Hola! A Brit Abroad will be taking up the Friday posts.
Actually, you could say one of the main reasons for me starting this blog was because of this topic. That combined with wanting somewhere to share writing advice.
For those of you who don't know, I currently live abroad on my own (and will do until August). Specifically, I live in a little country called Belgium, which I'm sure that many of you won't have heard of unless you have a fascination for Belgian chocolate, because I know there are some Americans who claim that they invented the waffle and for some reason French fries got named after the French. (Yes, the Belgians invented the waffle and French fries. Sorry, guys. On the other hand, the chocolate, waffles and fries here are all fantastic. I've put on five kilos since I arrived, and I'm sure some of that can be blamed on the delicious food.)
To be even more specific, I actually live in the capital of this little country. I've been told that it's amongst the top ten safest capital cities in the world, but seeing as it was a Belgian who told me this and I often have difficulty telling whether or not he's being totally serious (or understanding him, for that matter), I'm not totally sure if that's true. I've never bothered to check if he's right. And no, narrowing it down to this particular city isn't going to help you find me.
As it's quite rare to find somebody as young as me living abroad on her own, I constantly get asked "what are you doing here?" "How long are you staying here?" "Why did you choose to come?" "What's it like?" and questions of that sort. And since I'm having a (mostly) lovely time, I thought it might be nice to share some of my experiences of being abroad.
WARNING: This may contain posts that are unrelated to Belgium but still related to being abroad. I take no responsibility for any trauma that may be invoked by not mentioning Belgian chocolate at least twice every post.
And while we're talking about food, I'm not actually sure if Brussels is related to the Brussel sprout, but I do know that all the streets leading out of the Grande Place were named after foods.
TBG
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