Like, Whoa!

I could not think of anything else to title this so I thought that "Like, whoa!" really captures life in Brussels right now. We had 8 long and painful hours of orientation today at Vesalius that took me back to freshman year O week at Furman. Vesalius, like Furman is a liberal arts school, but it is a product of 1970's archetecture and boy does it show! In one word, it is UGLY. It looks nothing like Furman: no bell towers, no fountains, no mall lined with trees, but only puddles, glass buildings, and asphault. The culture is completely different here. For example, at Furman we fountain hop and at Vesalius they bar hop. Yep, the student government actually sponsored a bar hopping trip tonight. If that is not crazy enough for you, the student center has a bar, the legal drinking age is 15, and it is legal to smoke dope solo. Crazy, huh?

I did receive my class schedule today and it is by far the WORST schedule of my college career. I have a class on Friday afternoon from 4:30-6. That will put a real damper on weekend travel! Atleast it is with "the best professor at the school" and there are several other Furman students in the class with me.

Today was a day of firsts for Katie Prevost in Brussels. I tried my first beer in Brussels and it was a pale ale (again, I forget the name... I am not tired this time so there is really no excuse). Beer is stonger and much more filling here than in the states. I also tried some chocolate tonight at a shop off the square and it was heavenly! Thank goodness there are not any chocolate stores near my apartment otherwise my clothes might not fit like they did when I came over. The food here is less than satifsying and it is even worse at Vesalius (I know, I tried and almost died today) so it was nice to pick up a few calories this evening.

By the way, I posted a link to a photo album that my friends ("family") created for the trip. We took pooling our pictures was a good way to share them with our friends, families, and each other. Enjoy!