The End to an Amazing Year

After a (way too short feeling) last week with my family and friends, I left Belgium and came back to Casco, Maine. No doubt, feeling too busy to keep up with my blog while catching up with everyone here.

After a month back home, yes, I miss Belgium. I miss my family, my friends, my school and my volleyball team. The most rewarding thing about this whole experience is meeting people who have both made me a better person, and taught me a lot about the world around me. I wouldn't be where I am today without them. And although we're far apart, I know our paths will cross again. 

Thanks for the support of my blog throughout this whole year. It's been great (:

Dank jullie wel, iedereen. Jullie hebben mijn jaar echt perfect gemaakt. Ik mis jullie nu al. <3333

Hot Air Balloon!

I went up in a hot air balloon with AFS and it was so much fun!
I'm not sure about how much distance that we covered.. but we spent a good 1 1/2 hours in the air. We even had someone parachuting out of our balloon. So cool!
We had about 16 people in the whole thing.. I didn't realize how big they actually are.

Anyway.. here are some of the best pictures of the day.

Last Week of School!

LAST DAYS OF SCHOOL

All these pictures are from the last two weeks of school! We had a lot of fun and just took pictures the whole time.

Making zucchini bread with Christina.(:

SCHOOL BBQ

PROM!

I went and got ready with a few friends for prom(: We all just had short dresses but it was still such a fun night. When we got there, the whole place was decorated and there was live music. Later, we had a DJ who was really really good. The theme of the ball was "American Prom" so of course there was "Punch" in a big bowl. Like in the movies.. :P

GRADUATION!

We went with the whole class a few days ago and finally got our diplomas.
I was pretty excited and I got a great gift from my school. Kuifje (Tin-Tin) is a Belgian comic strip. The school gave me a book and a really great letter to go with it. I was surprised and really grateful!

Gent!

Gent is a really beautiful city. I've only been there for a few hours.. and I wasn't able to see much.. but I really can't wait to go back and actually visit. Here are a few pictures of the day.

AFS BBQ

We had a BBQ with AFS a few weeks ago. It's always really fun when we get everyone together again after a while. We had a big cookout (indoors due to the rain) with people from ZUL and NOL and MIL (three AFS committees). 

AFS made a present for us to give to our host families and also a gift for us, a yearbook cd with every exchange student on it. We also had to dance in front of everyone.

During the cookout, TV-Limburg was there and recorded some of it. It aired on TV the next Friday (: