Belgium, French, and foreign languages

Day 3 in Brussels and I will be departing on a bus for Luxembourg in a few hours. Walking around this city is so pleasant with all the cobblestone, statues, and historical buildings. I saw the infamous pissing boy or 'mannekin pis' which is no bigger than a small dog and crazy that it is known worldwide. Louven is a town 20 minutes train ride away that we visited yesterday. Dimitri may be going to school there so we visited the University and city. Charming and historic. In Brussels, Dutch and French are the main languages spoken. I am absolutely loving the french. Some of my past french classes are coming back to me and I really want to refresh and learn more. It is so fascinating to hear people speak numerous languages. My education dulls in comparison to the cultural experiences that Europeans encounter every day. I have 3 months to grasp as much of this as I can. We take for granted that almost anywhere we go, we will come in contact with fluent english speakers. This can make life easier, but so much can be learned through non verbal communication and mutual respect of different countries, cultures, and languages. I have had minimal language barriers with Dimitri interpreting and his great english but now I am on my own and off to Luxembourg where mostly French is spoken. So, French it is! Funny that I was so concerned with a well charged ipod for traveling around. I cannot bring myself to turn it on because I would miss hearing the many languages. My new hobby is trying to figure out what language is being spoken instead of throwing it into the "non-english" category and disregarding it any further. Well I have a bus to catch shortly:) Funny that I have been blogging for a week or so and have yet to notify anyone of this. Kind of an expensive personal journal as I pay around 2 euro for an hour of internet:) Au revoir!