It’s just weird. Ambiguous thoughts come to my mind. One year in a photo flash.

Gent. Minha Gent(e). Frenetic bikes. 297 different cosy cafes to go within the ring. Electronic music. What a hell of a city!!! Getting around. Adventure. Clã do Gento. Abu Simbel. Stripes and circles. Electronic for sure with Malaka! Duvel and his companions. Dutch language course. Ik ben moe! Food. Smoking instead of sleeping. Azul and qfwfq...(long time no see… but I kept remembering you). Loads and loads of work. Too much for Erasmus students… but guess what… this is Belgium!!! I can do it. Wake me up. Meeting floor. Sharing little things. Do you have an egg? Wanna join me for diner? Crazy Rebecca crazy… Only we know… Jilly, thank you for embracing me. Steven... I just hope you can find your way… I will be crossing my fingers. Wablief??? Getting lost. Going out, getting in. For a coffee, for a tea, for some papers, for an endless talk. MoCoMa fellows… I wish I would have just told you how life was so much beautiful when you were here. Kasia, everything was so damn “awesome” when you were around :) Kamila, I’m sorry, you’re not as tough as you thing, and you do have a pretty smile…, Nico, Nico… “Hablar portugues e como hablar castelano pero com a boca serrada!” :P we really fit hein? I hope I will still gonna make it… Paris avec toi! Estelle… what a surprise… I still feel ashamed it was so damn late when I really got to know the real you… what a hell of a smile you have… Laurita mona fofa! Come what may in Overpoort. Some did hear, some did laugh about it… we just didn’t care… It was our moment… and het spijt me but we were good! Without any practice or any agreement we just performed it as Nicole and Ewan would do! :P International dinner II. Geo, my lady… can you please tell me the word in English I cannot find to describe you? What wonderful chats we had… Hitch-hiking all the way. Martita, no words for you… I’m just looking forward to see you in your damn gorgeous white suit! :P Oh kouter 17… I wish we could all gather there while rushing from our schools to our homes. Tight hugs. More than 70 beers tasted. Graslei… there are few places on Earth as my Graslei… No matter what they say… for us nothing can beat it... we will always meet in the other side... you know why!;) International talks. Spaghetti with something. Manage! Definitely!!! Duvel. Like is like. Working and getting drunk in different languages. Contrast. Union. Flanders as more dialects than communities. Laptops with tea. Portugal. My dear visitors… I wouldn't be so happy without you around for some days. Gostas pouco gostas. Travels. Stevie Ray. Discovers. In the end it’s always about people. Limits aren’t always bad. Love what you do have. Wafels met chocolade during dawn… texas holder. Salsa. Languages. Compadre. Stripes and circles. Music. Crazy Gentse Feesten. No more Carapils. R&R. Fish with banana - some can do it pretty well while some were just meant to eat it! :P Bezuntai-vos! :P Mosquito Coast, Pink flamingo’s, Hot Club, Dambert, rumba Cabeza, Trapistenhuis, Geus van Gent… I wish you could be settled just around the corner. Luis “o sempre em pé”, I still laugh alone when I take a look to the videos in Boudewijn. Tic? Fries met andalouse sause a.u.b. And then Joana introduced herself - My name is Claudia! ;) Omer, the man. Cycling, cycling… Getting "found". Qual é o teu filme preferido? Mon Coeur, mon amour. Dreadlock. Jubruska or whatever you pronounce it. Karolienska’s moods. ;) One day you will give me a free will kiss. Misórdias. Chilling in parks. Maar ja... So many memories and so few words for it. Wandering around the table. In portuguese we have this expression... Bottles and glasses. Cultural differences end up with general laugh. Can you say this? Bottle cap. VOORUIT. Glass of something. “Kip pis” is finnish means txim-txim in Portuguese, Pupici means beijinhos and zmanquenixa moia curva… well… it’s polish! :P NASDROVIA! Rain. Snow just once. Rain again. Rain all the time. Pepe and Gert. Chips. Bruises. The sun shines and we go out just to appreciate it. There is time for everything is this life. Pannekoeken. Aldi. “Our” garden. onvermijdelijk. Why nooooooot???? J Super uber Turkish bracelets! Little moments count. Wearing high-hills. Trip to funklub (of niet!:P). Are you felling ok? No! Laura Latvia stressed as only she could be – we do like you that way though!:). Going to Slovenia, France, Italy, Ireland, The Nederlands and eventually Portugal. Nuddles met peanut sauce! Leker, leker! ;) Nouvelle vague. Cafeplangent. Artevelde, he is he man! :P Postcards and letters. Learning English. Friendships. Indy and Miya. Spelling mistakes. We just wanna have fun. Parties. Going to the laundry. Izita… can you give me some milk?;) I loved to live with you. Tucking in. verstoppertje. Projects and meetings. Meetings and projects! Passe passe le nioj. :P We are totally ok! Can you imagine? No, so cooooolll!!! :P Sharing, learning is living. Living means now leaving. Farewell. I’m sleppy. I do have to stop. Somewhere and somehow. It’s stupid but it doesn’t feel right. It was just a good journey,… and therefore it just hard to think it’s not going to happen again. Not with the same people, and for sure not in Gent. I really wanted this. I’ve lived it. One of the best years in my life. But not anymore. Everything in life has its time… (my mom used to say…) It’s time to come back to where I belong… and I hope all my beloved ones are still there for me.

When one chapter in your life ends, another one starts.

Tot strakjes mijn Gent(e).