Welcome to Le Desente De La Lesse. This weekend I kayacked down the Lesse River, which is a beautiful river somewhere in belgium.. don't ask me where, we started at Houyet and finished at Anseremme. Exchange students from all three rotary districts in Belgium were there, as well as rebounds and Rotex. The lovely female above is Rose, of Kamloops, British Columbia! It's amazing to come so far and meet someone from so close.

As you can surely see I quite enjoyed taking pictures of the bridges.. and Rose too.. At times the kayacking reminded me of being in Canada, with the water and the forest, at other times I felt like I was in Lord of the Rings, and of course whenever I saw a bridge or the castle, I was reminded all over again that I was still here in beautiful Belgium.
The water was perfect all day.. or at least so I thought. Those of the exchange students who come from warmer countries, such as Mexico.. or Florida... were rather cold to say the least. I guess that's what one gains from living in Canada.. a knowledge of what is truely cold!
Voici Olivier. For those of you who don't know, he was an exchange student to BC (Vancouver) last year. It's an odd feeling talking with someone in a country almost half way around the world that you've talked to in your own town. I got splashed for the taking the trouble to say hi! =D
The picture wasn't that good, but that's Alex. He's my host brother in my second family. Now, a story. In order to go kayacking we had to take the train. Now, the train left at 6:11 from the train station in Arlon, and we had to catch a connecting train to Houyet later on from Libremont. I'm sure you can see where this story is going.. We missed the train. I thought it was funny at the time.. Alex found it funny after the fact. Basically we went to the wrong terminal, and the train left before we got to the right one. The best part? We drove 200 km/hr down the highway to Libremont to catch our connecting train. That was.. interesting! Now depending on who you ask, it's my fault or his.. It should be interesting living in the same house.. especially when you think this was only the second time we've met.
Look! A castle! I want one! Can I have one! Pretty Please! S.V.P. One day.. Maybe..
It's times like these that I'm reminded I am in a foriegne country.
Rose has all the best pictures. Not fair! It's because I was taking them I guess.
There were quite a few exchange students.. and if you were wondering, in no way was this white water kayacking. In fact, I don't think such a thing exists in Belgium.. due to the fact that it is mostly flat..
So there's the one picture of me for all of you who missed my beautiful face. This was taken when I was busy pushing kayacks out of the rocks. A great day I think. And after a ride home (we avoided taking the train this time) and a nice shower, a good nap was in order! I <3 Belgium!!