Did anybody else go from hating to loving living in Belgium?

I used to be a very angsty teen and I hated living in Belgium. In very Belgian fashion I was always saying I want to move and I definately was not staying here. In my words "nobody understands me here and it's always grey and raining".

Now, ten years later, I'm just incredibly happy I live here and proud of our culture. I love festivals, I love my walkable city, I love koffiekoeken op zondag en frietjes op vrijdag, I love that my lesbian relationship is accepted (or people just mind their own business), I love the oude herenhuizen and architecture, I love that I could study at a pretigious art university and not go bankrupt and most of all I love terrasjesweer and I cannot wait for it to start.

If you told my 16 year old self this, I would be so dissapointed and confused I still live here. I romanticized other countries like the uk, Australia, Italy and the usa so much. I actually love coming home here. Anybody else?