I have 50
days left on my exchange (not long enough!!) but I thought it would be cool to
post a blog about 50 things I’ll miss about my life on exchange and my life in
Belgium. Not in any particular order
1. Chocolate
2. Half Day Wednesdays
3. Being Legal to Drink
4. Train Rides
5. My wonderful host parents
6. GAUFFRES
7. Conversations that go like this: ça va? ça va!
8. Constant updates on the Belgium
Exchange Students Page
9. Being
able to cross one country in 3 hours
10. Walk
Homes from the train station
11. Frites
& Mayonnaise
12. BRESA
trips
13. Brussels
14. Using the word Chouette
15. Adventuring in Antwerp
16. Desperados
17. Emmanuel’s Cooking
18. Belgian Rain
19. My school friends
20. Singing with Samantha
21. The freedom
22. My amazing exchange student family (mom
loves you all)
23. Park Drinking
24. Primark
25. Catching up in little Cafes
26. Travelling throughout Europe
27. Drum Lessons
28. Genval Rotary Club
29. Bread
30. Speaking French
31. Trying in school but not stressing
(because it doesn’t matter)
32. No wind
33. Movie night at the Maindiauxs
34. Fresh Sandwiches from the Sandwich
room
35. Shopping Days in LLN or Brussels
36. Making Weekend plans to go check out
a new city
37. SNCB App
38. Cuberdon
39. Selfies with Knights in Gravensteen
in Gent
40. Trying to take those Instagram
worthy pictures
41. Never leaving the house without a
minimum of 2 coats
42. Hearing Dutch
43. My cooking classes at school
44. Being able to walk everywhere (or if
not take the train/bus/tram)
45. Wandering the streets of Bruges
46. Krik
47. Junk food night chez les Schmits
48. Croissants for Sunday morning
breakfast
49. My host siblings (4 sisters & 3
brothers) who all became like real siblings to me
50. Speculoos
Here’s to
making the last 50 days the best
xoxoShelby
