wow the holidays were great =)
on christmas eve had an international christmas :P
we organised a buffet in our apartment and everyone who joined our party brought specialities from their own country. so we have a huge variety of different kind of foods. it was great =)
and of course there was a big party in our apartment.... (as always...)
as the amercian tradition we unwrapped our presents on christmas day... on the 25th in the morning there were a few gifts beyond the "christmas tree".
later that day i was invited to have dinner with my ex host family.
it was marvelous.... =) we started to eat at 3pm and ate until 11pm =) but it was sooo delicious. and the relatives are soooo nice.
i felt (almost) like home =)
and then... the biiig biig day... haha
december 26th.... booxing day.
okay it wasn't that special, i thought i would be like hell, like everyone would run around and fight for clothes and shoes ( like in the movies)...
the stores were crowded and in front of brand stores there were huge line-up's, but the prices weren't that good actually...
just a some items were reduced... so we didn't spend as much money as we expected.
on sunday we went to stanley park with our neighbours (mario and claudio) and our Swiss friends, Michaela and Urs.
we hired city cruisers... funny bicycles... :P
and our aim was to find raccoons to feed them with chips.
so that wasn't a really hard task. if you found one, the whole family came to you. and they were anything but shy... once they touched marios camera... haha :P
for the first time of my life i had to go to school between christmas and new years...
it was strange... but that's why the time flew...
so new years eve was knocking on the door.
we had a Swiss party =) there were 6 Swiss people, Andrea, Fabian, Mario, Claudio, Thomas and me, and there was Katie =) our German friend.
we had a mouthwatering raclette for dinner =) it was yummy =)
after this excellent meal we played some games (6nimmt oder so) and drunk a bit of alcohol. and listened to the agahte bauer songs... =) (wenn au mal wötsch lose, gan uf youtube und sueche agathe bauer geschichte, isch dr hammr)
we had a lot of fun... it was a unforgettable evening... =) (some know more from the night and some less... :P )
even some people did sports that night... they played tonsil hockey... =) haha
during the first day of the year we didn't do anything exhausting, we just hung around and talked about our amazing times here in canada.
to finish that lazy day we went to the cinema to watch "the chipmunks" they are great. i can recommend that movie =)
yesterday was Andrea's and Fabian's last day in Vancouver. so we went out for dinner =)
ah by the way i got a snowboard from Susanne, another Swiss friend, she bought a new one and gave me her old one. so i just had to buy the bindings, because Andrea gave me her snowboard boots since she didn't had enough space in her suitcase to take them back to Switzerland.
back to the evening. so after our dinner in White Spot we went back to our apartment.
and in front of the other Spectrum Tower were around 3 ambulances, 2 firefighter cars and around 4 or 5 police cars. some men sat on the flower with handcuffs.
unfortunately i don't know what happen, but after 20 minutes all the police cars, ambulances and fire fighers drove away... :P
today i went snowboarding on Grouse Mountain. =)
the view was breath-taking. we saw whole vancouver, parts of vancouver island and even some mountains from the united states. =)
since i am still not a profi snowboarder i fell down many times and now everything hurts :P
soooo it's midnight i have to learn for our test tomorrow and go to bed :P
ou, i forgot something important... on wednesday I will have my first job interview... =)
and last but not least, i just want to say hello to all who read my blog =) thank you...
liebs grüessli as grosi =)
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