks of March was Spring break from school and I travelled to Greece
with about 60 other exchange students here in Belgium! Greece was an amazing
trip and was one of the best weeks of my exchange thus far. I was able to visit
Athens, Olympia, Corinth, Hydra Island, and Spestes Island. Greece was honestly
the most beautiful place I’ve ever visited and I already want to go back and
visit. After I got back from Greece I had to pack up my bedroom and change host
families for the last time. I already love my new family. They are so fun and
very welcoming and have already planned to take me to France, and Finland. It’s
hard to believe I have already moved into my final host family. This year has
gone by so quickly and I don’t even want to think about it coming to an end.
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