Arrived/ Aangekomen

Dear all,

First of all I want to let you know I arrived safely in Suriname!

Secondly why am I writing in English. I have family all over the world and I also want them to be part of my adventurous! : ) And I want my cousin Anne to tell my gorgeous godson John what she godmother is all up to!

How did I get in Suriname? We left Mortsel at 3am in the morning. Thinking we were driving the right direction, my mamy was quit nervous, my sister took over de roadmap and we arrived on time in Schiphol airport. First I didn’t want to get out of the car, dear Alexia pulled me out. I was shaking all over because I was so nervous! Luckily my dearling sister was there to calm me. Dank u lieve alexia, je was een grote hulp. My papy had some tears, and me, I just cried! : )
Luckily we were with 7 to leave, so it was fun not being alone.

The journey was ok, quit long though... And I think of the 9h35 flight I slept 2 hours! It is a record for me!

Arriving in Suriname we got out of the plain and immediately we had the warmth greeting us! 30°c!! 86 F!! Yes, I’m happy!!

We had some very nice people waiting for us at the airport, oeff! Some very happy faces as well.

The trip from the airport to the house was great, we really had the time to look around, and see what Paramaribo had to offer.

The house looks great! Small but ok, very very hot, we have to pay extra for airco, so still thinking about that..

The nice sweet old couple came to our house and they took us shopping all ready, so the first basic stuff is done. Then they took us for a meal. They really are sweet. Tomorrow morning they are making us breakfast and taking us to the most important places.

Afther the meal they showed me and the other girls the places where we have to do our work experience, the place where I am going, they are working, so tomorrow I have to phone to ask them where I have to go.. A little bit of a panic... Hope it all get sorted.

Now, it is 8.40 pm or 00.37 am in Belgium.. So I am exhausted, very sorry for the mistakes in writing and not having a very coherent story.. It will be better in a couple of days.

To end I would like to thank everybody who phoned me or text me, the fact that you all thought of me on this big day means a lot!

Cher mamy et papy, un grand grand merci pour la chance que vous me donner. Je vous aime et je vous embrasse bien fort.

Mijn allerliefste Alexia, bedankt voor de lieve brief en vanmorgen op de luchthaven, je bent mijn held!

Lieve Matthias, bedankt voor de tekening, ik hang ze in mijn kamer!

En tenslotte maar zeker niet de minste, mijn lieve lieve vrienden, Charlotte,Liesbeth, Marie, Nathalie,Sus, Sofie en Thierry, heel heel erg bedankt voor de lieve hartverwarmende en deugddoende woorden in het boekje, natuurlijk heb ik gelijk een klein kind geweend.. Maar wat was ik blij met dat boekje. Ik ga het hier zeker nog nodig hebben op de moeilijke momenten..

Thank you all very much,

Dikke zoenen en veel liefs!