Second Day on my own

Today was very very chouette. I got up early and ate breakfast at the hostel before taking my presents for Shirah and the family to them. It was a confusing process involving me taking a bus the wrong direction before figuring out which way to go and then getting directions from a nice old lady and a bank teller and then seeing Shirah on a street corner. Yay (I still dont know how to use an exclamation point on this freaking dutch keyboard). Im trying to sort through my pictures and get them in the right folders; but its proving difficult. That and my camera seems to like to go through a set of batteris in a single day, yeesh. Thats ok though, Ive got a secret plan to work around that. Anywho, after I saw shirah I went back to the hostel and met 3 girls: a 22 year old painter from England; a 25 year old teacher from france; and a 21 year old Psychology major from France. They were very nice, and I hoped to spend the day in Brussels with them, but I had to go check on when Nicolas wanted me in Paris, and by the time I got back they were gone. Ill see them tonight though, thatll be fun. I also met a proffessional long jumper (cool huh?) who runs for Asics and is competing in brussels next week. Ill see her tonight too.
Anywho, after leaving the hostel I went and walked around Brussels, through the Botanique Gardens and all around le Grande Place. I got 3 different Gaufre de leges, and they were all incredible. I need to find a recipe for those. Lets see, what else... oh ya, I stopped in a used book store that was way cool and picked up a recipe book and some french fables qnd then went looking through some belgian chocolate shops. I also went into a couple of cool churches today; and took something like 115 pictures (for anyone keeping tally). oh, and I also went exploring through the brussels justice building today, which is one of the biggest places Ive ever been in. I literally spent like 3 hours exploring in that place, it was so cool. I think I ended up in a lot of places I wasnt supposed to be, but no signs said not to, and a lot of doors were open if you pushed them. The place was so cool....dang. I was trying to find my way to the top, and I got pretty close, but never quite made it. I also saw a street fair sort of thing going on, and a lady told me it was for an organization named ATD that promotes awareness about poverty, especially for kids. The fair was for underpriviliged kids, and I signed my name to their list of supporters (no money pledges, just a promise to try and help out if theyre ever in my area).

Anywho, great day. Tomorrow I leave for Paris and I dont know when I will get the chance to write again, but I promise Ill try.

Bon Nuit,

Garrett