Can you believe we've been here 3 months......
And we are already attending our first Belgian wedding? Catherine, the girl who reports to Scott, was married about 6 months ago in the government ceremony and this past weekend was the big family/friend wedding. It's expected in the Belgian culture that colleagues of the couple attend to show support. The ceremony started at 11:30 am and the friend/colleague reception was from 4 - 6 and the family/close friend dinner/dancing reception was at 6. We went back and forth all week as to if we were actually invited to attend the ceremony. We finally settled on a native Belgian's advice and only attended the 4-6 reception. The reception was about 30 minutes away from Brugge, close to Gent. It was a beautiful day for an outside reception. Of course everyone is speaking Dutch so Scott and I are just hanging out on our own and a group of people our age decided to join us. They noticed Scott and I speaking English and then started speaking to us in English and look what we found out: The guy, Oliver, actually lived in Atlanta for a year(2001-2002) and graduated from GA TECH. He stayed in Sandy Springs off of Riverside in the huge castle-like mansion on the corner. His girlfriend, Alice, also lived in Atlanta for 3 months. They live in Ghent now but grew up in Brugge. They actually know our landlord and where we live. We really hope to keep in touch with them!
After the reception we decided to go to Gent for dinner. Ok, I'll just go ahead and tell you before you notice the dates on the pictures below. MY CAMERA BATTERIES DIED AGAIN!! I usually bring the camera bag (with the extra batteries) with me but since I only had a small purse for the wedding, only the camera would fit in there. URGH! However, since we visited Ghent back in January, I've posted those pictures so my stupidity doesn't have to ruin your viewing pleasure.
We had dinner across the street from the Gravensteen Castle at a quaint Italian pizza restaurant. Europe has the best thin crust pizzas. I always get the Pizza Funghi (pizza with mushrooms) and Scott always gets the Pizza Salami (Pepperoni Pizza - it's has a little stronger taste than the pepperoni's we are used to in the U.S.)
Gent is a very beautiful medieval city. I love to visit Gent right around sunset. When the sun sets the city becomes magical. The lights shining off of the castle and the canals. Very romantic.
Who's looking forward to the Fall TV line-up - ME!!! I don't think I've mentioned it before but my favorite new invention is the SLING-BOX. It allows us to watch U.S television on our laptop (which we use an s-video cord to view through our television) The slingbox is connected to my friend's house back in the U.S. (There's a lot of technology involved so I won't go through the whole instruction manual, but if you want more information just call us.) They have an extra TIVO box which we use so we can record or watch any channels they have. Tonight we'll be tivo'ing Monday Night Football with the Vikings!
There's not too much happening our way until October. Scott's mom will be visiting us starting Oct. 1 and then we will start our traveling up again. We're taking 2 trips while she is here: the first trip (just a Saturday and Sunday) is still a secret for her so we won't mention it until later, but the second trip is to PRAGUE, Czech Republic.
Nog een pretigge dag. Dag!
Have a nice day. Bye!
And we are already attending our first Belgian wedding? Catherine, the girl who reports to Scott, was married about 6 months ago in the government ceremony and this past weekend was the big family/friend wedding. It's expected in the Belgian culture that colleagues of the couple attend to show support. The ceremony started at 11:30 am and the friend/colleague reception was from 4 - 6 and the family/close friend dinner/dancing reception was at 6. We went back and forth all week as to if we were actually invited to attend the ceremony. We finally settled on a native Belgian's advice and only attended the 4-6 reception. The reception was about 30 minutes away from Brugge, close to Gent. It was a beautiful day for an outside reception. Of course everyone is speaking Dutch so Scott and I are just hanging out on our own and a group of people our age decided to join us. They noticed Scott and I speaking English and then started speaking to us in English and look what we found out: The guy, Oliver, actually lived in Atlanta for a year(2001-2002) and graduated from GA TECH. He stayed in Sandy Springs off of Riverside in the huge castle-like mansion on the corner. His girlfriend, Alice, also lived in Atlanta for 3 months. They live in Ghent now but grew up in Brugge. They actually know our landlord and where we live. We really hope to keep in touch with them!
After the reception we decided to go to Gent for dinner. Ok, I'll just go ahead and tell you before you notice the dates on the pictures below. MY CAMERA BATTERIES DIED AGAIN!! I usually bring the camera bag (with the extra batteries) with me but since I only had a small purse for the wedding, only the camera would fit in there. URGH! However, since we visited Ghent back in January, I've posted those pictures so my stupidity doesn't have to ruin your viewing pleasure.
We had dinner across the street from the Gravensteen Castle at a quaint Italian pizza restaurant. Europe has the best thin crust pizzas. I always get the Pizza Funghi (pizza with mushrooms) and Scott always gets the Pizza Salami (Pepperoni Pizza - it's has a little stronger taste than the pepperoni's we are used to in the U.S.)
Gent is a very beautiful medieval city. I love to visit Gent right around sunset. When the sun sets the city becomes magical. The lights shining off of the castle and the canals. Very romantic.
Who's looking forward to the Fall TV line-up - ME!!! I don't think I've mentioned it before but my favorite new invention is the SLING-BOX. It allows us to watch U.S television on our laptop (which we use an s-video cord to view through our television) The slingbox is connected to my friend's house back in the U.S. (There's a lot of technology involved so I won't go through the whole instruction manual, but if you want more information just call us.) They have an extra TIVO box which we use so we can record or watch any channels they have. Tonight we'll be tivo'ing Monday Night Football with the Vikings!There's not too much happening our way until October. Scott's mom will be visiting us starting Oct. 1 and then we will start our traveling up again. We're taking 2 trips while she is here: the first trip (just a Saturday and Sunday) is still a secret for her so we won't mention it until later, but the second trip is to PRAGUE, Czech Republic.
Nog een pretigge dag. Dag!
Have a nice day. Bye!
posted by Lacy Eichenberger at 2:39 AM
1 Comments:
So, I shouldn't tell you what the score of the game is right now...
Eeeeee... the more you write, the more excited I am to see you!!! We miss you wickedly. We're finally having a poker party next weekend, wish you were here.
Love, Danielle
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