...expecting to be somewhere else. This happened for years after Hawaii. Almost everyday I'd wake up expecting to be in that overcrowded little apartment with everyone hi hoeing off to work and me wondering how best I should waste my day. In the water by 7...Magnum PI by 9...free hula show at the Shell bye 10:30...exploring and wait for Kat to get off work. Now it only happens maybe once in a while. This doesn't happen with Europe thou. In Edegem we were there for only like 2 weeks but we were ultra busy and at times it seemed a lot like work. As with Hawaii I treasure and miss my time in Edegem. But unlike Hawaii I don't have a little reminder of how things once were.
A mile in my shoes.
I love playing with Google Earth. I know where a lot of the past Real World houses are. I've seen most of the locations for shows such as the OC, Fast and Furious, etc. I know where a lot of my friends houses are. Now I'm going to use it while I finish my stories about Europe so you the random reader may walk a mile in my shoes or if you like 1.61 K's. I think I'm going to plow through the rest of Edegem, because most of the particulars I can't remember and besides most of it will be on the final DVD anyways, and get on with the adventures throughout Europe.
So far most of the adventures in Edegem happened in Festival Hal. 51*09'19.28"N 4*26'34.70"E. The house I was staying at 51*09'29.63"N 4*26'48.74"E. The field we danced at in Hof Ter Linden is at 51*09'37.96"N 4*26'13.33"E
The Monday of Aug 14th there was a picnic in a gym somewhere but Pat and I missed it. Our host family spent every spare moment taking us to someplace amazing. This particular trip I can't particularly remember where we went. I believe this is the morning we went to Bruugge. That morning our host family met up with Marc and Romeo's host family. We started with a nice lunch and then we explored one of the most beautiful cites in the world. Whats that famous Italian city with the canals? Sicily? This is called 'Sicily' of the north. We took a nice boat ride around the city and we all climbed up a giant spire. I believe it was called the Belfry or Belfort and stands 83 metres tall. The view from the top was breathtaking. It's amazing how 800 hundred years ago people were able to make things like this without the benefit of sky cranes or materials like steel or concrete. It was on this day I started noticing small matching blisters on my pinkie toes. I thought it was because of the new stage. So Marc et al left for Edegem and made it on time for our practice that afternoon. We left maybe 15 mins later and were severely late. This was also the day of WWIII.
We had two performances that day, one for the Seniors in the afternoon and then a night performance. I believe this was the night of Jamille's Voyage Vinta. The whole time at practice Jamille was very unsteady and I could see it in her eyes that she was unhappy with Romeo and my carrying. A few times I thought she was going to cry. We practiced all day and I figured out Romeo was taking these giant steps that was causing me to shuffle my feet tying to keep Jamille's ride smooth. This practice started out with a few Sicilians watching and then some left to bring them all out to watch, even BMOC. And that night KP's newest soloist was born. All I remember was that when we did our final exit that night everyone started screaming and jumping up and down in the wings. And as soon as Jambon and Jenilee locked eyes they both started crying. Why do girls do that? That night the organizing committee requested Vinta as our closing day encore and we started pimping ourselves trying to sell the DVDs. It was recently brought to my attention that the DVDs we were selling had the wrong region encoding and that everyone that bought one probably can't watch it. That night we partied like usual and brought home our Spanish gear.
Rhoel
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