We are full to the rafters. The school is hosting the Girls Varsity soccer tournament and 12 teams from Europe and the Middle East are participating. Our school is in charge of finding housing for all of the girls and as parents of a girl soccer player, we are expected to come up with a bed or two for their use. We did, or Kiki did. It isn’t easy because the tournament is the same week Auntie S. and Matador are visiting, although they are on a side trip to Paris for a few days. It is crowded but we are making do.
The girls staying in our house are from Brussels. They go to the International School there and they are both lovely. One is German and the other is from Brazil. They both speak excellent English, unaccented to my ear. They are very friendly, outgoing, polite and sweet. Kiki was a little worried that she might not have a lot to say to these girls but it has been like a three night sleepover at our house, giggling, watching MTV and messaging friends – and that is just Chizz. Seriously, it shows that kids are pretty much the same everywhere. They like the same televisions shows, have Myspace pages, shop at the same stores, like some of the same music. The Brussels girls couldn’t wait to go to Starbucks the other morning, apparently they don’t have Starbucks in Brussels but it didn’t stop the girls from being very familiar with the red cups and have their own favorite coffee drinks. Tonight Kiki is taking them downtown to do a bit of shopping and see the Christmas lights which were officially lit earlier this week. They leave tomorrow after their final games.
Oh yeah, the soccer has been good too. So far the Brussels girls are 2-1, our school is undefeated but I understand the games have been very competitive. Kiki’s JV team won their tournament and finished the season undefeated and didn’t have one goal scored on them all season. No rest for the wicked, though swim team starts in 5 days!!
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