Yup, I ate them...

So tonight at dinner we had a cauliflower dish with cheese and eggs, it was delicious. It was accompanied with wine, and a delicious tiramisu dessert :).

However, for an appetizer, what laid before me was just plain gross. Anchovies. Yeah yeah yeah. Tiny little fish. I tried to keep an open mind and try them, so I opened my mouth, dropped in the fish, and began to chew. At first it wasn't too bad, slightly salty, slightly vinegary, but then the fishy taste hit me. It was disgusting. Not to knock Iria's cooking, but I don't even think that these things could be prepared in any satisfying way. They aren't good. Period.

At dinner we met the woman named Geraldine and her daughter who live up stairs from us. She was a very nice french lady who asked us if we wouldn't mind babysitting her daughter a few times a month for 5 euro an hour. No problem, I will do anything to make some extra loot. We spent a few hours talking about soccer, tennis, America, and the subject I try to avoid, politics.

Well anyways, this morning I had my first history class. After taking a few minutes to find our actual classroom (Ryan and I), I was happy to see that I recognized a few faces from orientation, and a few friends that I made while on my adventures through Brussels. The teacher seems to be stuck in the 70's however, so we will see exactly how fun this class will be.

It is weird going to classes now as I am still caught up in the awe of being in a foreign country. I mean, I have only been here a week and I already have to fall into routine. Oh well, I have four more months of this so I am pumped. This afternoon Matt and I decided to just take the metro to a random stop and explore, and we ended up re-tracing our steps from the tour the other day and I took some cool pictures that I will post in a few days. We also stopped by the bakery and had an eclair..mmmmmm.....I love eclairs.

Anyways, tommorow I have two classes and then I plan on getting some rest because all of this experience is tiring!


Lesson of the day...do not eat anchovies.