Last day of the schoolyear

For the kids and students in our country, this is the last day of the schoolyear 2020-2021. A bit unusual year for them, with all the corona measures and closed schools for months. 

Unfortunately, the weather is bad. It's raining, and it's cold once more. The weather in Belgium is quite crazy. It goes from one extreme to another. I have to go the the supermarket this afternoon and am not really looking forward to it! Even when dressed against the rain, you still get wet - that's one of the (few) disadvantages of not having a car.

It's supposed to get better though. Tomorrow they say it would be dry at the least, and as of Friday we might see some sun again. Luckily it's not long before we head to Bordeaux, France. There it's way better, with an agreeable temperature.

Today and yesterday, it was very busy at the test centers. Lots of people want to go on a trip, and those who haven't had their two vaccinations need a test before they can enter another country. The government has given out two free tests to those who are not fully vaccinated yet. A test normally costs 50 to 80 €. My sister and I don't need it, hurray! For that reason (I mean the tests) we have also decided not to go to Dubai later this year, as in the Emirates you still need to take a test before you leave and you could be picked out to have another one of arrival, having to wait in quarantine on the result. We don't want to do that. Instead, we have thought of making a rail trip into Germany during the Chrismas break. With an Interrail pass we can travel easily by high speed trains to for instance Cologne, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt. I've lived in Germany for 4 years, but my sister hasn't seen a lot of this country yet.