mandag den 22. oktober 2012
On the way home
Allo!
We are back at the hotel after a long, but nice day!
After I was taken from you, we had yet another tour of a school, but this was Cimic, which is more like HTX for Denmark, its for the sciency people, but in a more practical instead of theoretic way, which was fine, but cannot be connected to anything we do ever, and so to speak is not that relevant to us.
We ate at the Cegep which was surprisingly good food, and then we said our goodbyes to everyone. They gave us all a present with all kinds of school merchandise, but also with litterature quebecoise which was an amazing gift.
Next stop was a museum, which to the teachers probably sounded like a good idea when they planned it, but which in reality just tired out the students and was a kind of bleak experience.
Then we had a fromagerie which I was actually looking forward to trying, but when we got there it was more like a tourist-shop where they had two kinds of cheese, but we just bought funny things with maple syrup for our parents and weird candy for the trip home.Everyone was so tired, so giving them candy, was a bad idea, everyone were giggly on the way home, including (read: especially) the teachers who where in a mild word hooked on sugar. But fun, damn it was!
We ended the night at a restaurant in the city with great food and then went to bed, next blogging will be the last one
Till next time
The Viking
Family
Hello!
We are currently at the Cegep which is like a pre-university school, where people are between the ages of 17-19. I will be talking about last night and the meeting with our family.
I was housed together with Laura, at a lovely family - the mother was the guidance counsellor, and the father was retired professor, they had all in all 6 children, but many of them were grown up and had left the nest. Remaining was however Maï Li, their 17 year old daughter.
After we left Cabane a sucre Laura and I went grocery shopping with the family. Halloween, a holiday not even celebrated really in Quebec, was everywhere! Candy, stuff to dress up in, decorations, and the entire shop was so orange I though I was inside a pumpkin.
We went home where we played table tennis, heard the girl play piano so well (!), found our respective addresses on Google Earth and watched some ridiculous synchronized TV. They also had a dog which Laura fell for instantly. Later they showed us their huge fountain in the middle of the garden.. little funny.
They asked us were we wanted to sleep and we had each our room, but we slept both in the one with the TV and looked at pictures.
We got up in the morning still completely beat from yesterday and they had made the nicest spread for us, Vietnamese breakfast, Danish, toasted bread, peanutbutter (yuk..) and fresh orange juice. As we looked out and the garden was lit up, we saw that they had Parc Sept Chutes (The park of the seven waterfalls) in their backyard and that the frost had taken its first toll on the grass, but with the sunny weather, how could one not love this morning.
We left with the mother for the Cegep where we met our other classmates who had all had different and fun experiences to share of their own. They took us for a tour of the school and we stopped at an IT-room and here I am! (and sooooo tired.. don't tell my teachers! Shh!)
Till next time, probably tonight
The Viking
fredag den 19. oktober 2012
Last (real) day in Quebec
Last (real) day in Quebec
So sad! It's our last real day in Quebec :( I will miss this place so much.Me and Mathilde woke up a bit early. We were staying overnight at our host's house. Our host is a Quebecoise, and a french teacter at Cegep Beauce-Appalaches in St-Georges. Christine out host had prepared a great petit dejeuner. We continued talking to her, we found out that their lycee is kind of the same as ours, they for example also have association des etudiants, but at our lycee there are representatives from every class, at St-Georges there are only five representatives at all. We also learned that les jeunes are not engaged in politics like we are in Denmark, for example in Denmark many youngsters joins in party movements. We also talked about le temps, in Quebec they have colder winters and much more snow than we do. They have about five meters of snow :O! but on the other hand their summer is warmer and not rainy like ours. I would anytime prefere much snow and a warm summer than little snow and a rainy summer.
Around 9 a.m we went back to le lycee with our host, it was so huge, and really nice indside! We met with our classmates. We went out so we could get photographed to the local news paper. Un professeur became our guide and showed us around the lycee. Le professeur told us that sport is mandatory but les edutiants could decide which sport they wanted and they could also add other matiere like for example "how to eat well". We also saw their cinema and it was soo big! After the tour we went to see another part of the school. This part was a vocational education, We saw how they teach etudiants who can not be in the actual lesson: The students follow the lesson over webcam, very smart.
After lunch we went to see another pont also a very beautiful. Later on we continued to Le Musee Marius-Barbeau where we saw things from the first settlers who came to Nouvelle France. For example we saw how the houses have developed throught the years. For example le toit was like our in Europe, you know rooms downstairs etc. But now they have moved the rooms upstairs, because it is warmer. But they have also added une terrasse at the front of the house, to keep the snow away. Later on we went on to a degustation de fromage. I only like the cheddar cheese, like said before I'm very picky when it comes to food. After la degustation we went home. I better start packing, I hope I can close my suitcase ;)
xoxo serb
Mots:
Lycee(m): High School
Association des etudiants (f): student's counsil
Les Jeunes: the youth
Temps(m): the weather
Professeur (m): a teacher
Sport(m): Physical Education
Les etudiants: the students
Matiere(f): a subject
Pont(m): brigde
Nouvelle France: New France
Toit(m): roof
Terrasse(f): terrace
Degustation de fromage(m): cheese tasting
tirsdag den 16. oktober 2012
La Chute de Montmorency
La Chute de Montmorency
Today we were visitting the waterfall La Chute de Montmorency, we were a bit tired today because we were exploring the night life of Quebec last night. When we arrived, it was a sunny day but there was strong wind. I only had a thin jacket on so I was not suited for this trip. My teacher lent me her hat so I wouldn't freeze entirely.
We first stopped at a pont near the Parc de la Chute-Montmorency, it had a beautidul view over the river, because of the sun and the beautiful colourful nature. Later on we went through the park, there were leaves everywhere, the leaves were in the most fantastic fall colours.
We stopped at a location where the British General Wolfe had his troops in la guerre against the French. General Wolfe had the advantage, because he and his where on a higher location, so he could at anytime keep an eye on his enemy, and when they were going to attack. General Wolfe lost la bataille but they won la guerre.
Afterwards we came to a brigde where we could se the Chute from above. It was a very windy and cold view but very nice. We got to see la chute from different angles. Our teacher told us that Chute de Montmorency is 30 meters higher than Niagara Falls but not widere.
We later went to some stairs, so we could get closer to la chute. It didn't take long before we were few meters from la chute. There was a pretty rainbow close to the fall, such a fantastic view. We wanted to take a group photo but la chute splashed water at us, so our cameras became a little wet. When we had seen la chute, we wanted to go back, but we had to decide if we wanted to pay for l'ascenseur or take the stairs. One ride with l'ascenseur was 8 CAD and that was way too expensive. So we took the stairs. It was very hard, I'm in a very bad shape so this took very long time for me to climp these stairs! I was so tired, when I made the top. Later we would like to see a Centre d'achat.
xoxo serb
Mots:
La Chute de Montmorency: Montmorency Falls
Parc(m): a Park
Guerre(f): war
Bataille(f): a battle
Ascenseur(m): elevator
Centre d'achat(m): Mall
Today we were visitting the waterfall La Chute de Montmorency, we were a bit tired today because we were exploring the night life of Quebec last night. When we arrived, it was a sunny day but there was strong wind. I only had a thin jacket on so I was not suited for this trip. My teacher lent me her hat so I wouldn't freeze entirely.
We first stopped at a pont near the Parc de la Chute-Montmorency, it had a beautidul view over the river, because of the sun and the beautiful colourful nature. Later on we went through the park, there were leaves everywhere, the leaves were in the most fantastic fall colours.
We stopped at a location where the British General Wolfe had his troops in la guerre against the French. General Wolfe had the advantage, because he and his where on a higher location, so he could at anytime keep an eye on his enemy, and when they were going to attack. General Wolfe lost la bataille but they won la guerre.
Afterwards we came to a brigde where we could se the Chute from above. It was a very windy and cold view but very nice. We got to see la chute from different angles. Our teacher told us that Chute de Montmorency is 30 meters higher than Niagara Falls but not widere.
We later went to some stairs, so we could get closer to la chute. It didn't take long before we were few meters from la chute. There was a pretty rainbow close to the fall, such a fantastic view. We wanted to take a group photo but la chute splashed water at us, so our cameras became a little wet. When we had seen la chute, we wanted to go back, but we had to decide if we wanted to pay for l'ascenseur or take the stairs. One ride with l'ascenseur was 8 CAD and that was way too expensive. So we took the stairs. It was very hard, I'm in a very bad shape so this took very long time for me to climp these stairs! I was so tired, when I made the top. Later we would like to see a Centre d'achat.
xoxo serb
Mots:
La Chute de Montmorency: Montmorency Falls
Parc(m): a Park
Guerre(f): war
Bataille(f): a battle
Ascenseur(m): elevator
Centre d'achat(m): Mall
fredag den 12. oktober 2012
MEETING WITH THE QUEBECOIS
MEETING WITH THE QUEBECOIS
Today we needed to wake up early because we had to meet with a teacher from a Lycee Quebecois. Her name was Linda, she had made a tour through the Quebec arear. First we saw the l`Eglise Saint George, which is the local catholic church, our guide at l'eglise was sweet, he reminded me of an old sweet grandpa. It was very beautiful and the guide wanted us to write in their guest book. During the car ride, we had the most beautiful view. You could only hear the cameras say click, click. ;)
We ate lunch at a ecological resturant, which sells the local farmers vegetable. But they also had a resturant. I ate a pumkin soup, then I ate a veggie lasagna, I even ate the salat because the food was so good. For dessert I got a apple crumble cake with Sirop d'Erable, it was so good I tipped them 5CAD. After the lunch a local farmer came and told us about what they do and how the cooperation goes between the local farmers and the resturant. They even have a little store where they sell the local farmers products. The local former who told us about the cooperation was also the la Presidente.
After the lunch break our guide was taking us to see a farm where they produced appples. We went for a little walk were we plucked apples. The apples were so beautiful, they looked like they were from a painting. The apples tasted as good as they looked. We met a cat at the farm, it was so sweeet, me and some classmates became friends with this cat. This chat made me regrette mon chat, the cat's fur was doux.
We moved on to see a brigde in a park, I noticed that the bicycle track was dived in two so the bicycles only could drive in one direction. Later on we went to a restaurant were we meet our host families, which were teachers at Cegep Beauce-Appalaches, which is a lycee in the little ville St-Georges. When we arrived, we said hallo to the other teachers, and afterwards we went for a ride through the woods in a horse carriage. When we came back one of the teachers had planned a relay for us, we were divided into two teams - mixed of cause. In the relay we were supposed to put on gloves, a funny hat, afterwards we should run to a tree stump, which had a nail, that you should but you only got one hit in every turn! So this was a very difficult game!;) we lost unfortunately! After the relay we went into the restuarant for dinner.
I'm very picky when it comes to food, and of cause I didn't like most of the food, but I did taste eggs with maple syrup, which had a very interesting taste but i kind of liked it. And along came the dessert which were three dishes; First we got crêpe with sirup d'erable, then came the maple syrup butter, very sweet. At last came maple syrup on ice - I thought it couldn't get any sweeter but this was beyond every expectation.
A round 9 pm me and Mathilde went home to our host. Our host was the french teacher Christine. We had brought gifts to our host, I brought some sucreries danoises and a book about Copenhagen, While Mathilde brought reglisse which were very salee, but Christine liked it. Afterwards me and Mathilde went to bed.
xoxo serb
Mots:
Lycee(m): high scool
Quebecois(adj): a person from Quebec
Eglise(f):church
Sirop d'Erable(m): maple syrup
Presidente(f): a president
Regretter(vb): miss
Chat(m): a cat
Doux(adj): soft
Ville(f): a city
Crêpe(f): a pancake
Sucreries danoises(f): Danish candy
Reglisse(f): liquorice
Sale(adj): salty
Today we needed to wake up early because we had to meet with a teacher from a Lycee Quebecois. Her name was Linda, she had made a tour through the Quebec arear. First we saw the l`Eglise Saint George, which is the local catholic church, our guide at l'eglise was sweet, he reminded me of an old sweet grandpa. It was very beautiful and the guide wanted us to write in their guest book. During the car ride, we had the most beautiful view. You could only hear the cameras say click, click. ;)
We ate lunch at a ecological resturant, which sells the local farmers vegetable. But they also had a resturant. I ate a pumkin soup, then I ate a veggie lasagna, I even ate the salat because the food was so good. For dessert I got a apple crumble cake with Sirop d'Erable, it was so good I tipped them 5CAD. After the lunch a local farmer came and told us about what they do and how the cooperation goes between the local farmers and the resturant. They even have a little store where they sell the local farmers products. The local former who told us about the cooperation was also the la Presidente.
After the lunch break our guide was taking us to see a farm where they produced appples. We went for a little walk were we plucked apples. The apples were so beautiful, they looked like they were from a painting. The apples tasted as good as they looked. We met a cat at the farm, it was so sweeet, me and some classmates became friends with this cat. This chat made me regrette mon chat, the cat's fur was doux.
We moved on to see a brigde in a park, I noticed that the bicycle track was dived in two so the bicycles only could drive in one direction. Later on we went to a restaurant were we meet our host families, which were teachers at Cegep Beauce-Appalaches, which is a lycee in the little ville St-Georges. When we arrived, we said hallo to the other teachers, and afterwards we went for a ride through the woods in a horse carriage. When we came back one of the teachers had planned a relay for us, we were divided into two teams - mixed of cause. In the relay we were supposed to put on gloves, a funny hat, afterwards we should run to a tree stump, which had a nail, that you should but you only got one hit in every turn! So this was a very difficult game!;) we lost unfortunately! After the relay we went into the restuarant for dinner.
I'm very picky when it comes to food, and of cause I didn't like most of the food, but I did taste eggs with maple syrup, which had a very interesting taste but i kind of liked it. And along came the dessert which were three dishes; First we got crêpe with sirup d'erable, then came the maple syrup butter, very sweet. At last came maple syrup on ice - I thought it couldn't get any sweeter but this was beyond every expectation.
A round 9 pm me and Mathilde went home to our host. Our host was the french teacher Christine. We had brought gifts to our host, I brought some sucreries danoises and a book about Copenhagen, While Mathilde brought reglisse which were very salee, but Christine liked it. Afterwards me and Mathilde went to bed.
xoxo serb
Mots:
Lycee(m): high scool
Quebecois(adj): a person from Quebec
Eglise(f):church
Sirop d'Erable(m): maple syrup
Presidente(f): a president
Regretter(vb): miss
Chat(m): a cat
Doux(adj): soft
Ville(f): a city
Crêpe(f): a pancake
Sucreries danoises(f): Danish candy
Reglisse(f): liquorice
Sale(adj): salty
tirsdag den 9. oktober 2012
A LOOOOONG DAY..
Hello :D
Today we woke up early and went to school with our hosting families, and meet with the others at the school. We talked a bit with the families, and a teacher from the school gave us a guided tour around the school, and told us about the different subjects and rooms for the subjects. He also told us that the students were able to live at the school, and that they came from all over Quebec to study there, because it was so cheap to live there.
Then another teacher showed as a completely different part of the school. It was a technical school, where the students were learning to become mechanics, electricians, enginiers and more. It was a huge part of the school woth a lot of expensive materials and machines, and the students learned to act like professionels and how to do big thing, while they were still at school.
Then we went back to the main buildings and had some lunch with the teachers/hosting families, and then we talked to them, and gave them some names of danish singers/bands, and they gave us a goodie bag with a lot of different thins, fx. romans and novelles in Quebeqois.
Then Linda (the teacher who had arranged everything) took us to a bridge were we took a short walk, and to a museum of the history of Beauce (the city were the school was, and the hosting families lived) we were all very tired, and we just wanted to go back to the hotel, but we held out even though we were slowly falling asleep. Then we went to a "fromagerie" to taste some cheese, which was a very dissapointing experience, because the "fromagerie" looked like a gas station, and we only tasted two different types of cheese, wich were very salty and rubber-ish, so we all bought some candy instead (even though we had all had enough of sugar from the night before, were we had a lot of mable sirup) and ate it at the bus ride back to the hotel, so we were all very tired and doped on sugar ... Well, that was a fun ride (:
Back at the hotel we just relaxed and waited for it to be time to go to dinner (: We all ate togther and we had some really great tasting food. Then we all just went home and started packing for the trip home tomorrow. I am definetley in love with Quebec, but I am really looking forward to getting home to my own bed and to be able to go to your own room and be alone for the first time in 11 days (:
- Bye for now (:
- Kristine (:
PS: Pictures will be coming soon (:
Today we woke up early and went to school with our hosting families, and meet with the others at the school. We talked a bit with the families, and a teacher from the school gave us a guided tour around the school, and told us about the different subjects and rooms for the subjects. He also told us that the students were able to live at the school, and that they came from all over Quebec to study there, because it was so cheap to live there.
Then another teacher showed as a completely different part of the school. It was a technical school, where the students were learning to become mechanics, electricians, enginiers and more. It was a huge part of the school woth a lot of expensive materials and machines, and the students learned to act like professionels and how to do big thing, while they were still at school.
Then we went back to the main buildings and had some lunch with the teachers/hosting families, and then we talked to them, and gave them some names of danish singers/bands, and they gave us a goodie bag with a lot of different thins, fx. romans and novelles in Quebeqois.
Then Linda (the teacher who had arranged everything) took us to a bridge were we took a short walk, and to a museum of the history of Beauce (the city were the school was, and the hosting families lived) we were all very tired, and we just wanted to go back to the hotel, but we held out even though we were slowly falling asleep. Then we went to a "fromagerie" to taste some cheese, which was a very dissapointing experience, because the "fromagerie" looked like a gas station, and we only tasted two different types of cheese, wich were very salty and rubber-ish, so we all bought some candy instead (even though we had all had enough of sugar from the night before, were we had a lot of mable sirup) and ate it at the bus ride back to the hotel, so we were all very tired and doped on sugar ... Well, that was a fun ride (:
Back at the hotel we just relaxed and waited for it to be time to go to dinner (: We all ate togther and we had some really great tasting food. Then we all just went home and started packing for the trip home tomorrow. I am definetley in love with Quebec, but I am really looking forward to getting home to my own bed and to be able to go to your own room and be alone for the first time in 11 days (:
- Bye for now (:
- Kristine (:
PS: Pictures will be coming soon (:
LOVING QUEBEC!
Hello everyone (:
We arrived at Quebec friday night, after a long flight ... We all went out together and found a small restaurant where they served all kinds of Crèpe, and then we took a walk down the streets of Quebec, it is a very beautiful city, which is definetley inspired by the old Europe, it looks nothing like Amerika, but it is a very small and cozy city with beautiful architecture and a lot of hills (:
And they even have a lot of good stores over here, so it is a fine shopping-city, even though I thought it would not be a good place to shop after beeing in New York, this is more than fine (:
Saturday we wandered around Quebec just watching the architecture and the city, at the evening we went to a Hockey game and watched the Remparts win 7-2, it was fun to see a different kind of sport, and the culture and traditions around it (:At night we went to a bar, and had a lot of fun meeting the locals, but we were very choked when the bar closed at 3am, which was all normal at a saturday night :o that would never have happened in Denmark!
Sunday we went to see "La chute Montmorency" which is a waterfall that is 30 meters taller than the Niagra falls. But there was a lot of stairs at this waterfall, that was not that fun ...
Monday we woke up early to go and get some breakfeast and pack a bag, because we were goning on a bus ride with another "proffesseur dans une Lycee Quebecois" a teacher from a Quebecois High school, Linda, she showed us a beautiful church and a local restaurant with traditionel dishes, and with a very special local and ecological system (: We had three dishes and all felt sick of the though of having to eat dinner later (: At the evening we met with our hosting family that we were going to spend the night with. They had arranged a carriage trip for us through the woods, with their beautiful fall trees, and after that they had a man show us how "Sirop d'erable" is made, and finally they had arranged a compitition for us, and finnally we ate a two dished meal, with a lot of sirup ... BUT they served pancakes <3 Then we went home with our families and gave them our presents, that we had bought for them, I brought them danish cookies and liquorice, and talk to them about things about Quebec and Denmark, and my family brought me a can of Sirup for my father (:
see you all soon (:
-Kristine
We arrived at Quebec friday night, after a long flight ... We all went out together and found a small restaurant where they served all kinds of Crèpe, and then we took a walk down the streets of Quebec, it is a very beautiful city, which is definetley inspired by the old Europe, it looks nothing like Amerika, but it is a very small and cozy city with beautiful architecture and a lot of hills (:
And they even have a lot of good stores over here, so it is a fine shopping-city, even though I thought it would not be a good place to shop after beeing in New York, this is more than fine (:
Saturday we wandered around Quebec just watching the architecture and the city, at the evening we went to a Hockey game and watched the Remparts win 7-2, it was fun to see a different kind of sport, and the culture and traditions around it (:At night we went to a bar, and had a lot of fun meeting the locals, but we were very choked when the bar closed at 3am, which was all normal at a saturday night :o that would never have happened in Denmark!
Sunday we went to see "La chute Montmorency" which is a waterfall that is 30 meters taller than the Niagra falls. But there was a lot of stairs at this waterfall, that was not that fun ...
Monday we woke up early to go and get some breakfeast and pack a bag, because we were goning on a bus ride with another "proffesseur dans une Lycee Quebecois" a teacher from a Quebecois High school, Linda, she showed us a beautiful church and a local restaurant with traditionel dishes, and with a very special local and ecological system (: We had three dishes and all felt sick of the though of having to eat dinner later (: At the evening we met with our hosting family that we were going to spend the night with. They had arranged a carriage trip for us through the woods, with their beautiful fall trees, and after that they had a man show us how "Sirop d'erable" is made, and finally they had arranged a compitition for us, and finnally we ate a two dished meal, with a lot of sirup ... BUT they served pancakes <3 Then we went home with our families and gave them our presents, that we had bought for them, I brought them danish cookies and liquorice, and talk to them about things about Quebec and Denmark, and my family brought me a can of Sirup for my father (:
see you all soon (:
-Kristine
søndag den 7. oktober 2012
FIRST DAY IN QUEBEC
First day in Quebec city.
We woke up, from a very great nights sleep. Our rooms are in a European style, but very nice. We sleep in bunk beds, and to compare to the States, here in these bunk beds I don't fear for my life: You know I am afraid of falling out in the the middle of the night. To compare another thing, the weather was much colder than the States. The first day, we were welcomed with rain and cold temperatures. But even though the weather was working against us, it didn't stop us from falling in love with Quebec. I can describe it this way, Quebec is a big city but it has the charm of a little European village.
The first thing we saw was the Observatoire de Quebec, here you can see the whole city from above: It was one of the most beautiful l views I ever have seen. The view is fantastic because it's Autumn, so Quebec was covered in yellow, red, and brown, colors. The people who worked at the Observatoire had a different accent than we are used to in French class, but they spoke english very well. One of them told us about un plat Quebecois , containing french fries, a thick sauce, and some cheese, mmmm... very tasty. But he also said that is easier to eat with mayo.
After the Observatoire, we went to see the City with our teachers as guides. But before we started, we went for some hot drinks, it was soo nice! The weather was terrible, but it didn't stop us from enjoying the city. Quebec has so many beautiful and charming small buildings, we even lost two from the class, but they had just made a wrong turn, and were found 5 min. later. ;)
In the evening we went to see a hockey game, with the local team The Remparts. There was an awesome atmosphere during the game. Everyone from the class brought t-shirts, and other souvenirs to support the Remparts. We cheered and clapped for the team :D. During the game we learned some useful words in Quebecois Francais, for example nombril it means belly button in french, we also learned the word, Baiser which is a kiss. Almost at the end of the game, they played " the final countdown" and guess who loves that song ;). In the end The Remparts won with 7-2 so of cause we had to celebrate that later on!
xoxo serb
Mots:
Observatoire(m): a observatory
Plat(m): a dish
Nombril(m): a belly-button
Baiser(m): a kiss
We woke up, from a very great nights sleep. Our rooms are in a European style, but very nice. We sleep in bunk beds, and to compare to the States, here in these bunk beds I don't fear for my life: You know I am afraid of falling out in the the middle of the night. To compare another thing, the weather was much colder than the States. The first day, we were welcomed with rain and cold temperatures. But even though the weather was working against us, it didn't stop us from falling in love with Quebec. I can describe it this way, Quebec is a big city but it has the charm of a little European village.
The first thing we saw was the Observatoire de Quebec, here you can see the whole city from above: It was one of the most beautiful l views I ever have seen. The view is fantastic because it's Autumn, so Quebec was covered in yellow, red, and brown, colors. The people who worked at the Observatoire had a different accent than we are used to in French class, but they spoke english very well. One of them told us about un plat Quebecois , containing french fries, a thick sauce, and some cheese, mmmm... very tasty. But he also said that is easier to eat with mayo.
After the Observatoire, we went to see the City with our teachers as guides. But before we started, we went for some hot drinks, it was soo nice! The weather was terrible, but it didn't stop us from enjoying the city. Quebec has so many beautiful and charming small buildings, we even lost two from the class, but they had just made a wrong turn, and were found 5 min. later. ;)
In the evening we went to see a hockey game, with the local team The Remparts. There was an awesome atmosphere during the game. Everyone from the class brought t-shirts, and other souvenirs to support the Remparts. We cheered and clapped for the team :D. During the game we learned some useful words in Quebecois Francais, for example nombril it means belly button in french, we also learned the word, Baiser which is a kiss. Almost at the end of the game, they played " the final countdown" and guess who loves that song ;). In the end The Remparts won with 7-2 so of cause we had to celebrate that later on!
xoxo serb
Mots:
Observatoire(m): a observatory
Plat(m): a dish
Nombril(m): a belly-button
Baiser(m): a kiss
fredag den 5. oktober 2012
HOMEY QUEBEC
Hey all!
It's the Viking again, the two others went clubbing, embracing the fact that we are finally able to drink on our trip - how magnificent an idea after a day of travelling (not a long one though...). Fortunately for you, I did not want to go clubbing tonight, saving it for later which incidentally made time now for reflection on the events of the day.
We left way to early in the morning, and seeing as we did not get more than 3 hours sleep it was unbelievable that we were still able to stand erect some times. But the sun was shining and the air in NY was clearer than it had been all the other days. We arrived at Laguardia airport where we had to check in, which turned out to be a bit of a puzzle - people were angry, had problems staying in their lines and were generally agitated with the fact that we kept "cutting in front", because we were a group. But we had to..
I learned a new thing about airport security today as well, now you have to remove EVERYTHING - the only thing you are allowed to keep wearing are the clothes on your back, the shoes go, the PC in another, and don't even get me started on possible drug testing on Milica () and ridiculous overlay in one airport resulting in yet another security check. There has to be an easier way - perhaps just make an airport service for those of us willing to take the risks in exchange for the much shorter check-in procedures.. All jokes aside it is a very interesting thing to have seen ground zero and after that going to an airport and get put through that kind of thing.
After some time on different, at one point questionable planes we arrived in Quebec which apparently is not a large city.. which results in planes with propellers, which makes this sound: FRRRRRRRR-FRRRRRR all of the freaking time in the air, which makes me kinda grumpy - but luckily I fell asleep.
The hostel where we are staying is quite nice though and even though we have not seen a lot of Quebec it is a breathtaking city, with beautiful old buildings and a city wall from a fairy tale - it really has the feel of a European city and we all feel at ease here for now.
We went to get dinner at a restaurant, however there was a misunderstanding between the waitress and one of our classmates.
In Quebec it is customary that one pays a 15% tip in addition to the "actual" payment amount, but when the Scandinavian principles of not tipping if the service did not exceed the expected failed, she was forced - however unwillingly she was to pay the 15% and the sour waitress let her go. Always fun to get to explain..
Am really beat even though I did not do too much today, so this must be when I'll be turning in - looking forward to tomorrow where the "class" starts at ten, but according to what I have heard is going to be very much fun and feel compulsory to say: Educational
Regards from the french copycat, Canada
The Viking
It's the Viking again, the two others went clubbing, embracing the fact that we are finally able to drink on our trip - how magnificent an idea after a day of travelling (not a long one though...). Fortunately for you, I did not want to go clubbing tonight, saving it for later which incidentally made time now for reflection on the events of the day.
We left way to early in the morning, and seeing as we did not get more than 3 hours sleep it was unbelievable that we were still able to stand erect some times. But the sun was shining and the air in NY was clearer than it had been all the other days. We arrived at Laguardia airport where we had to check in, which turned out to be a bit of a puzzle - people were angry, had problems staying in their lines and were generally agitated with the fact that we kept "cutting in front", because we were a group. But we had to..
I learned a new thing about airport security today as well, now you have to remove EVERYTHING - the only thing you are allowed to keep wearing are the clothes on your back, the shoes go, the PC in another, and don't even get me started on possible drug testing on Milica () and ridiculous overlay in one airport resulting in yet another security check. There has to be an easier way - perhaps just make an airport service for those of us willing to take the risks in exchange for the much shorter check-in procedures.. All jokes aside it is a very interesting thing to have seen ground zero and after that going to an airport and get put through that kind of thing.
After some time on different, at one point questionable planes we arrived in Quebec which apparently is not a large city.. which results in planes with propellers, which makes this sound: FRRRRRRRR-FRRRRRR all of the freaking time in the air, which makes me kinda grumpy - but luckily I fell asleep.
The hostel where we are staying is quite nice though and even though we have not seen a lot of Quebec it is a breathtaking city, with beautiful old buildings and a city wall from a fairy tale - it really has the feel of a European city and we all feel at ease here for now.
We went to get dinner at a restaurant, however there was a misunderstanding between the waitress and one of our classmates.
In Quebec it is customary that one pays a 15% tip in addition to the "actual" payment amount, but when the Scandinavian principles of not tipping if the service did not exceed the expected failed, she was forced - however unwillingly she was to pay the 15% and the sour waitress let her go. Always fun to get to explain..
Am really beat even though I did not do too much today, so this must be when I'll be turning in - looking forward to tomorrow where the "class" starts at ten, but according to what I have heard is going to be very much fun and feel compulsory to say: Educational
Regards from the french copycat, Canada
The Viking
torsdag den 4. oktober 2012
LEAVING NEW YORK IS NEVER EASY
Hello
again there, been sometime since I was the blogging one!
It is now midnight in NY and everyone is
beat and not exactly looking forward to a long flight in the morning, however,
we had fun here and are looking forward to expanding our minds even further.
But here is a recap of our trip so far:
Monday: Arrived and got settled in, did some shopping
Tuesday: Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Ground Zero
Memorial (Amazingly touching experience and the rainy weather made it even more
chilling to be there)
Wednesday: Guided tour to Harlem where we visited the Church of
Sct. John the Divine - the largest church I have ever seen and although it
was unfinished the mere size of it made it a breathtaking experience. Then we
went for a walk around the city with a journalist named Louise which was an
interesting perspective to have, seeing as she has lived here for over 5 years.
The rest of the day was dedicated to shopping (Surprise!) on Broadway and Times
Square where we all saw and Milica met and hugged Snoop Dogg. (Just
casually putting it out there - God, this is a crazy place)
Thursday: In the morning we walked a while to get to MoMA, which
was an interesting experience, even though the exhibits we really wanted to see (The
grand Monet, Dali etc.) was closed! We were a sad bunch.
Then we had a mini-lecture with an
amazingly interesting historian, Laird W. Bergad, about latinos in New York,
which was very inspirational.
We
ended our day at a nearby restaurant called Ruby Tuesday, where we had the most
attentive and polite waiter I have ever met – he certainly earned all our spare
change! Most of us are packed up and ready to go tomorrow, but it looks like it’s
going to be a long night for some.
New
York City truly is an interesting place, there are – to the extent of my experiences
– not many other cities which can really compare, but I guess I will always be
a true European. This city never sleeps, but damn it, I do!
Can’t
wait to go to Quebec tomorrow and attempt to speak some French at last, the
only thing I am annoyed about though, is that there were so many things I never got to see –
Empire State Building I only saw from the outside, never saw Macy’s, Central
Park was only peripherally seen by bus, however the city feels more like a familiar
place now.
See
you in Quebec,
The
Vikingonsdag den 3. oktober 2012
IMMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK
Today we started out with a bus trip to Harlem, where we had a really good guide, who could tell stories from his own life while telling us about Harlem.
In Harlem we also saw a church called saint John the divine, which was a huge church, with a lot of beautiful architecture and decorations.
After the bus trip we went to meet a danish journalist, Louise, who has lived in New York for five years now, and she showed us some of the areas in New York, that was affected by the immigrants, and where you could clearly see, how the immigrants are bringing their own culture to New York and either hold on tight to their traditions, or mix their tradition and cultures with the culture and tradition in New York, and that way they create a new kind of culture.
After the trip around the immigrant areas, we of course went shopping at times square and 5th avenue, where we found a lot of great clothes and checked out the huge M&M store with all you could ever wish for with M&M, and a really sickening sweet smell of sugar and chocolate, I am really happy that I do not have to work in that smell every day.
After hours of shopping and eating some really good food, we just went back to the hotel and had some rest.
In Harlem we also saw a church called saint John the divine, which was a huge church, with a lot of beautiful architecture and decorations.
After the bus trip we went to meet a danish journalist, Louise, who has lived in New York for five years now, and she showed us some of the areas in New York, that was affected by the immigrants, and where you could clearly see, how the immigrants are bringing their own culture to New York and either hold on tight to their traditions, or mix their tradition and cultures with the culture and tradition in New York, and that way they create a new kind of culture.
After the trip around the immigrant areas, we of course went shopping at times square and 5th avenue, where we found a lot of great clothes and checked out the huge M&M store with all you could ever wish for with M&M, and a really sickening sweet smell of sugar and chocolate, I am really happy that I do not have to work in that smell every day.
After hours of shopping and eating some really good food, we just went back to the hotel and had some rest.
tirsdag den 2. oktober 2012
LIBERTY AND TERRORISM
Liberty and Terrorism.
After a (almost) good nights sleep (we all woke up at 6 a.m. besides Kristine ;)).
we had a great breakfast, we had the chance to taste the famous onion bagel, not the most tasty thing, but it was worth the experience.
We also had our first experience with the American metro. It was a little difficult to figure out so we got lost a couple of times. But in the end everything was solved and we made it to our final destination.
We went to see the Statue if Liberty and Ellis Island, which was very interesting because we (almost) got the same experience as the immigrants who came to the States many years ago. But I could have lived without the sea sickness. ;)
We also visited the 9/11 memorial, it was also interesting, but the sad thing was that it was raining, and I did not have an umbrella, so I was soaked. After the memorial, my friends and I went to department store, but it was so bad - and I quote one of my friends " the clothes on the racks look like they have been donated by someone's dead and most likely blind grandmother"we didn't stay in that department store for long. We went on looking for other stores ;)
xoxo serb
After a (almost) good nights sleep (we all woke up at 6 a.m. besides Kristine ;)).
we had a great breakfast, we had the chance to taste the famous onion bagel, not the most tasty thing, but it was worth the experience.
We also had our first experience with the American metro. It was a little difficult to figure out so we got lost a couple of times. But in the end everything was solved and we made it to our final destination.
We went to see the Statue if Liberty and Ellis Island, which was very interesting because we (almost) got the same experience as the immigrants who came to the States many years ago. But I could have lived without the sea sickness. ;)
We also visited the 9/11 memorial, it was also interesting, but the sad thing was that it was raining, and I did not have an umbrella, so I was soaked. After the memorial, my friends and I went to department store, but it was so bad - and I quote one of my friends " the clothes on the racks look like they have been donated by someone's dead and most likely blind grandmother"we didn't stay in that department store for long. We went on looking for other stores ;)
xoxo serb
mandag den 1. oktober 2012
AT LAST!
Hey y'all :)
MAK finally made it to the big apple, and the journey, however long, was pleasant - 20 hours of travelling seemed like quite the feat of strength when we arrived at 4 in the morning at Silkeborg station, accompanied by our respective relatives. But once we were actually in the air the flight went smoothly - some were feeling a little nervous, but personally the moment I found out that the entertainment aboard included my very own game of Tetris and the newest films together with my friends, it was like Christmas Eve to me.
We passed Iceland on our route and on our little individual monitorm we were able to see the rocky land when the clouds had passed, and a like with Greenland and its mesmerizing snowy landscape.
At Newark airport, customs was a bitch, but we made it through with the help of the "lovely" officers and, are now settled in to our cozy temporary home at Equity Point Hostels,
Looking forward to seeing 9/11 memorial in the morning after a good night's sleep that will hopefully cure the mass jetlag, currently embodying the entire french class.. (Who, however, have mustered the strength to go shopping for a bit!)
Till some other time, the Viking
MAK finally made it to the big apple, and the journey, however long, was pleasant - 20 hours of travelling seemed like quite the feat of strength when we arrived at 4 in the morning at Silkeborg station, accompanied by our respective relatives. But once we were actually in the air the flight went smoothly - some were feeling a little nervous, but personally the moment I found out that the entertainment aboard included my very own game of Tetris and the newest films together with my friends, it was like Christmas Eve to me.
We passed Iceland on our route and on our little individual monitorm we were able to see the rocky land when the clouds had passed, and a like with Greenland and its mesmerizing snowy landscape.
At Newark airport, customs was a bitch, but we made it through with the help of the "lovely" officers and, are now settled in to our cozy temporary home at Equity Point Hostels,
Looking forward to seeing 9/11 memorial in the morning after a good night's sleep that will hopefully cure the mass jetlag, currently embodying the entire french class.. (Who, however, have mustered the strength to go shopping for a bit!)
Till some other time, the Viking
søndag den 30. september 2012
USA TRIP
USA Trip.
this is my first trip to the American continent! I'm sooo excited and I just can't hide it ;) I just started to pack my stuff. My friends are going to love me I have not packed high heels, I will miss them so much<3 but on the other hand I'm probably going to buy some new shoes anyway;)
xoxo serb!
this is my first trip to the American continent! I'm sooo excited and I just can't hide it ;) I just started to pack my stuff. My friends are going to love me I have not packed high heels, I will miss them so much<3 but on the other hand I'm probably going to buy some new shoes anyway;)
xoxo serb!
LEAVING SOON :)
We are leaving tomorrow morning at 4.15 am -.- Goona be a long ride to Copenhagen, and an even longer flight to NY, but it is gonna be awesome when we finally arrive! Cannot wait! :D
- Kristine :D
- Kristine :D
torsdag den 27. september 2012
INTRODUCTION
Hey! Welcome to the MAK-blog, this is our blog for our trip across the atlantic ocean, to the United States of America (New York) and Canada (Quebec).
Introduction
MAK are three girls from Denmark, Milica, Astrid and Kristine, who attend gymnasium in Silkeborg, Jutland. We are all around the age of 18-19 and study languages primarily. And as part of our trip we were asked by our teachers to create a blog based on our expectations, our discoveries and our experiences - so here it is!
First blogging
Sooo.. this is awkward.. :)
USA on monday! Words cannot describe how exited we are, but at the moment, things have to come into place first - do we have everything? Passport, panties and proper English, check.
MAK (short for Milica, Astrid & Kristine) is looking very much forward to being confronted with the many stereotypes we imagine we will see over there. And get some great experiences in the heart of American culture - NYC. We will be doing quite a lot of sightseeing, but we are unsure that these grand amounts of "sightseeing" will fit in our suitcase on the way home. Keeping positive though.
xoxo (even though the Viking finds it utteraly repulsive!)
Introduction
MAK are three girls from Denmark, Milica, Astrid and Kristine, who attend gymnasium in Silkeborg, Jutland. We are all around the age of 18-19 and study languages primarily. And as part of our trip we were asked by our teachers to create a blog based on our expectations, our discoveries and our experiences - so here it is!
First blogging
Sooo.. this is awkward.. :)
USA on monday! Words cannot describe how exited we are, but at the moment, things have to come into place first - do we have everything? Passport, panties and proper English, check.
MAK (short for Milica, Astrid & Kristine) is looking very much forward to being confronted with the many stereotypes we imagine we will see over there. And get some great experiences in the heart of American culture - NYC. We will be doing quite a lot of sightseeing, but we are unsure that these grand amounts of "sightseeing" will fit in our suitcase on the way home. Keeping positive though.
xoxo (even though the Viking finds it utteraly repulsive!)
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