amaaaazing... =) rocky mountains....

last tuesday we were on a few job fairs, but as always we didn't hear anything until now... 
it's getting a little bit depressing. but we won't give up... tomorrow we are going on tour again... one day we must be lucky... 


on wednesday i was at school... and in the afternoon we went to stanely park to see the "beautiful" christmas lights. 
unfortunately i forget my camera but i was typically amercian like always. =) 


on thursday after school we booked our snowboard lessons for the rockies =) and i had to pack all my things because we left on friday. 


friday morning at 7 o'clock we left for a awesome rocky mountains tour. 
it was great. our first stop was in a village named "hope"... in this village they filmed the movie rambo... it's a cute little village. it was exactely what i expected from a canadian village in the country side. soooo beautiful =) 
after a few more hours driving we arrived in kamloops where we ate lunch. 
then we drove through the canadian desert and yoho national park. 
in the evening we went snow tubing. it was sooo funny =) 
the tubes were sooo fast =) 
after an hour fun we checked-in in our first hotel in golden. 


on saturday we had to stand up early because we drove to lake louise. 
lake louise is sooo beautiful... amaaaazing...
some of us skated on the lake and the others walked around the frozen lake. 
i walked through the snow and on the ice =) 
we made "schneeball schlacht" against the spanish boys. it was soooo much fun! 
later we continued our journey to banff. =) 
in banff we took the condola to go to the top of the mountain. it was a breathtaking view. 
and the weather was sooooo nice. the sun was shining =) and i got my first sunburn in Canada. 
the gondola was made in Switzerland =) wuuuhu... but it was soooo funny. the had to abut on the gonodola that it moved. haha =)
in the evening we went out, to the only night club in banff =) 
after some hours dancing we had to go home because the disco closed at 2 o'clock. 
tamara, natalia, pili and I waited on the street for a taxi. 
then a white car with blue and red stripes was about to drive past, so tamara an me stand on the street that it stops so that we can get in. 
so we called the others that a taxi is here and we wanted to go to the car. buuuut suddenly the car drove away, so i thought it was an idiot of a taxi driver. 
we were claming and grumbling... but then tamara recognised that it wasn't a taxi but a police car... hahahaha 
when we arrived at the hotel we were soooo tired that we wanted to go to bed imediately. but the door of our room was closed.... but why that... 
hehe.... sometimes boys and girls are going come together... :P 
so we waited a couple of minutes in the lobby and when we came back we could go to bed, fortunately =) 


the next day our trip was leading us to the most beautiful village i've ever seen, to Panorama Mountain Village. 
It's a cute little, little village. In the rental shop, the man who rented me the snowboard things was a Swiss guy =) what a coincidence. =) 
so we made our way to the mountain to try us on the snowboard. it was my first time. 
but it was great. i really like to snowboard although it was very exhausting. 
after this hard afternoon we unwound in the local hot spring. it was awesome. 
we were supposed to have a bonfire and delicious marshmallows =) but the hotel forgot to make a fire. so we went back to the hotel and drunk a little bit of alcohol :P 


and on monday we drove back to vancouver! it was a really, really great experience. 
i love the rocky mountains =) soooo awesome. 


today katie, marielle and me went to the botanic garden. hehe unfortunaltey there were not many flowers. koooooomisch =) but it was amusing. =) 

cute village

hope

last spike

kicking horse

golden

wuuhuuu snow

lake louise

=)

sooo nice

chateau of lake lousie

banff

snowboard profi =) haha

panorama

bye host family - welcome b. apartment =)

last wednesday we had had our big exam... 
i think it was okay... i don't feel like it was very bad but also not very good... 
so i have to wait to the end of january to receive my results :P 


after the exam we went to the old spaghetti factory with our class. together for the last time.. =( 
certantily we went out that evening but everyone was so exhausted from the exams that we went home early. 


on thursday was my first day in general english classes :P 
it is soooooo different from the CAE classes. but we can learn a lot :P 
in the evening i went with my host family for a walk to see the "beautiful" christmas lights on the different houses in our neighbourhood. 
(i will upload a video, if it works :P ) 


on friday we had our big big big party =) 
it was great and our apartment was veeeery crowded :P i think it was the greatest party ever in vancouver =) 
it was loads of fun =) 


the day after we went to the airport, again =( 
our philipp left, to go back to beautiful switzerland. 
i hate good byes... 


later that day another hard good bye...

i had my last dinner with my lovely host family =) 

it was soooo good =) marta cooked potatos, peas and carottes for me and a big steak. =) 

but i can always go back to my family and they said that i will be always welcomed with open arms. 

yesterday thomas and i went shopping in metrotown :P 

we needed to buy clothes for the cold cold rocky mountains :P 

wuuuhu i can't wait to go to the rockies. today i heard that we will be around 30 students from tamwood. i will be sooooo much fun and sooo cold :P 

a swiss friend of mine is in the rockies now and she just wrote me, that they have a lot lot of snow and around -25 degrees :P 

by the way, we still couldn't find a job =( 

but tomorrow we are going to go to a few other job fairs... maybe we will be lucky this time. 

soooo have a nice day =)

lovely CAE class =)

boys boys boys =)

cheeeeeese =)

paaaardaay

my host dad =)

my host mum =)

bitterly coooooold =)

this week i wasn't lazy at all... 


on last tuesday we had a speaking exam with our school manager =) 
my roomy natalia was my speaking partner and we did very well.
we also decorated the christmas tree unfortunately our teacher couldn't find popcorn without butter. so we had to decorate the tree without popcorns. =( 



then on wednesday was our big day. the real speaking exam was on the program.
we had to wait in a class room until our names were called and then we could go an show off with our speaking knowledge =) 
fortunately i was in the first group. and what a coincidence, natalia was my speaking partner =) we had a lot of fun during the speaking =) 
that evening we wanted to go to ceilis... but like always the line up was sooooo long that we didn't go. 
so we stayed at home and had our own home party =) 


on thursday we only were 5 students at school =) 
so we chilled out more or less the whole day :P 
in the last lesson we went to Blenz coffee to enjoy a great caramel latte =) 


a day later on friday, was our graduation =) 
which was great =) but also sad. 
i am not leaving tamwood but i will miss my class so much. 
my classmates were the best which you could have wished.  (ken plan öb de satz richtig isch :P  ) 
after school, pili and me went to grouse mountain with some other students =) 
it was sooooooo coooold up there =) even though it was great. for the first time in canada i have seen snow =) that made me so happy, because i really miss the snow and i was told that we won't have any snow here downtown =( 
so we rented skates and went ice skating on the frozen pond =) 
as when our toe's were frozen we changed our skates with our boots and walked to the beaver tail stand =) where we enjoyed a hot cider and a beaver tails. :P
soorry i can't explain what it was like, but it was really delicious. yammy yammy =) 
after a few hours we took the gondola back to the valley :P 
it seemed that we were lucky because the bus was waiting there and was supposed to leave in a few seconds, but unfortunately pili and me hadn't had enough coins to pay the ticket and they don't accept bills. so we had to go to starbucks to break a bill... 
but the bus driver was sooooo rude and drove away. so we had to wait an hour only because we didn't had 2.50 in coins right then. 


the whole week we have had beautiful weather with sunshine everyday. 
soooo we took advantage of this weather and went to capilano on saturday. 
in capilano is the suspension bridge and a little rain forrest =) 
it was amazing. =) have a look at my pictures =) 


on sunday was the santa claus parade. 
it wasn't very weihnachtlich... =) more advertisement than christmas. andere länder andere sitten :P 
but to keep a swiss tradition i baked some "grittibänz" for my roomies and me =) 


yesterday we stayed the whole day at home and "studied" =) haha... we tried to... :P 
in the evening we were invited to have dinner with the host family of Philipp another swiss student. they cooked some really delicious swiss food =) 
i felt like home =) it was great. 


today we went to a few job fairs. it's soooo hard to find a job here. i didn't expect it to be soo hard. i hope we will find something soon. 


as you may know tomorrow is our big CAE exam, the written papers. 
=) so i will let you know how it was ;) 


have a nice day =) 
und meld di mal =) wöött au wüsse wies ide schwiiz so lauf und üch so goht ;) 

our lovely teacher =) and pili and me

beaver tails

our christmas tree

graduation

on the way to capilano

that's fernando =) 

the bridge

the rainforrest =) aaaamaazing

our gaaang :P haha

santa claus parade :P 

advent, advent ein lichtlein brennt =)

another week passed by... 


yeah i'm getting to be lazy :P 


the last week didn't do anything special... 


but friday we were at the pub night from our school =) 
was really funny =) 
we were at schenanigans (oder wie au immer mer das schriebt...) and a lot of 
tamwood students were there =) i met some new friends :P 


on saturday we stayed at home the whole day. because once again the weather was soooooo terrible. 
i went home for dinner =) my host family and me ate some really good steaks and potatos and peas =) mmmmmh.... 
katie and i were invited to a house party of some canadian friends from katie. 
it was funny and very interesting to met all these new people. 
hehe... we were soooo hungry when we came back that we cooked some scrambled eggs =) and for the first time in my live i ate them with ketchup... wasn't that bad :P 


on sunday we went to different stores because katie wanted to buy a new camera =) 
and i bought new dvds =) my weakness... =) 
wow ja we almost forgot to celebrate 1.advent... =) but we put 4 candles on our couch table and that is our adventskranz =) 


today we worked hard to finally get prepared for our exams. 
tomorrow we will have the whole day speaking exams so that we will be genius on wednesday. =) 


ah ja unglaublich aber wahr, morn dekorieret mer ide schuel de christbaum mit POPCORN... haha =) bin jo gspanne :P 

black and white

wooow time flies.... =) 


another week passed by. =) 


unfortunately i can't remember what we did on tuesday :P 


so i tell you something about wednesday... 
after another funny day at school, my suuuper friend katie and i went swimming =) 
we spent an hour or nearly two in the swimming pool, hot tub, sauna and steaming room. 
it was greeeeat... best place to unwind =) i am really looking forward to move in to our apt. so 
that i can spend more time in our spa world :P 


on thursday we cooked mexican food... =) it was yummy =) 
we had to heat a sauce and cook tortillas in it... then we put some cheese one it. and for those who thought that 
it is spicy ( for me =)  ) we had sour cream to milden it =) 
we had a lot of fun =) 


on friday i got rid of my looong hair... after that we spent another time in our spa and the swimming pool =) 
we were soooo tired after relaxing that we decided to watch a movie =) The simpsons =) 
and i slept the first time in our apartment =) was amazing :P 


the next day, katie and i walked through downtown to hand in our resumes. =) 
and at 3 o'clock we went to the hairdresser to get ready for our big house warming party which took place on that evening. =) 


a lot of guests came to our house warming and all of them tried to follow our motto 'black and white' =) 
fortunately our whole floor is a party floor, so no one is complaining about noises :P 
there was another big party on our floor =) so we could celebrate the house warming as long as we wanted to or were able to =) 


then the hang over day came =) sunday was terrible =) 
our apartment was a holly mess... =) 
so we had to clean everything =) 


after that katie and i went downtown again to hand in the resumes. 
the manager at white spot was very depressing. he just took our resumes folded them and popped them into his 
trouser pocket and said us he will call us if he need somebody.... jaja wers glaubt.... naja


but on monday in cactus club we had a little bit more luck. 
right after handing in our application sheets and resume we had a short interview... and maybe the manager will call us on friday if we were good enough. =) 


today we had our second mock speaking and unexpectedly i got a really good mark =) 
so this calmed a little bit my nervousness from next wednesday (december 2.) 
after school we watched the dvd 'the proposal' iiiii like =) hehe 
this movie is so cuute :P especially rayn reynolds =) 


sooo i have to go to bed =) tomorrow is our second mock =) 


but here are a bunch of pictures form last week =) 

mexican food =) 

house warming

let's move in =)

as I said, from now on I will write my blogs in English. I'm still not a genius in grammar, so forgive me the mistakes I made =) 


sooooo let's go to last week... 
hmm last Thursday we did not do anything special because we are very serious students and went home to have dinner and finally go to bed and have a lot of sleep =) 
we needed it because on Friday was our biig biiiig biig mock exam. 
on the mock exam we had all our writing test on one day, such as reading, use of english, writing and listening. that was a preparation for the real CAE exam, then it will be the same like the mock exam. 
so we had to work hard the whole day, this cried for going out =) 


so we met us at pili's apartment and had a drink there... (or maybe it were two drinks :)  ) 
then we went all together to Roxy, which was once more AWESOME... =) the band played great songs like they always do. =) 
and i met some really nice Canadian guys :P 


on Saturday my host parents went to Las Vegas for a few days, that's why Nadia came over and had to look after me (hehe seems that I am too young to look after myself :P ) 
Nadia is the 33 year old daughter from my host parents. 
So in the afternoon I went with her to Metrotown, which is a really big shopping mall with more than 400 stores in it. We bought some presents for the baby of her friend. 
On Saturday evening I stayed at home and watched the Canucks game =) and they beat Colorado 8:2 =) 


Then on Sunday I helped my girls to move in to our amazing apartment =) it's just great. 
and its view is soooo breathtaking... 
our rental includes also a lot of nice facilities. we live in one of the 4 spectrum towers of vancouver and these buildings offer their renters a swimming pool, a whirl pool, a sauna, a gym and different other facilities  =) 
after rearranging the furniture we went to dollarama to buy somethings for the kitchen and to clean our apartment =) dollarama is a shop were everything costs about 1.- =) 


the whole weekend it had really heavy rains, it rained the double of the normal average of the whole november =( 
it was still rainy today and so it will be the whole week... =( 
it's called the pineapple express, what means that these rains are cause by a warm jetstream from the Hawaiian Islands. 


Today we got our results from the mock exam from Friday. 
and guess what? I PASSED =) 
If it was the real CAE, I would have passed it with 64%. 
It's not that good, I want to be better, but it's passed =) 
And to show off a little bit more :-) I had the best percentage in the listening exam. 
I had 93%, which means that I only had 2 mistakes... wuuuhhuuuu! I am soooo happy. 
But I can't relax now, I have to study hard, because I don't want to have only 64% in the CAE! =) 


that's why i finish here my blog and do my homework and learn a little bit. =) 


ou here are a couple of pictures from friday and our apartment =) 

what class is like without a teacher =) 

at pilis

at roxy

first canadian guy i met 

our view from the aparment

the livingroom

our room

my rooomies