Dec 29

I left early my homestay house.

After i have been driven to Lonsdale Quay by bus, i went to Starbucks and bought a hot chocolate with an italien baquette. Then i took the seabus to Waterfront. In the hall of waterfront station, i saw a girl sitting on.the ground. After i went outside to look of the bus for the trip arrived, but it wasnt, i asked the girl, if she wait also for the bus for the trip. She said yes and i was sitting for a moment with her, but in the next moment we had to search an other place for sitting because an office man offered us. So we wait on a bench of more girls. The Name of this girl is Isadora and she is in the same group with all the others brasilian friends as i am. The next girl, which arrived, is also in the group and her name is Rebeca. We waited together until i saw the bus and we went together outside, where we meet the other brasilian friends and my friend Marianna from my last business class and friends from my grammar class. Together with all my brasilian friends, we went to the bus and checked in and gave all our packages away. At …. we started from outside of waterfront station.

The first stop was in Hope, B.C. .

It was so wonderful and surprising to see Hope in the winter time. Because in the last time, i had seen the village, was in the summer time. Now was winter and also beautiful. I took.my friends after the washrooms, to figures of wood, i remembered it since 4 years.  Then we went together to the moose café, where we bought each a hot drink like me a hot chocolate, the best i ever drank in Vancouver bzw in canada. Also i bought a yoghurt parfait with cereal and ice cold fruits. But we took it only and ate it or drank it in the bus, because we didnt have time. But we werent the last one that come to the bus to late. After that we drove a long time to a view point. Do you know that Canada have a desert-not the food after dinner? It does. It is before the rockies start. There is not enough water and nothing you can plant there. In this desert, there is the city who call Kamloops. In this city, with Cowboys and all this stuff as in a city in desert in the states, we ate our lunch. We stopped at a shopping mall. But i ate my cereal with milk from home. Then we drove again long time until we arrived in a small city for buy salat for dinner and then tayna and i bought alcohol: peach liquor. After that we drove to our camp. Then we changed rooms and then we ate our dinner and after that we had a bo

nfire with marshmallos and chocolate and cookies.

So when we marshmallos over the fire is good. You take them between 2cookies and one piece of chocolate and them enjoy it. You could enjoy the party in the house, but i and three other people was sitting on the bonfire and i took photos with my new camera.

Dec 30th, 2016

Next morning, we have to go up at 8 to eat breakfast. The breakfast: one burned toast with.butter and jam or peanut butter, cereal (the rings) with cold milk. Drinks were juice but also you could make your own hot drink with hot water chocolate pulver or coffee pulver or tea.

At 8:45 am was the time to meet to leave the golden cabins. But some people were to late so they had to sing a song or dance. Later we drove to lake louise. I booked Ice skating so we went together to the shop and went ice skateing. It was beautiful on the ice of the sea to skate.

The time was running and our guide give us a timelimit from one hour, but i was longer on the ice,

because in the end i met my friends and before i skated with a new guy, a korean guy and new german friends. And i made a lot of pictures.

So, after i went to the bus and before i had made hurry the brasilian friends, i heard that our guide isnt here. So, i spoke with the new german friend and we were eating

while we waited until he cames. More than 45 minutes, he was to late. He had to sing again.

Then we drove to Johnsten´s Canyon with a small way to a frozen waterfall.

It was fantastic. But on the way to the waterfall, i fell because it was so slippery.

The bad thing of this fall was that i was holding on a railing and then my shoulder went out of the normally bone and over minimum 20secs i couldnt say anything, because it was hurting so hurtful. And a friend ask me in these sec. If all ok? But i couldnt answer and then i said under tears, it is ok because my shoulder was now there, where it should be normally. But after that my shoulder was in pain the whole days.

After that we went to Banff. First we looked after our new hotels while the normal hotel had burned and a fire. So, we couldnt get in. After that we went to the Gondola to see thesunset.

At 4pm we arrived. It was so stunning! And the view was wonderful and we had for the second time sunshine.

But it was to cold to be outside more than 3 minutes. The first time i was longer outside and then i had to go inside, because all my fingers and my face was frozen. I couldnt move my fingers! After one hour we took the gondola down to the station and our bus. We took a lot of picture and played Titanic:) on this mountain. As we were back we had to wait for the others and then we were droven back by the busdriver to our hotel. But before we picked the people up, who didnt come with us to Banff Gondola. Then they got us off by our hotel,

where we got.our rooms. This time i didnt change and stayed with Joy, Roselyn and Rebeka. Short time after arriving, we took showers and wore new clothes and then we went.to a Pizzeria.

The Poutine with morzarella and the pizza was amazing. Then we went back. As our guide tell us at which time we had to get there, i wasnt listening so.we were sitting in the hall more than 30 mins. I was understanding: 5:30 pm but he changed the time to 5:50pm. So after Tay bring me our alcoholic drinks, mixed in a red bull bottle, was it no more so long to wait. But our guide was also to late.

Together, our busdriver drove us to a pub, where we celebrated until 10pm. But i didnt drink anything, because i didnt have any interest and i had the feeling a drank enough. I talked in the pub with some brasilian friends also with, i called her “grandmother“, because of her age.

After 10pm, we went together to a popular night club.

But we have to wait outside more than 30 minutes. Because of a show before we came. As we could inside, we laied all our clothes on one place, because we had to pay much, if we gave it away. So we didnt do it. After a half hour my german friend was going home. And also other friends. I was going with Rebeka at 1:35 am

at we were on the hotel at 2am and slept at that time. Maybe you are asking, why we didnt drive with our bus? Because he was only driving us one way to the pub. The way back to the hotel we have to walk.

Dec 31st, 2016

At 7:30 we met without breakfast and they, our guide and the others from

the other hotel, picked us up and we stopped for a short time by tim hortons to get our breakfast with orange juice. My breakfast was a bagel with philadelphia and a cookie.

The first stop on.this day was the lake minnewanka. It was frozen and so we walked on.it. it lays between mountains and in the middle of the lake is a boat station, but i cant explain why it is in the middle of the lake. So some people a sled to sleding down. I enjoyed and made a lot of picture with my two lenses.

Because of that we were on.time we stopped on the road to take wonderful.pictures from the two jack lake. But only few people was going out of the bus.

The next stop was banff to drop off the people they arent want to go to Banff Hot Springs.

Then we drove there and enjoyed the hot springs. I took my gopro with me. It was fantastic. But i didnt show you the picture from the hot springs, its private. So, after we enjoyed the bath 15 mins longer we drove at 9:45 am to the city and we have 2 hours to shop and eat lunch. We went to Beavertail

and enjoy this meal.

Then we went to the frozen river and i made a snow angel on the river. We, i mean a new friend and me, went to go around and look, but on the way back, i was going alone because i wanted to shop a t-shirt & band-aid and he wanted to make picture and he wanted to hurry up,

because we would meet at the bus in 10 mins. I arrived by the bus before him.

On.the bus on the way, we had fun, slept and listened music.

But we made a quick stop at the Emerald Lake. It was also frozen

For the dinner, we arrived in a diner.

The drinks were wonderful: coca cola, ice tea

or sprite but the food was so terrible. My dinner was cold and it was spagetti bolognes. But very terrible. We all were so angry after that diner. And that we could buy alcohol for the evening was not to make our mood better. So we arrived angry in Golden cabins and i was a long time in my room with my other roomates until we went outside at 10:30 pm. But our heater in our room didnt work, so i figured out another heater and we warmed us up in the room before we went outside.

Also we built a snowman, it was very Difficult of the snow but we got it:

Then we were first looking by a drink game then we were sitting on the bonfire until we counted down for the new year and we drank chapagne. Then we, only 5 with me from our groupe was watching the little fire work.then we heard that sometimes you can.see the northern lights from 1-2 am. So we went for one hour to our cabins and then we went outside and wait on the bonfire. But it was to cloudy, but i waited until 2:30 am and then our guide was saying that it makes no sense to be outside and waiting“ so, i went to my bed.

Jan 1st, 2017

In the morning at 8:10 we stood up and i and roselyn went to snowshoeing.

but before we had eaten one toast. Then we started at 8:30am to walk

for an half hour

and then we went to the breakfast and ate a cereal

footloops. Later, we went back to the cabin

and put all our stuff together. We met at the bus at 9:45 am but we had to wait until 10:30 am because Tay and Isa slept to long and they had to dance after that they arrived in the bus. I made a video from that:D

Then we visited Kamloops to eat lunch by mcces. I ate a special burger.Then our guide bought a little cake for someone who her birthday was on january 1st. Then.we sang for her happy birthday. Between Kamloops and Roger´s Pass,

we played a game as a quiz and if you won you got a t-shirt from Tim Hortons.

Later we arrived on a special station from roger’s pass. And there we took

our groupe photo. Then we stopped one time for visiting washrooms. At 7pm, we arrived in Vancouver. I said goodbye to everybody then i went with Joy to waterfront station and to the seabus. Thanks for the Trip

And sorry that it comes so late, it was very hard to write that all and to find the time to write that, because since January 2. Week, I am in the Volunteer Experience Program and i had a lot of things to do….

• Grouse Mountain
• Sunrise and Sunsets
• Vancouvers Island
• be with friends

Dec 23rd 2016.  Last school day before Christmas. After we had watched a film and eaten together breakfast in the class, i went to a friend’s house to make pralines as a present for my family with them cookies (Sternchen-Plätzchen), that i had made the evening before and some lindt schocolate. We made together, me and this german friend, a lot of pralines and then i needed more than an hour home. On the next day, i stood up early and skyped with my mum and my family after that i went to a holy church-catholic.

But wonderful and old with a gospel choir and some textes from the Bibel. After that i went to London Drugs and Dollerama to buy some presents. Then I went back home and in the evening the family from Penny came to eat turkey and all the stuff. It was sooo delicious and i was wearing my blue short dress.

Also for all family member, i had some pralines and cookies with schocolate

. The evening was wonderful, but they leave us early. After the boys were sleeping, Penny, Grant and me cleaned all the stuff and got some presents in the paper. Then we sat together, also with Pennys Brother, and later at 23:30 o’clock i went to the church messe near my homestay and went for not really good music and a short messe to the catholic church. After Midnight i came back home, maybe i watched a film and then i slept until 2pm-Wtf!

But my family didnt know if i stay home or went to whistler. Because first i had a plan to visit whistler with my german friends. But at midnight, i write them that i want to have a lazy and relaxed christmas day with my family. After 2pm, I went downstairs and Grant was very surprised that i slept until that time. Doesnt matter. I have eaten my breakfast and went to my room. Before i did that, my homestay family and i picked the present for me and i for them and we gave them eachother. There were happy. Also i played with them the new plays, that they got. (- i have to remind the grammar:D -).
Dec 25th 2016, we ate dinner with Grants Family.

What do you think was the meal? Right, we ate Turkey and all the stuff. It was sooo delicious. But after i went to my room and save in the internet the Camera canon rebel T5 and bought them.

I have a new camera!!!!!

On this Evening, we were sitting a long time together and talk until 11pm then we play a game. It was wonderful with money, but i didnt lost money because a didnt have money and the other gave the money for me-thanks. So, now to the rules. You have 3 dices with the symbol: R=Right, L=left, C=middle and x=you can save them. Also all the player have each 3 coins. You have to roll the dices, how many coins you have so many dices you have to roll maximum 3 dices. When you roll them and you got one L, another R and the other x, means you have to give one of your 3coins to the left neighbor, one to Right and one you can save. So all the players roll the dices, but you can never lost because this rules are for everybody. So in the next round, maybe you got one coins from your left neighbor back then you have now 2 coins, so you have to roll 2 dices. When you have any coins then you have to wait for the other players. When someone roll C= the coin is had to put in the middle of the table by the player.But the coin is now lost. The goal is to be the last person with a coin and to roll the dice with x. Then the player get all the money or whatever. We had play 1 round for testing, then the second with 5dollar but we played 2 rounds until one win the 6x5dollars and then we played 3 round to get 6x2dollars.
Then i went to bed.

Dec26, i left the house at 5:40 am with cereal to get the bus at 6:08 am(the first 240 bus from W15th street and i live at W27th street, so i had to walk). Then i also had to walk from the busstation to the bestbuy. Then it was Boxingday and i wanted to buy my camera because i was worried that we camera wouldnt arrive before i left for my trip to the Rocky Mountains. So i bought it with a bag and to them a battery for free (only the battery was for free). Then i arrived at 8am at home and slept a little bit until 2pm and then i tried my new camera. Then i was very lazy.
The next day, dec27, i met a friend in waterfront station and we ate together than i went to the Capilano bridge.

But my smartphone didnt work, so, i cant show you pictures but it was wonderful with this lights, but cold. Dec28, i went with the same friend to Granville Island and a other friemd show me to work with the camera. Then Jasmin and i went to the queen elisabeth park to go to “Bloedel Conservatory“ and then to a Ferris wheel. After that i went for the last time to the christmas market. …

Hey, I dont want to write a lot about the December in Canada. But this is Important: Normally they dont have snow or only for a few days snow but now we have since the end of November snow in Vancouver. It is so unbelieveable for a lot of people in Vancouver. `Normally they have plus grades and rain. So, this to the wheather. This December was not normaly and not for me december! I miss you, my family. But I baked to times cookies: Vanillekipferl and Marmelade-Stern Plätzchen.

Best Wishes