Noemie's diary

Monday 8th February 2010
I was surprised by the chaos who be past on the Belgian roads. Many cars were stopped on the motorways because of the speed limits but in the same time, the prince Philippe was driving at 120 kilometre per hour !!!! I think that it isn't normal because the prince should give the example... More personally, on Monday we retired with our class to Libramont. That was funny, we learned how the brethren live, we asked them our questions and we did many entertaining plays. At night, we went for a walk in the wood near the monastery and I found that a little frightening !

Tuesday 9th February 2010
We woken up in the monastery and ate our breakfast together. I liked this retreat because we had very good time together. But my most important memory was the conversation that we had with a friar during the meal because it was very light-hearted to understand why did he chose this life and how spend the brethren their time.

Wednesday 10th February 2010
I learned that Greece is in a terrible financial crisis to the extent that the European Commission has decided to get together herself to speak about the land's future. In Afghanistan, 165 persons were killed by an avalanche in the pass of Salang. That's a tragedy for this land who is already affected by a war. In the Cap, the capital of South Africa, that was the 20th anniversary of the Nelson Mandela's release. I think that it's very important to remember all the throes that the apartheid has caused.

Thursday 11th February 2010
I saw that a snowstorm called Snowverkill has paralysed the East of the USA. It's important for the people to not forget that nature has full power and that we must take care of her. In La Roche we were too the clod's victimes. Indeed, the school's heating fell in failure and we had to return home at twelve o'clock !

Friday 12th February 2010
The event of the day is of course the opening of the winter Olympic Games in Vancouver event if there isn't a lot of snow in the region. On account of this, many helicopters had to carry the snow as far as the slopes ! The opening's ceremony was beautiful with the light's games and the magnificent costumes. But the ceremony was bereaved by the death of a slider during his training.

Saturday 13th February 2010
The snow made his return in Belgium and I wasn't very happy about this because I would like sun !!!!

Sunday 14th February 2010
On the afternoonm, we went to the carnival of Bastogne. We had good time, the cortege was nice but not so that the carnival of La Roche. Moreover, it was when the Choffleux d'buses played that there was the best atmosphere.