Le Nid d'Hirondelle Durbuy

... arrived on time. The sky was overcast most of the way so there wasn’t much to see, and the plane was very full in any event, so I couldn’t see much from my aisle seat. Since I had officially left from France, there were no formalities on arrival.

I picked up my rental car, a Renault Clio (diesel), which is much larger than the early models used to be. I left immediately for the Sedan area about 3 ½ hours to the north-east, stopping briefly for lunch on the roadside ...

During our stay in Spa we had the most scary, horrible, unpleasant experience ever in a restaurant.

The restaurant to avoid is "Le Bouchon Gourmand", the owner does not hesitate to insult customers, lock them into the restaurant if there is a dispute on the bill, and claim more money than is due.

See more on www.bouchon-gourmand.blogspot.com

... the Americans about 2kms outside of town and a tacky little museum in town. We did find an impressive cemetery on the way dedicated to the Americans that died at the Battle of the Buldge and the American aviators that had lost their lives. All the names were listed as well as their division and rank.

... the farm house into their retirement home. So, two homes in a small village, looking out over a Van Gogh landscape. M-E did much of the work herself, with her brother and it is a very comfortable, beautiful and roomy home. Sebastian just took up gardening for the first time and we had an abundance of tomatoes (he planted 70 varieties) haricot vert and courgettes to eat. Sebastian's english was about like my french, only he's more shy, so when M-E left the room, we ...

... to holland! Also decided to get impromptu haircuts because it was cheaper over there, so I got a fringeee :)

Travelling is so easy here, I feel close to almost everywhere (except down under obviously) and I know that's something I'm going to miss a LOT and don't really know how I'm going to adapt back to that in oz... :S

That week I also went to Antwerpen with some exchange students (Jess, Jade, Amy, Val) which was greeaaat fun :D. I met a ...

... Victoria/Lancelot came over and we went over to dinner to family friend's house. We also picked Lancelot up from Scout camp. Don't know if I've already mentioned that here EVERYONE does Scouts but anyway, now you know!

Packed my suitcase to go to Bretagne with the host fam..ready to go!

... our walking clothes on for a tour of the town. The hotel owner once again extended his assistance to us and let us keep our riding gear in a back room of the hotel lobby where we could get changed into our gear afterwards. We walked around Bernkastel for a few hours and took in the sights of this cool little town with its small and crooked buildings and of course couldn’t leave town without a ...

... I have a double bed (ahhhh luxury, golly I missed my double bed!), a desk and three cupboards.

They're currently rennovating, adding on another part to the house, and have already rennovated most of the house. They showed me some photos of the state it was in when they bought it, and wow, they took on a big job! They have big plans for it all, and I'd love to come back and see it when its finished! Jean-Claude just built Victoria a cubby house and also plans to build ...

... right thing to do - I had agreed to change families even if it meant changing schools, so voila.

Saying bye so quickly to everyone at school at Eghezee was hard. They had all helped me so much and been so welcoming that it was difficult to leave them in such haste. They organized a small party for me after school on my last day and my french teacher bought cakes and crepes - mmm. It was adorable - they made me a poster 'bonne chance eliza' and they had all ...

... de rentrer à Louvain-la-Neuve (LLN), nous arrêtons prendre un cocktail dans un célèbre bar à cocktails à Leuven, le "Hôtel Professor". Pour moi Leuven représentera toujours une ville de détente et de vacances et me fait rappeler de si bons souvenirs d'été. Quelle n'est pas ma surprise à mon retour au studio de découvrir un magnifique bouquet de fleurs de mes parents ! Ils me manquent particulièrement aujourd'hui et je suis très heureuse du ...