Busy Week

This past week has been very busy for me. Friday after school I went into the city quickly with some friends before meeting with Rebeca in the Grand Place. We were then taken to the ethias trophy tennis tournament of Mons. We watched three matches over the course of six hours, all of which were singles. We saw:

• Dustin Brown (Jamaica) against Igor Sijsling (Netherlands)
• Steve Darcis (Belgium) against Denis Gremelmayr (Germany)
• and Marc Gicquel (France) against  Kristof Vliegen (Belgium

The former of each listed won the respective match. It was long, but entertaining nonetheless. After all the matches had finished Rebeca and I were dropped off by a Rotarian at Rebeca's house in town, where I spent the night. 

Saturday morning we woke up early in order to catch our train at 7:00 to Namur. All went well and we were received with all the other exchange students from Belgium at the station, whereupon we left and trekked across the city by foot to visit the Walloon Parliament. Afterwards we all went out in little groups to have lunch in the heart of the city. Afterwards we took a boat ride along the Meuse (Maas) River that flows through Namur. We went all the way down to Wépion, where I saw the Chinese restaurant Chez Chen that I had eaten at with the Rossis before dropping Andrea off at Gembloux earlier in September. Afterwards they let  us go, and we walked around the city, went to a café and then took the train back to Mons. That night we went to ethias trophy again for a gala, with a really nice dinner. Afterwards, I went to the Rossis.

Sunday I went to a procession - la procession de Saint Denis, which went to little chapels around the village. Sunday evening we went back for the last time to ethias trophy to see the final match of the tournament for singles: Steve Darcis (Belgium) vs. Adrian Mannarino (France). The Belgian unfortunately lost. 

Yesterday I began my sixth week of school. Today I was invited by some nice Belgian girls to lunch for the first time with them, and I enjoyed myself, they were very nice and inquisitive. 

À la prochaine!