A Canadian Adventure

I had woken up in the early hours of the morning and caught sight of it through a gap in the curtains. I’m not even sure what I saw that made me look but something caught my eye and drew me to the window. Perhaps it was that strange reflected light from the early morning sun bouncing off the snow and through the curtains or maybe the flutter of tiny flakes as they fell from the sky. In any case there it was like a dream in the dawn light, spiralling down from the heavens and dancing the sunrise. The first snow of the season! It was settling in that almost comical way on every surface blanketing the world outside my window in a think layer of white and excitement rushed inside me.

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This week my parents came to visit me in Ottawa. It was amazing to see them after 3 months away from home. We had a brilliant few days showing them around Ottawa. This was the first time in my life I have lived somewhere my parents haven’t been to before. It was strange to play tour guide and show them round all the little places I had found and showing them a part of my life they had only imagined from my descriptions over the phone and photographs I send in the occasional email.

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My shopping trip last week was successful and I am now a proud owner of a big red extremely warm, waterproof jacket which will hopefully protect me from hypothermia through the winter. I have noticed a few things about shopping in Canada and mainly I’m much better at it at home.

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Hi and welcome to my travel blog. Here I will be posting information and photos of all my experiences living and studying in Canada. I hope to update at least weekly and keep you all informed while I am away. Enjoy!

I started writing this blog on another site so if you want to read any backstory stuff it’s all behing the cut bellow.

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