I hope that every thing with you is good. From the incredible reports that I have read I can see that you are all living your experiences to the fullest.

Ok well This month and a half was fabulous. I am at the moment in Belgium for those of you who are reading this and do not know. This month we met all the other exchange students; and I had a great time. I also met up with Patricia another exchange student from Miami, that is staying here I slept over her house a few times and we went to Brussels, we also went to a cultural fair and for the most part shared our experiences as exchange students together. But like every body knows you should also meet other people so; I call her at least once every two weeks but she is definitely a rescue when I get home sick.

Well Belgium has a really great exchange program; we get together every Wednesday in Brussels in a pubb which is one of the most fantastic places in the world. The Rotary here is very out going of course we know our limits and respect them. The other exchange students are allot of fun, but I am the only one in the Dutch speaking part. Actually they do not speak Dutch it is more of a dialect it is called Flemish. The other exchange students speak French. I am trying to learn both.

Also every body were I live loves speaking to me in English they look at me and it is like I am their only way they can practice their english. So I have had to in role in classes. Also my host family has stopped talking in English to me which I really like cause at least it gives me AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE. School is incredible, it is hard but I am learning tons of things. I do not think that I have ever been so excited about going to school. The teachers are really young and down to earth, actually I went to PARIS FOR A WEEK WITH ONE OF THEM. I have gotten the chance to travel allot this month.

For those of you who know me you know I am really in to Film. I bought a digital camcorder before I left and I have been taking film of every place I go to.

Well my week in Paris was incredible, I am an art student so I got to go in to all the museums for free. So that saved me like three hundred dollars. I went to Pompidou the modern art museum, to the museum of Rodin the sculpture to the expressionist museum; to amazing parks, also to euro Disney, of course the Effie tower,and Notre Dame. My host fathers concert at night, he is a professional horn player and knows allot of people he was playing the same week in Paris so we went and saw some of his friends play it was great.

The week before I went to Gent a region in Belgium actually one of the most known placeS HERE. I stayed their a weekend. I loved it I went to five clubs in one night; with some friends and in the day I walked around had great philosophical conversation and enjoyed the surroundings.  I also went to the sea side of Belgium which is not as tropical as Miami but never the less great. I have had a great time and have met allot of people that have taught me allot about my self I do not know but truly strange things have happened here lately things I can not really go in to; because it would bring up hours of conversation but I most definitely know that I am exactly were I am suppose to be in life emotionaly and mentally. until next time.

URSULA PRADO