The picture above was editted by Andrew and Travis, grade eight.

• They live across the ocean in Europe
• Population is 58 109 000
• Some finish school at twelve on Fridays (way earlier than us :( )
• Some finish school at five on Mondays (way later than us :) )
• They take different subjects then us e.g. Biology and Latin
• They have lots of mountains (Alps)
• They play lots of sports like: Soccer, Fencing, Skiing and Table tennis
• They listen to English music (American/Canadian)
• It seems to be very important to be thin and healthy there, because in all our photos, our pen-pals and their families seem very thin and healthy
• They only speak French (some English)
• Fashions are very different than ours, we can tell by their photos
• Some people there on the beaches are topless
• Their time is 6 hours ahead of us
• We think that some of our pen-pals go to private schools
• They express measuement in metric, e.g. 1m 72cm insted of 5' 8", and they express their weight in kilograms instead of pounds
• The land seems hilly in most of our photos
• Their penmanship is very different and sometimes we have difficulties understanding it, but it looks pretty. It looks like they learned how to write in our a different way.
• They are very different (i.e. hair) because there culture is very different than ours
• Some ride fourwheelers which tells us that some have a lot of open space
• They use military style time insted of our style of time (e.g. they say 14h15min instead of 2:15 p.m.)
• They use the "Euro" economic system, and they used to use "francs".
• At one school, the day starts at eight o'clock at ends at two o'clock!
• The paper they use is longer and has six holes, and some has boxes all over it
• Their phone numbers are way longer than ours
• They learn a lot more languages than us at school
• They use fountain pens, which have ink cartridges and metal nibs
• Many of the girls love the television show "Charmed", and we have the same show here!
• People have lived in France longer then we have lived in Canada, for example, the city of "Montauban" is at least 850 years old
• It is much warmer there in the winter than it is in Canada
• The capitol of France is Paris

What We Have Learned From Our Pen-Pals in Belgium

One set of our pen-pals is from Aywaille in Belgium or Belgique. Aywaille is just west of the large city Liege. It is in south eastern Belgique. Their capital Bruxelles is north of them. Their town Aywaille is just off the E 25 highway.

Belgium has a population of 9,813,152 (1972).

The capital of Belgium is Brussels.

The area is 30,513 square km.

Belgium is near to France, Germany, and The Netherlands.

A canal flows through Bruges.

The Belgians make lots of lace.

They are also famous for their chocolates.