Thursday, October 21st

Today I met Hannah and Emma in Turnhout. We could only meet for an hour but better than nothing, so we had some fries and chatted for a bit, before I took the bus home. Or I didn't take it home because apperantly the last bus to Meersel-Dreef leaves at 17.30, and I had been told that it was 18.30. Luckily the bus was at least going to Hoogstraten and there I had to wait for 35 minutes until Sam's dad could pick me up.

I've really realized now that I live pretty far out in the country and I'll tell you why:

• There are enclosed pasture-lands everywhere with cows in them
• You see green fields everywhere
• It smells like cow when you walk outside
• Every day when I go back and forth to Turnhout, I see at least 30 tractors with trailers among the other cars on the roads
• When the sun goes up in the morning the cocks are crowing

But it's really pretty and everything is still green. When I ride the bus I always sit with my head against the window so I can see the nature and all the houses. They must have really good architects here in Belgium because all the houses are so cool, and they are bulding everywhere (the building business must be a big market here) so most of the houses are pretty new and hardly worn.