A Man on the Train Called Me 'Madame'

I'm wearing horribly smelly bowling shoes. I'm also eating chips and salsa (first of the summer) and drinking beer as I bowl with a bunch of kids! Emma has a group of Latina friends here in Belgium, and all the couples are here today with their kids. It's hard core Spanish emersion... everything I used to know so well forgotten and everytime I try to speak it comes out as Italian. I did manage to say, however, "Estoy bien" rather than "sto bene." Frickin romance languages.

Bruges was beautiful. Per the movie, I avoided climbing the clock tower, though we did look at it. We just meandering the beautiful streets and looked at the steepled buildings. By now I've seen lots of churches in Europe, but I have a new favorite. It's so tiny you almost miss it! Ornate gold every where, and they even supposedly have the blood of Christ there.

This weekend was luxury. The bathroom I had to myself was bigger than the entire bedroom I've been staying in all summer. I also didn't share with 5 other girls...