Ok so yet again I have manged to Neglect this a bit however I have been pretty busy so I am sure I can be forgiven.

Firstly I have no moved from Saint Geneious Rode to Gent. I have been here since 1st of June and I must say I like it a lot more then Saint Geneious Rode. Currently were I am is a place called Nazareth. Mostly it is a very quiet area however there is plently of things near by around no more than a 20 minuate drive and I can also get to most areas by bike to. The house I am in its also very cool. I have my own room and bathroom. I also get on with the family really well . Also the children can understand me a lot better with them being older despite there limited English and my limited Dutch skills. However hopefully I will be taking a course and I have 3 weeks to brush up my skills whilest they are on holiday. A few days ago me and Kevin took a trip to Denze park. We looked at the animals and had a nice picknick

The picture in the top corner is Kevin and a owl and the one above is me and a horse

Me feeding a goat

Pretty Peacock

Cutie baby goat

Also I graduated from University. It was so werid I walked up on the stage for my paper and I couldnt hear any cheering it was like I was in my own little bubble. Also one of my best friends got me a limo there to make my day all that bit more amazing. Some photos below.

In the Limo

The get up lol

Cocktails afterwards

After a week in England traveled back to Belguim the boat ride on the way back was way nicer then the one the way there. The room was much more ventalted and the sea nice and cailm. Crazy boat photos some from before and after

This is indeed the biggest tube of malteezers ever

Once I got back I spent a fez days with the family before visting a friend in the Netherlands. We hung out and then went to eat and went to a nice park. Also took pictures.

Hanging out in the park tis all pretty

Playing game of life I totaly won lol game masterrrrrr

In the rest yummie bread with garlic butter and some Belguim Mayo that is indeed very thick

The fallowing Monday I went to catch the last day of the Gentse Feesten. Sadly not a lot was happening just a few stalls and I had some really lush fries and I had a nice walk around some of the streets here in Gent.

Fries I am starting to get obessed witht this lol

Kevin at the bridge lush view with yes fries lol

Couple of pictures taken from another small bridge. It had some really obsure at work on the walls but those pictures didnt turn out so maybe next time

Well thats all for now tomorrow is a big day of frists for me so looking forwood to it.

Super Cool Thunder Storm

So its now 23.20 and I have just experinced one of the coolest thunder storms I have in a long time and despite my camra being kinda shitty I got a few cool shots and figured I would share them

The rain comming down from the window

Shot of the bolts

The whole sky lit up it looks like day time

Final Few Days Untill I Move On.

So I am down to my final few days of being in Sint-Genesius-Rode and then I move on to Gent. Well just outside of Gent.

I am very excited to be moving but overall it has been a interesting month. Lots of things to get used to. Also I cant wait to start learning dutch properly. I think its harder to even pick it up here due to the mixture of both French and Dutch (Flemmish) and I get often confused.

I took a picture from outside of my window so you guys can see the lush weather. Around mid day my car said it was 38 dagrees eeek.

Thats the house from one of my windows and then you can see my tiny spot of a car to lol. On that note Car insurance in Belgium is one big fat joke. Almost 900 euros for 3rd party. That is if I crash thats there car covered. Not even fire and theft. Its crazy. I don't get how everything is so expensive in this country (well apart from alcohol) That seems to a be a bit cheaper lol. (The phrase being raped with my cloths on come to mind sometimes).

Also I have quite gotten into the spirit of bike riding over here. However I keep getting a sore bum lol. I think i need to get used to being on a bike more. I am also very excited about the possibility of getting a visit from my friend in September I shall have to start scouting for things for us to do here. I know she already wants to go for waffles and ice cream. So frist thing on the list is finding a good waffle house lol.

Night out in Brussels

So Friday night I decided to suck it up and get myself out to Brussels. I was invited out by some people from a expat blog and I am glad I did. I did have a lot of fun. It was nice to talk to people and make friends as well as have some understanding of the types of things I am going through. Example going to a store to buy a phone job up and such a huge thing now and were to find particular things.

So we all meet in a bar. I didn't drink anything apart from one Kirk (Cherry Beer or Larger) and then just diet coke. I drove down you see as I was worried about finding the place etc but I manged easily enough. I think overall I made a pretty good impression but we well see over the coming weeks if any real friendships form although I hope they do. I would make things here so much more enjoyable when I start to gain my own life and Independence.

Long Overdue Update Eeek

Ok so firstly I must apologise. It has been so long since I posted on here but things just got to much with uni and moving. Well uni is over yayyyyy and now just getting ready for my graduation.

I moved over to Belgium on the 26th of May. I took the ferry from Hull England to Zeebrugge in Belgium. I went with P and O Ferries and I was pretty impressed. It was perhaps a little more than flying. However I have paid between 100 to 400 for a plane ticket. Also the ferry works out cheaper if there is more than one person travelling. This is due to the fact you pay for a room and a car not per person. However I needed my car and it was much easier to move more stuff with the help of my car. Below are a few photos of the ferry.

View of the ferry from my car waiting for board

Bunk Beds in my cabin

Cute little bathroom


So that was the ferry trip here now for the rest of my time in Belgium. I spent a couple of days with Kevin just hanging out. The weather has been rather nice this last 3 weeks or so. I then went to move in with the family on the 29th. And the fallowing Wednesday I spent 4 days with them at the coast. However both me and the mother of the family have decided I will not be staying on after the month. It has been very up and down and a huge challenge in terms of Language barrier. The youngest especially finds it very frustrating and in aspects of behaviour and discipline and then not really understanding me much it is just unfair on both sides. However I have had some lovely time with the family and would like to keep in touch with them see how they are getting on etc.

So given last weekend the 11th up until the 14th I have been chatting with potential families. I cancelled one interview as the deailtes had changed some and I felt slightly pressured to sign with them right away. I met a family in Nazareth near Gent who have 2 older children 10 and 12 with limited English but who are actively learning it at the same time. The oldest a boy also had done some English previously. The second was a woman with a small girl and then twin babies who wanted extra help and support when she moves and the 3rd was a disabled woman in a wheel chair needing help with her son. I however have decided to go ahead with the family from Gent. This was perhaps my least favourite at the start as I was worried about the language and needing my car. However when meeting the family I felt every comfortable with the parents and was pretty impressed of how well the children could understand me. So I start there the 1st. I will be registered and start taking a language course. I think I want to take a pretty intensive one so I can learn as much as possible or maybe do a a normal one a few times a week with the Rosetta stone. I am not sure what will work best. As I need to get a good grasp of the language due to I am looking into taking a childcare course next year.

Well today has been a nice quiet day. I got up at 7 with the children did breakfast and then read a little and then went out with Kevin. There are some photos of that below. I had a yummie lasagne with quite a lot of herbs in it perhaps making it a little perfumey (That being about the only bad thing I can say about it)and Kevin just had a huge sandwich and some yummie cherry flavoured beer which I love.

Kevin and his cherry beer yummmm well cherry larger really

Kevin and his big ass sandwich and less cherry beer lol

And finally me and my food and I love how that glass has ended up in every photo lol

Well that’s basically it for now still not a lot of people read this but thank you to those of you that do. I am perhaps going to Brussels to meet up with some expats tomorrow. However Fridays are a bit of a odd day for me work wise and the family are not going to the coast this weekend to it is still a but questionable if I will make it and also how to get there but we shall see tomorrow. I promise to try and post moreeeeee

18 Days OMG

Haha really quick post. Well I didn't get the job I was hoping for. It turns out they preferred a dutch speaker over me. I spend about a week really gutted about it. However someone my boyfriends mum knows from her work has agreed to take me on in a month trail. I leave in 18 days. I am quite excited but the problem is the girls dont speak English but Spanish. However we shall see what happens I am very excited and stressed at the same time so much university work to do. Well thats all for now promise to post properly soon xx x x x x x

After Interview Deeply Confused

So overall I think the interview went well. However I am still not really any clearer on if I have the job or not.

You see the way they were talking it sounded it like. I.e start dates showing me around there house the Au Pair room etc it was very relaxed and and unformal. However they never officaly said that they wanted me. Maybe I am just looking for confrimation were it isnt needed. But I am so confused and I am tring not to stress but it seems so hard not to when I want this job so badly. The childeren were lovely ad always wanting to play and alest there son said I was lovelyy.

However if noting else I got a few amazing days in Leuven with Kevin. We spend better part of one day at his perats and I got to spend time with his mum. Then I had interview so the wednesday we went back to Leuven for shoppin dinner and movie. I am starting to get freaked out at the price of things in Belgium. For example with make up a blusher or bronzer from a company called Bourjois that is aound £6pounds in England was over 10 Euros. However on the makeup front it looks like I may have to look into a different type of foundation as they dont Sell Maxfactor it all there it seems. I guess its things like that I will have to get used to. Well I guess thats all today I've posted a nice picture of me and Kevin taken in his garden that week. It shows how Amazing the weather was and I will post more about Job as soon as I know more. I think I might put my profile on a new Aupair site just incase

A Few Days Untill Interview

So I leave for my all important some what life changing job. I revived a email a few days ago and I have been invited to have dinner with the family. I am getting very nevus and I guess I am panicking about silly things that deep down I already know. I guess its because I have never wanted a Job so badly my entire life and if I get this I would make the moving transition so much easier.

The second problem I am facing is student Finance. I actually need to get the money they owe me off them so I have money to move with. If and when I finally get it I will have the money for my car and everything else to get me on my way. Over the next coming weeks I need to start buying plastic boxes and seeing what I can actually fit in one car load. Hopefully its 6 boxes and a couple of bags which will be basically my cloths and a few personal essentials.

Well sadly not much to say I guess once I have know more about job and start packing there well be more to report and of course loads to report once I am there. I also will be reporting about my trip there next week yayy.

Things That I Need

Okies so I have looked at price of Ferry. Im going to go from Hull to Zeebrugge. Then from there I got a hour and a half drive to Kevin's place. I figured this was better than driving for almost 3 hours through Amsterdam.

So for my car I need to get a safety kit costing about £30 pounds with high visible vests first aid kit and triangle etc.

As for other things needed I need to check about what paperwork I need to bring but im going to gather it all up and pop it all together in a plastic envelope. So far I know I need driving licence, insurance, Birth Certificate, Eu health card and Passport. I think thats everything as far as paper work and then I need to figure out what to pack.

I think I am going to see about packing my shoes cloths most of my toiletries etc that I wont need begging of may and then once all thats packed I can see what room I has left for personal stuff and I wanna try and take my Wii. However I have started selling stuff again to start to get rid of stuff I am not going to need and I really should work on selling all those University Books. So if anyone has any suggestions on best things to pack and leave let me know Thanks.

Interview Outfit

Ok so this is my outfit I plan on wearing for my Au Pair interview on the 19th of April

The look I was going for was smart cas. I wanted to look good but not be dressed up for such a formal interview as I don't want to come across to fake given that I will be living with them for a year. However at the same time I didn't want to turn up in Jeans and T Shirt. Originally I was going to wear it with suited trousers but now i,m thinking the leggings like I have on in the picture are perhaps a better bet. It will help if the kids want to play any games etc.

About 8 Weeks To Go

So I have done this blog as I figured it might help the fear of moving. I am planning on moving to Belgium In the Flanders region at the moment looking at the just outside of Brussels. This is to be with my long term bf and have been fine with it until now. I find myself about 7 or 8 weeks away and suddenly terrified. It doesn’t help that I am already stressed trying to finish up university ready for graduation and then leave a little after.

My first stress of the week was about bringing my car however I think I have solved that. My plan is now to bring the car for 6 months on my own insurance and then I can try and figure out the cost of registering it over there. Having it will make shipping my things easier as well as allowing me to practice driving on the other side of the road ready for my job if i was to get it. Job wise I have been applying to be a Aupair. The reason for this is i love working with children and have had quite a lot of experience and i figured it would be the best way to bring me closer to my boyfriend as well as still allowing me to be separate enough to start to build my own life there and so see how I can adjust. My first problem I think is to get through to Aupair interview on the 19th of April. I have passed the phone call interview and they asked me to come out on the 19th so maybe that’s why I am getting so stressed and nervous as I am so close but at the same time so far away.

I hope that for this blog is this I may find friends in Belgium (fellows expats maybe) and my friends and family can check how I get on and fallow my progress.