First week in Belgium – Meeting Boyfriend for the first time!

So it has now been a bit over 1 week since I arrived. So far I have had a fantastic time with my boyfriend. We have walked around Merksem where he lives, cooked together and I got to meet his father side of the family. I really love it here already

The first day we didn’t do much. He met me at the airport and we both just took our time to get to know each other which didn’t take long because we had spent so much time online. We got to his apartment which is really nice and spacious and he just showed me around telling me where everything were and how it worked. The next day we just went to the store to buy groceries. We bought some drinks too for later. The rest of that week he had to work so I just relaxed at his place making myself comfortable.

On Saturday we were both invited to his older bother as he was having a bbq to celebrate his birthday. So I got to meet his brother, sister in law, his niece , father and step-mother. I was really nervous because I was told that they didn’t speak English and my Dutch is not really good enough for a conversation, but thankfully the wife of his brother knew a lot of English so I didn’t feel so lonely. His family is also very laid back and goofy so we all just enjoyed our self, cracked some jokes and played some games. The food there was also delicious. All in all a good day.

On Sunday we didn’t do much until our evening walk. He wanted to show me a bit of where he grew up, his school and the park that he as been to both as a kid and for band concerts. It was a really nice walk and it made me feel more at home here.

Yesterday we just decided to go to the store since I needed new shoes. Ended up with a new watch, a charging cable and then some shoes xD. So now we are all ready for our coming days walking around in Antwerp. Tomorrow we are going to the zoo and the other day we are planning going bowling, mini golf, shopping and just general sightseeing.

It was been a great start on my summer vacation and I’m so excited to be here and finally spending some irl time with my boyfriend after 5 months without being able to do so because of the Covid. Thankfully more and more countries are becoming green because of vaccinations which is good, so we are definitely heading towards our normal life’s again.