Graduation, class 2010

So this is only semi related to exchange but none of it would have occured without Belgium.
Tonight was my high school graduation and I am now literally done. Its such a weird feeling. I started high school with a certain group of kids with the intention of completing my four years of school and graduating as the class of 2011. Within the span of this year, that idea has completely changed. I have just graduated, in 3 years, with a group of people i hardly knew, and as the class of 2010.
Anyway just saying that im glad my hard work paid off and that its weird :P

Tchao

MAP!

For those of you unfamiliar with Belgian geography- here is a conveinent little map :D

The line in the middle area is the showing the boundary with Flanders in the North and Wallonia in the South. The red dot is supposedly where I will be living.

famille d'accueil

Okay so I have something intersting to write about. I just got my host family which has brought about a whole new wave of nevous/excited energy. According to the sparse info i have, I'm going to be living in province of Namur in the town of Perwez . Its basically right in the middle of Wallonia. I have 6 host siblings in addition to the parents but I don't know if all of them live at home. From what I can tell, its a small town of about 4000 in a rural area.

So its all pretty good essentially. I wasnt expecting to get a family for a long time so this came as a pleasant suprise. But like i said, now i'm going to have thses thoughts swirling in my head for the rest of the summer.

a bientot!

Pre- Departure Orientation

I have finally found out some news. Today i got an email with my pre-departure info. On May 15 i will be meeting with the other kids of the area to have our day long orientation. So despite the fact that its not belgium specific, it is something. At the very least its an opportunity to hound the volunteers for information. Plus i get to meet the other outbounds in my area and if they are half as awesome as the exchangers i have already met then we're in good shape.
So that is my news for now
tchao

Lack of News :(

Okay so i am still one of the unlucky exchange students who has no information about my placement in Belgium. Right now my fate is in the hands of those Belgian volunteers. Hopefully i'll hear something soon otherwise i may spontaneously combust.

Lets see...because of my lack of info i dont have much to write about so i will just say that i'm loving exchangers and i think its so crazy that there are all these people i talk to from all over the world that im going to be meeting. This would never happen otherwise. Not to mention exchangers are just awesome at understanding what your going through. So cant wait to meet everyone!

24 days of school left

First Post

So for those of you who don't yet know, I have been accepted by AFS French Belgium for the 2010/11 school year. I leave in August and will be living with a family and attending high school in Belgium for almost a full year.
I've known for a while that i wanted to go on exchange it was just a matter of making it happen. So in order to do this i am getting all my credits before i leave meaning i'm graduating high school in 3 years. So despite the fact that i have to do a crazy amount of work this year, i know going to Belgium is going to be worth it.
Right now i am in the horrid process of painstakingly waiting for a host family :(
hopefully i'll get one soon!
au revoir for now