I hope you are all well--I'm not going to add so many pictures this time as you have likely already seen my most recent postings.
Since I last wrote--we have had the most incredible weather here in Brussels. It has dulled down a little bit but it's been in the high 60's and sunny all day long, I can't wait for this to be a constant. Below is a pictures of my massive & beautiful backyard that yes, has a pool. I have been hanging back here when I have some free daylight and playing with Joy my wonderful host dog.
The next week we travelled to Den Haag, Netherlands to visit EUROJUST & the ICTY as well as a bit of sightseeing. It was a great experience to be there and the weather was incredible. Also--there was a beach, my friend Bethany and I didn't make it down there until night after we had a delicious dinner near the ocean & split a bottle of wine (it was heaven).
After Den Haag it was a quick train ride to Amsterdam for the weekend where we explored beautiful botanical gardens, saw priceless and beautiful works of art, and watched the sun set on the canals. [also we all almost got hit by a bike/public transportation at least once]
This last week was a bundle of stress as we all studied away for Midterms and took two big tests last Thursday. Since then I have been relaxing/applying for internships/studying for our next big text/ and writing the internship paper we have due in a few weeks -- right before be leave for the Balkans.
Tonight I will travel to Munich, Germany to visit old family friends from when I lived in Germany! I'm very excited to be re-united in Munich and can't wait to get there! It is going to be such an adventure and I'm beginning to realize how fast the next 50 days will go by.
After this week in Munich (the weather is supposed to be amazing). I will return for a week that ends on a thursday with a midterm and a weekend that begins on a thursday night with a flight to Berlin.
The next week will be filled with finishing the 10 page internship paper we need to write. And will end on a Thursday with a bus to the Balkans (destinations unknown except Bosnia & Serbia).
We won't return to bxl until April 13 and then will have another week of classes before another week that ends on a thursday, with a long weekend in Paris with my dear friend Sonia who is studying in Denmark.
After that it will be April 20 and a final weekend in Brussels before finals. My last day of my internship. And a flight to Frankfurt.
Then back to the USA.
I must say I have had my healthy amounts of homesickness and I am starting to really miss my friends & family state-side. However, I know now is not the time to dwell on this because I will see them soon. I have about 20 days left where I am actually in Bxl, the rest will be traveling, and I want to make the best of every moment because it is going to go by so so so fast. I love you all and am thinking about you constantly. Whether it is me laughing at cats roaming netherlands and how funny you would find it, or having the most delicious glass of wine and knowing you would adore it, or getting lost in a foreign country and knowing you would be just as lost as I am, or meeting new friends and wishing I could share them with you--I miss you all and can't wait to share with you all my stories.
For now, my constant photos and social media updates will have to do. Bisous and Auf Wiedersehen for now!
