Meeting an old Friend (见朋友)

(这篇中英文在一起) English and Chinese will be in the same post …

Friday, July 6

Today is our last day in Ghent. In the morning, we returned to our AirBNB and now the water situation has returned to normal. We enjoyed our morning tea and coffee on the roof balcony, washed some clothes, checked my autumn class schedule, etc. The morning was very relaxing.

At noon, I have an important thing to do, and that is to meet an old friend, Helen! She came to visit on an intercity train from a city in Germany called Aachen, near the border with Belgium. She and I first met when I had just arrived in California, and we were in an English class together at an adult school in Mountain View. She left California to return to Germany about six years ago and I was particularly happy to see her today in Ghent! We had lunch together, took a small boat tour in Ghent, and then drank a Belgian beer together to catch up on the time, to talk about politics and talk about life.

7月6日 星期五

今天是在根特的最后一天，早上回到我俩的民宿住处，水已经回复正常，我俩在楼顶的阳台上享受了早茶和咖啡，洗了衣服，查了一下我秋季的课程等等，早上很放松的就过去了。

中午我有一个重要的事情要做，那就是见一个老朋友。 她从德国的一个和比利时边境的城市-亚琛做城际列车过来和我见面。 她是我刚到加州的时候认识的，我俩一起上一个成人学校的英语课。她在大概6年前离开加州回到德国生活，今天特别高兴能够在根特见到她。我们一起吃了午饭，做了根特的一个小游船，然后一起喝了一杯比利时啤酒叙叙旧，聊聊政治，聊聊生活。

After dinner, PJG and I are going to go to a bar with a TV to watch the game. Because of the huge interest in the World Cup the streets are deserted and almost all the bars with screens are packed with people. Tonight’s game is Belgium vs. Brazil, the score is now 2-0 Belgium.

吃完晚饭，我俩打算去一个有电视的酒吧去看球赛，结果几乎所有带屏幕的酒吧都是人满为患，因为今晚刚好是比利时对巴西队，现在是2比0 比利时领先。

明天去荷兰阿姆斯特丹 😃

Belgium won the game 2-1 !!! The streets are streaming with people and there is a lot of screaming and celebrating which we could still hear as we drifted off to sleep.

Tomorrow we’re off to Amsterdam in the Netherlands!