Mandee's March Madness


This is Amelie Notomb and some of my friends.I had written a long blog about the whole day at "foire du livre" in brussels but somthing happened with blogger so it disappeared into Internet crap land.Needless to say I don't want to type it again.Just know that it was a STELLAR day.




Mons I went to mons the 20th with my history class.Its a really historicy town architechturally speaking but has some really cool super new space looking buildings in it that my hitory teacher kept making comments like " Its a question of taste!" about. I loved the old school/new school idea- and thoght that Mons was a buidiful place.There was also lots of sun that day. My history teacher gave us a tour in the morning and we pretty much had all day to shop eat and play with all the people I really like from school ( My history option class - 5éme C pour la vie ! ) This picture is me and sarah hugging the poles at the train station.





The next day I went to Waterloo with Monique ,the wife of Elie, a rotarian whose house I was staying at for the weekend.Waterloo is a monument on the-you guessed it-battlefield of Waterloo. Its steeep hill with steps up to it leading to a lion ( who is holding a globe in his paw and is apparently keeping the world in order so another battle like waterloo doesnt happpen again).When I put the 's' at the end of 'step' I meant it! There are 226 stepS leading up there.If my legs werent throbbing already read on for what I did the next day!







Durby adventures is this HUGE park of like white river rafting and rock climbing and tree hugging kind of stuff.The Rotex in Belgium planned a day there for all us inbounds.We did 4 high ropes courses, a big 'ol zipline ,and a maze. High ropes courses were super cool! I loved every minute!The zipline?In-freakin-credible! The photos of me on the zipline will soon be up on my flickr but for now my bruised knees should do you over! Pretty ROCK-n-Roll , eh? Get it? ROCK and roll? Still got it.






Today is Evas' birthday! Shes FIVE! Can't belive it. My little girls growing up so darn fast! I painted her what my mom would call a prayer box and bought her some candy and a birthday pencil.I think I'm more excited about her being five than I am.It is always hard for other people to be as hyped as I am for things.





So that folks was March Madness.Not really a whole lot of madness going on I just like alitteration.Whats in store for April? absolute awesomness and assonance! No,really, I'm heading to france the 4th of April for a week to go skiing and then I'll come home to go to carnaval with the Kovacics and after I'm moving to my fourth and final host family the Violas ! 





FDL et abonnement

Have you ever had a really super day and you just wanted to Blab about it , but when you got home and had someone to tell  and/or got to your blogger login page you had nothing to say? I really like that.Nothing over the top humongorius happened.Just happy.

  Dont worry I wont get all hippy dippy or philantropical on you, just saying i'm happy. Is that alright With you?

I shouldnt have said nothing good happened because good stuff is happining.Got a bus pass.headed to a big book fair thing this weekend.Its the annuel "Foire du livre de Bruxelles" and I cannot wait. I'm buying a new journal and might just permit myself a few books if I find nice prices and from the things I've heard about the festival-I will.




Also, I got a bus pass.I really like taking the bus, but paying 40 euros a month just to get to school really got me thinking about how school really isnt worth paying that much to stand surrounded by little kids playing thier cell phne music.There's a french rap song that goes "ça fait mal, ça fait mal" 800 times and they replay it over and over.And somehow I am usually down wind from the smelly guy and a couple of inches from the guy who just put out his smelly belgian cigar.But thats just during the busy days/hours.So now everythings under control I pick the seats were no one can sit with me and I don't have to pay a but load.I got my Belgian I.D a while ago too.But, I'm wearing the same sweater! Ouch! Quelle faux-pas!

But nothing WHAM! spectacular happened just chillin'.

This morning a woman who works at the convienant store I go to a lot was all "So.. you enjoyed binche?" (reference to last post)