Dear friends and family,
After constant nagging from my friend Nurit, I finally got around to our very first blog posting! Come back here from time to time to get the latest news the land of waffles and beer.
It's now been more than two months since we left DC for Brussels. Time has flown by! I wish we had more to show for it than a half-furnished apartment and lots of unpacked boxes. Life here is a little slower than in the US and we just can't get things done as quickly as we used to. However, we managed to get the most important thing done, which was to find us some sweet digs. After weeks of searching and visiting some very uhm...unique places, I finally found us a really nice 3-bedroom(!) apartment just 20 minutes from the center of Brussels. The apartment has a large balcony for enjoying to occasional sunshine and a fireplace for those long gloomy winter days. What more could we have asked for?! We'll upload some pictures once I get around to taking some.
Alex is well ensconsed in his position as director of defence and security issues at the Nato Parliamentary Assembly. The work is interesting, his colleagues are all pleasant, and he's usually home by 6pm on most evenings. What a change from DC! For more information on his work, check out this link: http://www.nato-pa.int/
We've both reconnected with the local frisbee scene here in Brussels, which is more thriving than you might imagine. Our first week here we went to a pick-up game. The second week I got invited to play with the Belgian Women's Team. The third week I was asked to coach (and still play) the Belgian Women's Team. So I'm dedicating myself over the next couple of months to mold the women's team into a lean, mean ultimate machine. We're training for the European Championships, which will be held in August in South Hampton, England.
Since I've recently stopped working for my company in DC and am between jobs, I've also taken up a new function as travel agent. We recently spent the long Easter weekend with Alex's family in the South of France, and in May we're headed to Madeira (Portugal) to celebrate our five year wedding anniversary.
I guess all in all we're doing really well. We miss all of our friends of course and are really looking forward to seeing you all on this side of the atlantic. We have a wonderful guest bedroom that is now open for business!
Big hugs to all,
Anouk and Alex
