'Cause I'm a gypsy

So I'm back in Brussels from San Sebastian and life is getting more and more normal by the day. Brussels is really starting to feel like home. I'm meeting more and more really cool people by the day and have a few really good friends already. My list of places I have to travel to is also growing by the day with the more people I meet from all over Europe. We're now up to Hannover, Berlin, Bremen, Munich, Antwerp, San Sebastian, Paris, London, and Ireland. Quite possibly all before the end of 2010. I love living here. I already have plans to go to Paris to visit Alison with Olivia and Julija the 10th to 12th of September, and to go to Hannover with Julija to party together for our birthdays and see Vera the second weekend in October. Coming back to Brussels is also nice. I find that every time I have to show someone around and show off the city and the touristy places I find something new to love about the city and living here in Europe. I just feel so fortunate for being able to live here and have all these experiences. I also feel very fortunate and thank the universe for the amazing people I have met; you know who you are ;)

I really think the trip to San Sebastian did me a world of good. It was definitely the right choice; just meant to be I guess. Looking at the pictures, it already feels very surreal that I was in such a beautiful WARM place with such great company just earlier this week. However because of Spain, I'm noticing more and more the latin influence around me here. Just earlier tonight we were at a Latina Festival on the Street. Pulled out the Spanish again, drank some Sangria and Corona, had an empanada... I really do miss Spanish, and I want to re-learn/brush up my Spanish. Maybe after all the company leaves my apartment, in my spare time before school starts I'll track down a cheap textbook. I have a friend actually who speaks Spanish and wants to brush up on her French, maybe we can come to an arrangement ;) There's just so many other cultures and people out there, and language is basically the key to the gate. I mean, I might as well take advantage of all the opportunities here to learn another language and be able to practice it every day if I wanted!

I have also had Shakira stuck in my head ever since hearing her everywhere in San Sebastian, and the Brazilian girl we met reminding me of her when she said she must be a gypsy.

"Not the homecoming kind
Take the top off and who knows what you might find
Won't confess all my sins
You can bet I'll try it but you can't always win

Cause I'm a gypsy
Are you coming with me?
I might steal your clothes
And wear them if they fit me
Never made agreements
Just like a gypsy
And I won't back down
Cause life's already bit me
And I won't cry
I'm too young to die
If you're gonna quit me
Cause I'm a gypsy"

I think it's fitting :)