Back in June, we had another Geography Night with one of the homeschooling groups here. Each family chooses a country, does some research and brings things along on the night. Each country has a designated space and we set up a display to showcase them up the back. We had fun finding things on Belgium and even went to the Embassy to get some brochures and information guides. I think our display was frequented more than the others because of the Belgian chocolate but hey, why not make the experience more enjoyable?
We had a fantastic dinner with traditional cuisine of all the countries available to sample…
I made "Water Zooi" for the main course. Literally, it means "watery mess" and it’s a rich Belgian chicken stew. I found a recipe online so if you want to try it, go ahead and look it up. It’s REALLY nice. Our dessert contribution was chocolate and of course, Belgian waffles.
After dinner, the children presented a short talk on their chosen country. Unfortunately some went a bit long, but the talks were informative. It was Adam’s first time up the front and he did well with his part, despite being nervous. It was good practice anyway.
…and of course, the reason WHY we chose to do Belgium?
We did learn a lot more about Belgium than just comics…
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