Yay, we finally have friends!!!

In one night, we have seemed to be able to DOUBLE the amount of friends we have here in Brussels! We met Hal and Anna on Saturday (both UGA Law grads, and they got married in Athens, GA too!) so we were able to get lots of Xpat advice from them. Hal is here (for the past year) working for Deloitte and Anna is just hanging out (the whole work visa affects her too). Such a small world...Anna grew up in Tucker and knows of Matthews Cafeteria (and Anna Greene Copeland) and she went to Davidson and knows Katie Wells! Hal is from Orangeberg and Columbia, SC. This just goes to show that you think no one will know what you do....but your history follows you EVERYWHERE!!!

Hal and Anna introduced us to lots of their Deloitte friends who were kind enough to welcome us with open arms. We met Christine (Memphis, TN), Dan (Wisconsin), Asa (Dallas, TX), Etta and Joseph (Denmark), and Luis (Spain). After all going to the Christmas Market in downtown Brussels (and drinking LOTS of Vin Chaud--Hot Spiced Wine) we headed back to Dan's house. He is quite the host, with a wonderful apartment in close proximity to everything, and with plenty of food and drinks! We ordered pizzas and had an incredibly comfortable, enjoyable and memorable time, considering we had just met these people 3 hours before! They were kind enough to welcome us with open arms, and I think we have really found some good friends.

In even better news, I have found a dealer/supplier! You must all be wondering what kind of supplies I mean, and that would be American items!!! Christine's dad is from the Netherlands and comes over here every few months for business, so she told me he would bring over whatever I needed...including Double Stuff Oreos!!! Apparently it is a big thing that she can always cook with Bisquick. Dan was even kind enough to use one of his few boxes of (American) brownie mix on us! I felt SOOO honored!!!

***Thought for the day***
Enjoy and cherish every little thing you have that you might take for granted...from your easy to make Brownie mix, to your friends who are just a phone call away to your comfortable bed (that is your own!!!). These are things Kyle and I have done without for the last two months, and I definitely enjoy and appreciate them even more now!!!