Belgium isn't really so bad!
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Hi Faidra,
I hope you are having a good time in Antwerp. I am a student at the university of Antwerp, are you studying there now? (If you may have said it, I'm sorry I haven't read it, but I just read the first reaction to your question and I just wanted to react to that because it is probably somebody who had some bad luck here in Belgium) But as I say in my title, Belgium really isn't so bad. I think you can find all sorts of people here, you have people who are more reserved but there are also very warm people. Antwerp is beautiful city to live in. Of course you have places that are less nice, but (no offence to anyone) most of the time it aren't Belgians that are living there. I don't know who posted the first reaction, but I suspect it was a foreigner. Well, I am a Belgian, I was born in a (small) town and since I am studying in Antwerp, I must say, I have become much more racist. But does this mean that I think that every foreigner is bad? No, I don't! So, why should you state that every Belgian is bad because you have had a couple of bad experiences? I have also had bad experiences with Belgians, it just depends on the people and not where they come from. And why say that we don't have any culture? Come on, Antwerp is thé musical-city! And they are of high quality! There are also a lot of theatres, mostly it is in Dutch of course. But I have also gone to a German play, so it doesn't necessarily have to be in Dutch. And what about the Antwerp six? Antwerp is also thé Belgian city for fashion! And what about the Belgian food culture? Are what about history? There are so much beautiful old buildings and also a lot of museums...and we wouldn't have any culture? Someone who says that, must be a culture barbarian! And if you've seen everything in Antwerp, you can visit beautiful cities like Bruges or Ghent! There you find a lot of culture too! To end I would want to end with an ironical note: We Belgians, not hospitable? Why then are there so many foreigners living in Belgium? We were open enough to let them all in...
So Faidra, I hope you see that Belgium isn't that bad. I do hope you get to speak the language quite well, because most of the people appreciate that a lot!
Oh yeah, and studying at the university when you're already in your thirties is no problem, we have a woman in her fifties that is studying with us!
I hope my comment was helpful to you!Paulien 02 mei 2009, 11:39 - Rapporteer misbruik