Friday, December 16, 2011

Frolicking in the land of chocolates and waffles

Hello!

These past few weeks have been busy, but I'm all done now! Done done! With my entire semester in France. Now all that's left is Christmas with the fam bam in Aix, and then it'll be back to Boston! I can hardly believe how fast time has flown by.

Between my two weeks of exams, I took a trip to Belgium - the land of chocolates and waffles! (not fries). It was so wonderful to take a mini break from all the studying. We got to see all the major sights, and we were also lucky enough to have incredibly beautiful weather the whole weekend!

Here are some pictures from Belgium!

Atomium:  This giant steel ball structure was made for the '58 World Expo. We got to climb to the very top and see a great view of Belgium!


Mini-Europe: Right below the Atomium was Mini-Europe - a park with mini models of all the European countries. They were super well made, and definitely very educational as well!

We tried, without success, to create a leaning tower photo...

Christmas cheer in Belgium! 

The Grand Place all lit up at night
 Bruges: On Saturday, we took a day trip to Bruges, a town about an hour away from Brussels!

Friends! :) 


Overall, it was a wonderful trip, and we got to eat lots of yummy chocolate. Sadly, the trip ended with a disastrous episode of food poisoning :( But thankfully, I made it back to France with the help of my superhero friends. And I'm all better now! Just in time for Christmas!

Family is coming in 4 days!!