First: I know I failed and didn't post pictures yet. I'm working on it (they were loading super slowly). And I don't have pics of my apartment yet, but they are coming, I promise!
Now, on to yesterday.
I had my first class at 8:30. Yay for class, blegh for 8:30. The class is about Nazi Germany, which I'm really excited to learn about (Strange? Perhaps. But remember, I am a cultural anthropology major. We have apaper to write, and I'm already trying to find a way to write about the affects of Nazism on German people culturally, haha). The professor seems really great (although he's fluent in German, so its really intimidating that he can pronounce everything correctly and I know I'll bungle it up. Oh well!), and Cameron, one of my roommates, is in the class. (Sidenote: I think I'm turning into Daddy with all of these parenthetical notes! He ofter has these sidenotes or parentheticals in his blog, which you can check out here. Like father, like daughter!)
After class, I ran a few errands on campus. Then Mary Grace and I met up! We explored our part of Brussels a little more, and then we decided to go to Cinquantenaire. Brief history lesson: The Cinquantenaire used to be a military exercise grounds, but for the world exhibition of 1880, the Arch was built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Beglium's independence. The monument was not completed until 1905. So this park is pretty important!
Cinquantenaire!
Anyway, we walked about 20 minutes to get there through a beautiful neighborhood. We definitely picked out which places we wanted to live "next time we were in Brussels". Then we made it to the park! It was so beautiful and peaceful. We took pictures, grabbed some ice cream, and then mad eour way to a park bench where we just sat and talked. It was so perfect. Such a restful afternoon. It was one of those times when you think to yourself, "Wait, this is my life?" I told Mary Grace, "Sometimes I wish you could just capture everything about a moment - the smell, feelings, images, etc." This was for sure one of those days!
Jumping pic, of course! :) Makes having your picture taken less awkward, for sure.
So peaceful
The other side of the Arch. Beautiful!
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