Benedict Arnold & Motels Saint Georges

After a surprisingly good rest in my car, I made my way to the Canadian boarder. What was a lovely drive, turned into a mild headache when the "check engine" light came on in my car. My horse wasn't driving any different so I figured I could make it to the nearest Toyota shop, which happen to be in Quebec, another few hours away. Between being sensitive to ...

We were picked up from Quebec City bus station by our responsables (French for supervisors) in the afternoon on August 29th. It was a really, really scary experience to begin with, but luckily Naomi (one of the St G bunch!) and I had each other to talk to in the car as we were picked up at the same time, so it wasn't quite so lonely! With the exception of Mikaly, who ended up on a free trip to the Gaspé peninsula and back with the ...

... assistants - Canadians may have something to say about the way their tax dollars are being spent there, ha ha! Especially so as we also left Montréal with a massive amount of freebies - lots of stationery, a Quebec 400th anniversary branded bag (which admittedly is handy for school), a hoodie (who turns down a free hoodie? Certainly not me ...

Well that's it done...fini! I honestly have had one of the best years of my life and I was so sad to leave the Georges that I managed to cry all the way from there to Vancouver! However where one door closes and all that and so to Van it is with myself, the Gordfather and Grantos ready to start the summer adventure down the west...yahoooo! PS....St-Georges 2000 and fine anyone?! Vive Quebec!

... memorabilia to scrapbook emotions and Au Vieux dancing..hope it was a good one Walt! SCHMEH! Sunday here was turned into Xmas day here where a Xmas feast was cooked up in the 11630 kitchen, crackers pulled and gifts exchanged! I got absolute banter gifts including a Brian Blessed card, CRS t-shirts and my personal favourite a chicken pie!! YUS! Eating ourselves into a stupor, playing charades and articulate in Francais and crashing out on the sofas made for an absolute fantastic ...

... was cracking getting to speak to ots of folk back home over the weekend - espec thanks to Viki for having my Glasvegas birthday hehe..same time next year pal?! So we have reached December here and the snow has kept on and on and on and on....and on! On Monday we had SNOW DAY from school due to a snow storm!! Basically there was so much snow it was blowing EVERYWHERE so it was too dangerous for the school buses to take to the roads..shame ...

... hats, scarves and gloves so I should be all set for the next wee while! Very exciting! Minus the snow it has been all go here as ever from partying in St-G town last weekend to working away at school to ice-hockey matches (where we lost AGAIN!) and eating silly amounts of poutine! La vie est belle! xx

We visited "The Falls" a rest point area along RT 201. It still amazes me what happens when we get out of the car. Like at Ausable Chasm, just off the road about a 50 feet walk there is a beautiful waterfall. If you don't stop, get out, and walk just a little, it's a missed opportunity. The hike to the ...

... St-G and QC were greeted by our `responsables`(the teachers responsible for lookin out for us out here) and said an emotional farewell to the other assistants headed to places further North. Me and my soon to be flatmate Emma got a lift wih our two responsables (hers - Pierre and mine - Marie France) who took us out for an amazin dinner and thankfully spoke in English as the accent down in St-Georges is very different to normal French-French meaning at ...

I can't remember the last day the sun shone in Trois-Pistoles. It must have been about the time of my last entry, a week ago. Luckily, on that day I had the forethought to ignore my homework and procrastinate in the form of a long walk on the outskirts of town before dinner and, later, to take a trip down to the quay on my bicycle in time to view one of the most spectacular sunsets I have ever seen. The sky was completely ...