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