Speaking of studying, for those who are keeping tabs...I've decided to move my two CPA exams I was going to take at the end of May to the beginning of July (you can't test in June, for those of you wondering). I don't feel like I am prepared or can become prepared by the end of May, so I've pushed it back as far as I can. Better to pass these two and wait to retake the other two sometime after I start working.
So other than that, it's been pretty quite around here. This weekend we spent a lovely Friday night out. We were trying to go to a nice restaurant that was featured in my guidebooks, but everywhere we went the menus were ridiculous (ie. ~$75 for just a main dish). So we tried to find a more moderately priced place, and ended up at the most touristy restaurant imaginable. It was recommended in my top 10 guidebook, but it must have changed since they wrote it. It
wasn't that great. Kristoffer ordered a "seafood platter," and that's pretty much exactly what he got. :) A huge tray filled with ice and oisters, clams, mussels, prawns, and crayfish displayed on top. He was expecting some kind of potatoes or bread or something to go along with it, but nope! Just a bunch of seafood. I had a much safer (and cheaper) dish that was pretty good. It's called Flemish Carbonnades (pictured right), and it's just basically a really good stew. So anyway, the dinner was interesting, but just way to touristy a place.
After that we had hot chocolate in the Grand Place which is really beautiful at night, all lit up (pictured left). Plus the weather here has gotten gorgeous, so it's pleasantly warm during the days and stays warm far into the evening. It was a beautiful night.
Something to note about Belgian hot chocolate is that it is literally chocolate melted in hot milk. Sometimes they melt it for you, but sometimes they bring you hot milk and hunk of chocolate or a bowl of chocolate pieces to put in the milk yourself. It's REALLY good, and oh so rich. Yummm....
Saturday we did some errands that we'd been needing to do, like buying light bulbs for all the burnt out lights in the apartment. :) And that night we went out with Kristoffer's friend Aron and a bunch of Swedish friends to celebrate Aron's birthday. We went out to a Latin club called Havana, which played some really great music, and we got our dance on! It was lots of fun, but we left early (and by early I mean 2am) because we had to get K ready for his trip Sunday. (Most clubs are open and populated until 5-6am, so everyone else was still dancing away when we left.)
After K left on Sunday, I've just been doing my thing: studying, relaxing, watching West Wing, avoiding the dishes... I think I have also solidified the fact that I want my own place when I get back. It's fun having a home to yourself. :)
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