On Sunday
August 31st, it was again time to drag myself to the airport for my
next Canadian adventure. Although I was really looking forward to it, I was
feeling nauseous and overtired after partying for about a week. I stuffed two
big bags with clothes, shoes and a lot of things I figured I might need during
my first year as a College Student living at the Residence. And still, it
looked like I was travelling with nothing at all.
My first
flight from Brussels to Montréal went by pretty quickly, since I again slept
for about the whole flight. I didn’t even try to watch a movie, but just doze
off with my own pillow and blanket until we were in Canada. Since our flight
got delayed by 45 minutes, I kind of knew that there was an unpleasant surprise
in store for me. Air Canada namely cancelled my 2 connecting flights, because
of me being late.
I was stuck
at the Montréal Airport for about 8 hours, but I managed to receive a Food
Document to compensate for the unpleasant circumstance. As of the moment the
lady issued me the document, I instantly felt like Tom Hanks in the movie ‘The
Terminal’. I spend most of the time talking to my family using FaceTime or Skype,
sending people some awful Snapchats and eating.
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| Fairmont Hotel - Vancouver Airport |
After
flying from Montréal to Vancouver, a new problem arose. My flight to Cranbrook
wasn’t leaving until the next morning, so I was basically stuck at the
Vancouver Airport. Air Canada was so helpful to offer me a room in the Fairmont
Hotel. At that point, I had been travelling for about 24 hours so I was only
looking forward to taking a hot shower and going to bed. The next morning, I
enjoyed breakfast (again with a Food Document) before hopping on the little
plane with destination for Cranbrook.
Cheryl from
the International Office came round for me and instantly took me to my new
home. I live together with 2 Brazilian girls, 1 Indian boy and 2 Canadians in
what they call a POD. A POD can be considered as an apartment with 6 separate
bedrooms, 2 complete bathrooms and 1 big kitchen with living room. I have to
admit that, at first, I had to get used to sharing space with others, but it’s
actually working out perfectly. Today, we organized our first Saturday Family
Dinner, which will become a weekly tradition.
Since the
Residence is only a 2-minute walk from College, I can sleep late pretty much
every day :-) I only have 17 hours of classes, so compared to being a student
at the Karel de Grote-Hogeschool I’m kind of a lazy student right now. We do
have to finish a lot of assignments, but it’s no big deal actually. I do have
to admit that I have to get used to being a student again and definitely living
together with a lot of young people, because Canadians really don’t know how to
party. Too bad, so sad!
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| College of the Rockies |
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| TRMP! |
