We met our landlord last week. Her name is Annamie and she invited us right away to a neighborhood holiday party. Of course, we accepted and attended. It was last night. It was FREEZING! Wind chill of -2C (28F)!
There were many nice people and many of them spoke Engels so we got to meet several of our new buren (neighbors). I notice people are intrigued by what brings Americans to Hasselt and they want to know all about us. I am humbled by the fact that these people are no different than us. They go to work, have fun when they can, and love their family.
I failed to take any pictures despite taking my camera! We met our landlord's husband Jan, their other son Peter (had already met one son, Bert), another guy named Peter, another guy named Jan. Very popular names here. A couple expecting a baby boy next week! I can't remember their names, but do remember their friend's name - Elke. The baby has no name yet. They did like the name of our grandson :)
Still sometimes seems surreal that we are here, but I'm glad we went to the buurtfeest. We appreciated the invitation and the warm welcome to the buurt.
People are people and "there is nothing new under the sun". Glad you went and had fun.
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