Hey guys :))
I think I told you, that I was with my
hostmother and my hostsister and Keiden and Stouton in Vancouver and
Victoria and Courtenay last week from saturday to thursday.
It was soooo cool!!!
Our trip started on saturday morning at
about 10 o'clock : we packed everything in the truck and drove to the
Highway on which we were for about 4 hours.
We arrived in Vancouver, after a lot of
Country Music, at about 4 pm and then we went to our hotel and put
all our stuff in our room. Then we went to my hostmums daughter, Sang
Lee. She lives in Vancouver and we visited her. With her together we
went to a restaurant to eat supper.
We wanted to go and drive a car but we
phoned them and they said we have to make a reservation, so we made a
reservation for the next day.
We spent this evening at Sang Lee's
place and we watched a movie and it was sooo much fun! Especially as
Sang Lee said to Karen: „ Look, this is the movie I have bought for
the dogs!“ (Yes, it really exists a movie just for dogs :DD) And
Karen said: „ Oh, I HAVE to watch it!“ I hadn't laughed so much
in my entire time here and then Sang Lee said: „Oh yes, to see if
the movie is appropriate for your dogs and to see that there is no
violence and no drugs...“ I lay on the ground and I was crying
because I laughed so much :DD I
know, for you it maybe doesn't seem to be so funny but, believe me,
it really was!
Well,
this part maybe hadn't inerested you but now it will interest you,
because now I am just writing about what we have done in Vancouver.
On
Sunday morning we went to the Stanley Park and we walked around in
the park at the sea wall and I took lots of cool pictures of the
Skyline of Vancouver!
Then
we went to the Totem Poles in the Stanley Park and they were soo
cool, I seriously love totem poles!
After
this, we visited the Vancouver Aquarium, which is also located in the
Stanley Park (the Stanley Park is huuuuge, you can't even imagine how
huge it is!) To see all those dolphines and other fish was pretty
cool!
Then
we went in the afternoon to the Lookout Tower to see more of
Vancouver and it was really cool! We could see sooo far and
everything looked so beautiful and yeah...
Oh and
maybe I should say that we haven't eaten since the morning (I just
ate a waffle for breakfast, which was not a good idea when I think
about it now... But later more about it.. :D )
Oh and
sorry, it will be a looooong post so if you are not interested it
would be the best idea to stop reading this now, because I have a lot
more to tell ;))
Well,
then we went to the library, because it looks sooo cool, like the
Colosseum in Rome!
After
this, we went to The Bay, that is a big store here in Canada and they
sell lots of Canada stuff like clothes with Canada on it etc. It was
so cool in there and so we forgot the time. Then at one point we
found out that it is almost time to meet with Sang Lee to eat supper
and go to the car racing.
So
we left the Bay and picked up Sang Lee and she said that there is no
time to eat and that we have to go directly to the car racing... It was
about seven in the evening when we arrived at the car racing and we
drove the cars for about 30 minutes. So it was about 8 pm when we
left the car racing. Sang Lee said, that there is a cool night market
somewhere next to the car racing and that we could eat there, because
there is lots of asian food. So we tried to find the night market but
we couldn't get there. We saw the market but we just didn't find a
way to get there. So we asked a guy at the gas station and he told us
we have to turn left between a hotel and a casino and then keep going
and turn left again. Well, this way we have tried all the time before
so Karen said:“ Don't tell us to turn left, we've already tried it
and we can't get there“. The guy:“ Ohhhhhh... But I really think
you have to do it..“. Karen:“ Don't say that! We tried this way
the last hour!“ Guy: „ Ohhhhhh...“
Well,
it went on like this a little bit but then Karen said we just try it
again but it didn't work.
So
after we have tried to find this market for almost 2 hours we decided
to eat somewhere else because it was almost 10 pm and we all were
starving so we wanted to go to Red Robins. We looked in the GPS for
the next restaurant and it showed us a way but there wasn't the
restaurant we were looking for... So we just drove a little bit
further and we went to the first reataurant we have seen: Dannys's.
That is a famous breakfast restaurant in Canada but it is also open
for lunch and supper and so we ate our supper at 10 oder 10:30 pm at
this breakfast restaurant.
And
then, the funniest thing about it was, that there was a thing on the
table with salt and pepper and some kinds of sauce in it and it stood
right next to karen so she moved it a little bit and about 5 minutes
later a guy came at our table and put this thing back to where it
was. This happend about 5 times while we ate our supper and it was
sooooo funny!! :DD
So,
well, on the next day, Monday, we left Vancouver to go to Courtenay
on Vancouver Island to visit Karens mum. We took a ferry to Vancouver
Island and drove about 3 hours so that we arrived there in the late
afternoon. Her mum is soo nice! She is 92 and I really like her.
On
Tuesday we visited in the morning a place/store in which they sell
indian stuff and there were beautiful things! I really liked it to
look around in this store!
In
the afternoon we visited a museum about dinosaurs and fossils and it
was really interesting.
Then
we went to „Downtown“ and just walked around a little bit and
looked in all the stores what things they sell and so on. We bought a
birthday cake for Karen because it was her birthday and so we
celebrated it in the evening all together.
On
Wednesday we left Courtenay in the morning to go to Victoria and it
took about 4 hours to get there. When we arrvied, we took all our
stuff in the hotel room and then we walked next to the water and
visited the harbour and ate a hotdog.
Then
we went to a Castle, where you can go through and look at all the
rooms, like they have looked in the past. It was pretty cool!
In
the evening, when it was dark outside, we visited the Parliament
Buildings and we took some pictures of them. They always look really
pretty in the night because there are lights all over the buildings!
On
Thursday morning we packed all our stuff back in the truck and drove
home. It took about 8 hours to come home -.-
All
in all, it was a really nice trip and I am so happy that I have seen
also different cities than just Kelowna!
Pumpkin
Day :D
So,
now I want to tell you something about my „Pumpkin Day“.
I
went to school on Monday and one of the german girls asked me, if I
also have to go to the office because of the field trip today. Field
trip? Today? I didn't know anything about it... So I went to the
office and told the lady that I wasn't here last week but that I
really want to go on this fiel trip. So she phoned my hostmum to ask,
if it is okay for her and then I had to run around in the school to
find my teachers of period 2,3, and 4 to let them sign a form so that
they know, that I am gone to this field trip. I found 2 of the 3
teachers but it was okay and so I could go on the field trip.
We
went to a pumpkin farm. There were also some apples and they had
their own store and everything looked so canadian! It was sooo
beautiful on this farm! We were allowed to take one pumpkin home and
we will carve them tomorrow in school!
Then
I came home after school and Karen told me, that she had bought two
pumpkins for each of us and that we will carve them tonight. So I
carved 2 pumpkins and I think they are pretty good, I mean I haven't
done it before, so I really like them!
Yeah,
that was my pumpkin day! :DD
I
hope I told you everything that happend... :D
Oh,
and I have only six days left :o Next week at this time I am already
back home in Germany! The time has gone by soo fast, I can't believe
it.
I
feel like I have just arrived yesterday, but it also feels like I am
here since a year, because it happened so much in my time here! On
Thursday is my last day of school in Canada and on Thursday is also
Halloween! I am so excited for Halloween!
Well,
see you in 6 days Germany.. ♥
Miss
u all and see you soon!
Aylina
♥
PS:
Sorry, that I wrote everything in english, but it is easier for me to
write english than german... :D
Hallo Aylina :)
AntwortenLöschenIch lese deinen Blog schon echt lange und ich finde das so toll was du alles erlebst! Ich plane meinen Gastschulaufenthalt schon länger aber ich wollte dich trotzdem fragen wie du mit deiner Organisation zurechtkommst. Würdest du iSt weiterempfehlen? Findest du das 3 Monate zu wenig sind?
Ich würde mich total freuen wenn du mir antwortest.
Viele Grüße nach Kelowna!
Hi :)
LöschenJa, iSt ist absolut spitze udn ich würde es auf jeden Fall weiter empfeheln!
Wo möchtest du denn hin? Ich denke mal nach Kanada? Oder sogar auch nach Kelowna?
Und ich war jetzt ja sogar nur 2 Moante hier und klar, wenn man hier ist verfliegt die Zeit echt schnell, aber ich wollte nicht länger, weil ich Angst hatte sonst zu viel in der Schule in Deutschland zu verpassen. Das mit der Länge muss glaube ich echt jeder für sich selbst entscheiden und genau überlegen.
Aber mir haben meine 2 Monate gereicht, ich hatte eine super Zeit und freue mich jetzt auf zuhause!
Liebe Grüße :)
Danke für die schnelle Antwort!
LöschenMein Traumland ist Kanada und British Columbia finde ich echt cool. Ich denke ich werde mich bei iSt bewerben. Danke und noch schöne letzte Tage! :)
Haha hast du das deutsche jetzt endgültig aufgegeben? :D seems like you had a great Time and have fun while Bein batwoman tonight :D when Do you fly back? Monday morning? Have great Last days and See ya - Merle :) <3
AntwortenLöschenJa Merle, I can't speak german anymore :D
LöschenThank youuuuu :*
See yaaa <3 :)
mensch Aylina, du weißt doch wie schlecht ich in englisch bin! :D ich muss dich wirklich lieben, weil ich mir das alles durchgelesen habe :* ich habe eigentlich alles verstanden, aber wenn du wieder in deutschland bist red doch bitte für mich deutsch, denn sonst steh ich echt aufm schlauch :D
Löschenlove you <3 Sarah