Two Weeks Before Departure

So now it's officially two whole weeks until I leave. I have already begun shopping and gathering items to take with me. It still seems to me in a way unreal, and I doubt that it will hit me until I am actually on the plane. My first host family seems really nice and I will attach some of the photos they sent me. She is a single mom who just sent her 18 year old daughter to India, and she has another daughter who just turned 16. I think that it will be great! I just received an email today, saying that on the 31st of this month (august), I will get to go to the palace of King Albert's II and then after dinner meet the ambassadors of each country represented in Exchange at the Federal Parliament. It sounds like so much fun! And as excited as I get, I try not to think of those certain French words that I don't know, or how much I think I will miss everyone. The Exchange student coming from France to stay with my family is named Elisabeth as well as me. I think that it will be great to meet her, and we are already planning some get togethers. The fact that I'm going on a exchange is exciting and at every moment I get I tell people where I'm going and what I'm doing. I only hope that this Exchange will be exciting and a great new adventure. And for all of you who don't know, I will try to write in this blog once a week and record all the adventures and stories and pictures I experience during my year in Belgium. So subscribe to this blog and I will also send a email each time I write. Best Wishes,
~Lizzy