Australia comes to Belgium

So after much - or a least some - suspense, it turns out that I was welcoming a newie to little old College Notre Dame de la Paix in Erpent. She's an Australian named Tiarna - except that with her accent it's pronounced Tiana. She's in all the same classes as I am so that I can help her out with getting settled in. She's an extremely nice girl - my age, and like me she's already finished with high school. She speaks only a handful of words in French - when I say handful, I mean you could probably count on your fingers how many, so I feel bad for her because that's gotta be so hard. I remember how exhausting and discouraging the first weeks were for me, and I could have a conversation (if an extremely limited one). But I'm doing my best to try and slip some French into our conversations, and she's certainly ready and willing to learn!