Bienvenue a Belgium

We arrived in Belgium yesterday morning to complete our final leg of our move. The flight left Newark the evening of the 4th and arrived 7.5 hours later in Bruxelles (Brussels). Our sponsor met us at the airport and we rode down to SHAPE to begin our adventure. It was nice to see a big smile on Buff's face when the driver spoke French to her. She bumbled a bit but was able to recall her 13 years of French schooling and communicate back. I only picked up that Canada gets a lot of snow and that Belgium gets a little. It was nice to see her working her memory to be able to communicate. The area is beautiful and reminds me a lot of Ontario Canada with its flat terrain, farm fields and fall colors. All we basically did yesterday was to check in to our hotel room and start the base check in procedures. We were able to get the girls registered at school and they will begin Wednesday morning. Thanks to Buff's work while in Japan the registration went very smoothly. The only snag was that we arrived after 1300 and that delayed the first day for the girls by one day. So we'll go to school orientation the Wednesday morning and then the girls get to be introduced to their classes. Very exciting. I got to drive our new car yesterday. It arrived before we got here and we got all of our paperwork in order so that we can temporarily drive it. Today we will continue checking in and start our house hunting experience. Friends of ours who just arrived two weeks ago were able to find a house and are moving in later this week or early next week. They had positive things to say about the prospects. Now it's just a matter of putting in the miles and seeing what's out there. Wish us luck. I'll keep you posted on our progress and let you know how life is in Belgium. Thanks to all of the family and friends for your support in our move.