Today was a pretty horrible day! I managed to lose the keys to my apartment... After waking my roommates at a very indecent hour to let me into the house, my friend and I managed to break into my room. I've been a prisoner here since. And because I am so brilliant, I left the address tag on the key ring, so the landlord will have to change the locks on the front door. That will hopefully happen first thing in the morning so I can go ahead with my plans to visit Brussels tomorrow. But we'll see. I won't get my hopes up too much...

I want to apologize for not updating the blog for so long. But it's been more of the same really... I've been working and partying hard! Last weekend was really great because my friend's best friend came to visit from Finland. First we took her to Overpoort. It's an area of the city that turns into a huge party every Thursday, the night before the Belgian students go home for the weekend. (Most students go back to their cities, towns and villages. It's very cute; they visit their Moms and do their laundry and always come back with Tupperware containers filled with home cooking.) Overpoort is about 20 cafes, bars and dance clubs packed into just two city blocks. Once a week they close the area to traffic and it swells with party goers.





Then last Saturday night, we went out with just the ladies for a delicious late supper at a Greek restaurant around the corner from our place. We had seafood and lamb, which we washed down with wine and ouzo, telling silly stories and laughing the whole way through... No girls night out on the town would be complete without dancing, so we hit up a couple of places before calling it a night.



And the only other photo-evidence I have from the last two weeks is from this past Monday. A group of Artevelde Hogeschool students had to organize a fashion show for their final assignment. One of my roommates was a model, so I went to show some support (she was extremely nervous to walk the catwalk in 3 inch heels!) The whole thing was so professional: red carpet, candles, champagne and hors d'oeuvres! The show featured vintage wear from local shops, and some of it was pretty great!



Overall, this past week has been very productive for me. We had our first presentations yesterday... I think they went really well. I also got a head start on some new projects. For example, we're doing a presentation on radical right parties in the EU, and also writing a paper summarizing what has happened in the EU during the last year.

So I guess that's it for now! Miss you, kusjes! xxxxxxx