Salut,
Ben and I had a
challenging first week in our new home. First, we both spent
the week dealing with the never-ending flu and head cold. I am certain that we
caught the bug during our flight over. Even poor Maddie couldn’t stop sneezing!
Secondly, Ben ended up working "banking hours" for majority of the
week. By banking hours I mean chained to the desk for 20+ hours a day. I wish I
was joking. He came home most nights around 3 a.m. and even managed to set the
record (thus far) of 5:30 a.m. You can imagine my surprise finding him walking
in at dawn only to sleep for an hour and get up to do it all over again. My
schedule is much less taxing given day to day activities are spent furnishing
our new apartment, stocking the fridge, and getting a gym membership. I can
assure you that my stint as a "Belgian housewife" is temporary and
will not continue once we return to the U.S. in July - Sorry mom. I am happy to report that the yoga class was
normal complete with American music (they seem to be
big fans of JT's latest album and Pink). Fortunately,
I've done enough French lessons on Rosetta Stone to understand downward dog,
child and the cat poses. Looking forward to experiencing Belgian spin,
kickboxing, and body pump this week.
Luckily, we were
able to recover from our colds in time for the weekend. Ben was even able to
catch up on some much needed sleep. To our surprise and delight the Ferdinand
Porsche Electric to Electric Exhibit was being held in the nearby Jubilee Park.
Perfect timing! We were like children in a toy store (or chocolate factory) as
we gleefully traversed the expo center seeing the variety of cars from turn of
the century makes and models to the celebrated Porsche 911 over the past 50
years. 
The rest of our
weekend was spent walking the city center to get the "tourist sites" out
of the way . The Grand Place, Manneken Pis (a peeing statue of a little boy)
and Pierre Marcolini (top chocolatier in Belgium) were all crossed off the
list. The chocolate was incredible! Throw in a few macaroons and we were
happily walking home in a sugar induced coma. I forgot how nice it was to get
your workout in by getting around a city. I look forward to making shopping my
cardio (and chocolate my lunch) while we are here. :)
Overall, we are
adapting nicely to our new home. It is starting to look and feel like home each
day. I am still searching for the kitchen staples of cream and cinnamon to make things complete. I've
managed to adapt to milk (sigh) in my coffee for now with hopes of finding that cinnamon
soon.
Stay tuned!
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