Nothing Good Has Happened Yet

Alright, I'm lying! Good things have happened over the last week, and I'm not complaining. It's just that I could link this to a single from a new band I found the other day, UK rockers We Are The Ocean (video below).

Good things started last tuesday with the passing of my drivers exam, thursday it continued, as my visa was granted. Saturday it continued with our street BBQ, people from my street all gathering in front of my house, at the little roundabout that marks the dead end of our dead end street, all talking, drinking, eating and having some social time, whereas I only really see the people a few times a month, while going to university/work or whatever, and I never really get beyond "hello!" or anything similar. Then, also, I got word of the possible transfer of a Lowlands ticket, and I was ready to head to Belgium for a stay in a luxury hotel.

That stay started off with the little story described below. What I haven't mentioned yet, is that I managed to say the sentence "Damn, what a hotel!" for about 5+ times within the first two hours of my stay there. Later, when I'm on my laptop, sorting all the photos, I'll give a slight impression.
The breakfast (as I remember ending there last time) was really nice. Everything was fresh and aplenty, with croissants, pain du chocolat, bacon and eggs, all kinds of spreads and a proper selection of fruits and yoghurts. Usually I'm a fan of melon, but this one could've been better. Needless to say, it was still welcome! The pineapple and oranges really stood out as an early morning dessert, and the view from the breakfast room wasn't that bad either (no pictures of that, unfortunately, as I haven't been rude enough to take my camera in there).

On monday we went to the city of Brussels. Visited the Atomium (feel free to Google Image for those, it will probably look the same as my not-yet-stored-and-uploaded-pictures) but didn't go inside. We went to see the Chinese Pavilion and Japanese Tower, but to our surprise, those attractions were closed. As far as I can tell, August is still tourist season in Europe, but that wasn't the worst about this just yet. A small open chapel was being closed down with some easy wires as apparently, the doors weren't holding that well!
Then went to see Manneken Pis in the city centre. Might be hilarious if the mindset is still close to someone who has just hit puberty, but it really is nothing much to me anymore. There's quite a bit of crowd to be found around the tiny (in more ways than one) statue over there, and that showed me that, as expected, it indeed is tourist season. Made a photo of the statue with its crowd too, as well as one with just the statue for those who never saw it before (then again, I advise you to do some online searching).
Walked around the city for a bit longer, saw nothing interesting there, and bought close to nothing. Got myself "A rough guide to Miami and South Florida" for a few Euros to browse and occasionally study information about my future environment.

Tuesday got home after a long drive, which I didn't do as I was quite tired. Managed to complete David Baldacci's "Last Man Standing", listened to some music on the way back, and then we stopped in Breda for some shopping and some lunch. Didn't buy anything there again, but had a better feeling walking there than in Brussels. No offense.
Got home around 3 or something. Went to pick up my passport at the postal office since they came to deliver it when we weren't here, and I needed to identify myself and sign for it. So I did, and I became the proud owner of a passport with a great J-1 Visa Sticker in it.

Around 4, a sweater arrived, which I ordered online. Suits me well, and looks good, and it will be used later during the day (or night) at Lowlands and might be useful for the relatively colder nights in "winter" Florida later.

Went to watch the season finale of I Survived A Japanese Gameshow and got reminded to really sign up for any active gameshow at some point (as I've already been on a lingual gameshow called Lingo, with my mum, last summer).
Now, after some more internet related waste of time, I'm writing this, and am going to share yet another youtube video with you. Don't turn it off when the screaming starts. Or, do it if you please. The song is nothing special in terms of lyrics either, but I still love listening to their demos.