On the left site the biggest lake I have ever seen, half frozen and on my right side a mountain full of snow. Everything is white and seemingly untouched by humanity. I imagine this is where children from the US believe their Santa Claus lives. I am somewhere in between Montreal and New York in [...]
Walking through Montreal in Christmastime is beautiful. Even I, someone who normally doesn’t appreciate kitschy decorations of angels and all the energy-consuming corny lights, found myself in Christmas spirit the other day. I was walking through this city, which has been my home for more than 4 months now, safely covered in layers of warm [...]
Since I have been such a good girl this year, Sinterklaas came to visit me and my friends here in Montreal yesterday. Of course I took care of there being lots of sweetness and together with 8 of my classmates and some boyfriends, we made it a true party.
We picked names a few weeks ago, [...]
Last weekend it was Halloween, a very much North American tradition. Too old to collect candy at doors, all grownups seem to take this holiday as a permission to party, go crazy and get drunk. So the streets of Montreal were crowded with zombies, vampires, H1N1 jokes, pimps and other out of the ordinary looking. [...]
Yesterday morning 8 AM:
I open my eyes and discover with joy that I stare at the ceiling of my new room. Last night was the first night in my new room and I am very happy to have made it out of the basement because I started to grow a humped back. Rising from my [...]
First of all I would like to thank everyone for their birthdaywishes: thank you!
Secondly I would love to share my day with you. It was a nice day, I enjoyed myself, I missed my friends a family a little bit though, but my roomies where great companions too:
I started the day with making pancakes for [...]
Yesterday I was at a danceparty. Every Sunday afternoon ‘Picnic Electronic’ brings cool dancemusic from dark clubs into the sunlight. It was incredible. I might go again next Sunday to celebrate my birthday.
I will let the pictures tell the story:
I’m still trying to figure out how this works…
I hope you can see some pictures I made yesterday during a walk around the city.
Enjoy!