Spring has come to Belgium

Today after eating a brunch consisting of burgers and chips, me Oda and Olivia decided to take the train into Brussels and discover new places we haven't visited before. We went shopping at Avenue Louise and saw Brussels in a whole new way. We sang "don't worry, be happy" together with over 50 other people in the middle of the street. We were told we would become superstars. Walked into a Andy Warhol style art exhibition. We watched the rooftops of the city. Found some flowers growing outside the castle and stopped to smell the spring that has come to Belgium. And we sang Abba's "Waterloo" on the train back home.

Scan shop

As there are so many foreigners living in Waterloo there are a couple of shops selling foreign food. One of these isscan shop, which sells Scandinavian and nordic foods and products. It is good to be able to buy Finnish things if I ever get a craving for salmiakki or ryebread. They have a surprisingly large sortiment of nordic foods, so if in Belgium and in need for some Malax limppa just stop by Waterloo.

Welcome to room 101

I do not share rooms with anyone, but there are some rooms at the boarding which are share. Some of those rooms have their own bathroom and are bigger than the other rooms. Oda lives on her own in one of these shared rooms on the first floor, and this is what it looks like. There is a loft that divides up the room a bit so that the roomies have some privacy.

Slottisar

People sometimes refer to us boarding students as "slottisar". Basically if you translate it to english it means the "castleies", people living in the castle.
   Living in a castle surrounded with friends is fun. You are never alone (which can also be a negative thing) and you come up with many bizarre ideas to do together. As I wrote about my own room a few posts back I realised I haven't posted anything from the boarding common rooms. There are many common rooms that are shared by everyone at the castle. We eat all of our meals in the school dining hall, unless we cook some food ourselves in the student kitchen. We have shared showers and bathrooms, and a laundry room were we do our own laundry. In addition we have two "häng rum", rooms were we can hang out and chill. There is also a quite well equipped gym downstairs in the basement.
 Most of the castle is renovated, and not in the original state, but still there are a few rooms that still give you that castle feeling.