67. Throw What You Know

I wish I could say that all I left behind this semester was 18 credit hours and endless studying. That wouldn't be a bad tradeoff at all for a chance to backpack around Europe. But academics aren't all that I left back home. I also sacrificed a semester of performances and road trips with the Purduettes, events and sister bonding time with Thetas, and endless adventures with friends on and off campus.

Although I can't fully fill this void, I can still try to make up for it in some way. So we dubbed today "Sorority Picture Day!" Something that every sorority girl is good at is throwing up their sorority sign and gracefully pulling off the sorority squat all in time to capture the perfect sorority picture. If you don't believe me, stalk any sorority girl's instagram pictures. It's practically a requirement for rush.

For Theta - Kappa Alpha Theta, that is - we have an endless supply of signs to show our loyalty to our sorority in the most public way possible. I mean the set up alone is enough to attract the attention of passerby. There's the hand sign that shows KAΘ, the 2 - ∞ person kite, and any other way you can depict a theta or a kite - we get pretty creative. Here is our walk through Bruges, Belgium as told through sorority pics.

First stop: City center! There was a carnival in the square and we got some french fries upon Brody's request. He has been carrying around a book of things to do in Belgium, and taking a mental note of every single food we have to try.

The old town wall has since been built over, like in most old towns. In this case, what was built over it was a Hotel  and the only way they were able to build there was if they kept the basement open for anyone to come in and admire the old wall.

Another square! In this square there is a cathedral that houses a vile of Jesus' blood taken by Joseph of Arimathea. It was closed >:(

Here is the inside of town hall, the building in the background of the last picture. There was nothing free inside, we were just cold. And wanted to take a picture of course.

The black square on the wall in the background is apparently there to show how dirty the walls were before they were cleaned a long time ago. Before I clean city walls, I think about sectioning off part of them for tourists too.

Sometimes you just have to pose in front of statues you know nothing about.

Scarlet yelled "Hey! Does this look like a kite??" Sure Scarlet... I'll give you this one.

This was a type of convent for women who were religious, but not nuns. During wars, women who were left without husbands flocked here to have a safe place to live and work.

You are totally allowed to take multiple sorority pictures in the same spot.

Sometimes, Sorority Picture Day seemed to turn into Photo Bomb Brenna's Picture's Day

Scarlet really wasn't into the traditional poses.

Took a couple takes to get this one just right, and Brody still wasn't on board,  but he'll learn.

The only place we didn't get pictures was the World War I  museum. We were smushed between elderly tour groups who spoke all kinds of different languages the whole time, but still found it really well put together and interesting. Apparently farmers today still dig up old war gear while planting. They find old weapons all the time, and keep them in their sheds for their own personal collections. It wasn't long before it hit 6 o'clock and a lady came by to shoo us out. Before heading home though, we made sure to find a place that sold Belgian waffles. It's top priority every day.