Chateau De Limont Donceel Liège

... take me so we can move the mattress in. I am probably going to have to move the rest of my stuff with the bus tomorrow, but it should be ok. I only have class until 1pm, so I will have the rest of the afternoon free. Tomorrow I need to figure out internet for the new place, move in, and hang up my proofreading flyers.

When I left this morning, I knew that I had tons of stuff to do, and I also just knew that none of it would work ...

... br>2. hang up my flyers advertising my excellent proofreading skills (trying to make a little money on the side)
3. make a copy of my new apartment key for landlord
and and and...

WHEW!! all of this stuff has to get done sometime, I guess. I am just glad things are finally starting to come together, or at least they will have a little more by tomorrow night.

Going to bed for now!

... They told us we were at the highest point in Belgium, which was somewhere in the Nature Park.

We decided to call it a day for the roadbook, and make a detour to just get into Luxembourg for fuel, and to make sure we 'did' all the countries.

Looking back that detour cost us some time, but did mean we visited Luxembourg, even if it was too dark to see it.

Once in Elsloo, we stopped to find postcards (having completely missed the observations again), only to find that the only card shop was closed that afternoon.

Up the road a bit, and Kieran was dropping a card into the door of a Landy enthusiast they had met on the recce. The guy turned up at that moment, and so we were invited in for a refreshing cold drink. The Landyprikkers overtook us at that point, and went on their way. We then ...

... hope its free to get in! haha

Just fixed a pizza for dinner and watched Nil make a "birthday cake" for her friend. It was nothing like we would consider a birthday cake; it had mandaran oranges and crust and was all creamy. It looked delicious, nonetheless. I hope they bring a piece back for me!

Well gonna get ready for the church outing. Hope everything is going well for everyone back in the states!

... a student asked her if I would be back, so that's really good. Feels like they like having me there.

Tomorrow we have a teacher outing to Stolberg, and I'm really excited about that. We will go out for lunch at 12:30 and then have a tour of the city after that. This will be a chance for me to meet other teachers.

OK well will write more tonight. Gotta go complete some professional duties, you know how it is. ;)

Liege's newly constructed train station rises from the city's drab industrial neighborhood like an errant flyer saucer, crash landed in mid-galactic flight into the economic heart of francophone Belgium. The network of temporary fences that partition the site from the rest of the city seem to confirm the station's extraterrestrial origins, but the imposing sign immediately to the right of the main staircase describes the far more prosaic story of transport hub. This ...

... we got dragged along!) to see an Italian play about HIV/AIDS, which sounds great and enlightening, but it was so surreal I had no idea what was going on! (and trust me, it was not a language barrier problem!) Another night we did the tradtional exchange activity - bowling. And one night I met the family - her grandparents, her brother's girlfriend, the works! There's something a little bizarre about a guy puckering to give you a kiss in front of his girlfirend ...

We 'trundled down past Maastricht towards Germany. The deviations were big ones but we still were able to make good time! The scenery was worth the deviations though. We past by some wonderful little towns and river gorges. Very nice bit of countryside. Will have to return there sometime, God willing!

... Where are they i thought. I looked at the big sign with a big map and it said Leige city map. Hmmm i thought. I called the Belgians and said where am i. My phone cut out so i checked my lonely planet map of belgium. I had a bad feeling leige wasnt bruge. I was correct when i found liege on the right side of beligium. After i got a packed bus back to the main station i ...