09-12-2008

Belgian presentation

Laurence Sirjacobs is our Youth Exchange student from Belgium, and - as usually happens - she was given the oportunity to inform the members about her home country - Belgium. Some of Laurence's presentation, reduced to point form, appears below.

• Capital – Brussels
• Languages – Flemish, French, Dutch and German
• Population – 10million
• Money – Euros
• Independence Day – 21st July
• Country is split into 3 main areas – the different areas all speak a mixture of different languages
• Culinary – Chocolate, Mussels and Fries, Beer, Waffles both Brussels and Leige
• Famous Buildings/Places – L’Atomium, Grand Place of Brussels, Le Palais Royale, Rue Neuve (Brussels Shopping street) and Cinquantenalle – Belgium’s Arc de Triomphe
• Famous Statues – Manneken Piss, The Lion of Waterloo
• Famous People – Jean-Claude Van Damme, Herge (creator of Tintin), Kim Klijsters and Peyo (the creator of Smurfs)
• You can cross Belgium in 4 hours
• Laurence lives near Waterloo. When she gets home she wants to study Hotel Management. To do this she will need to learn 4 languages – French, Flemish, English and Spanish.

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