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I studied at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg from January to April 2001.

Canada: Arrival (part I)

FlyingDutchman
2006-03-15 17:52:07

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My journey started in the Netherlands, December 28th of 2000. I planned to arrive at the airport 2 hours before the departure of my flight. Big mistake! In Roermond there was already a problem with the train before ours (my parents were travelling to the airport with me), causing us to go (with all my luggage) from one platform to the other. In Eindhoven, however, the NS (Dutch railways) decided after 10 minutes not to go further with our train. They decided to do this because of a few bomb reports on major train stations in the centre of the country. This made us take another route and everything went quite well, until we were almost at the airport. There was a stranded train in front of ours and we (the train, that is) had to push it out of the way. So I arrived at the airport half an hour before my flight, giving me no time for tax-free shopping (bummer!). But hey, the flight with KLM was nice and took even an hour shorter because of the winds above the Atlantic.

In Toronto customs weren't any problem, although I was almost kicked out of the country immediately because of filming there. My flight was sheduled for 5 hours later, but there was another flight leaving in 3 hours and I was put on standby for that one. There were enough seats left, so I arrived with Air Canada in Winnipeg at 21.15. My host family was already waiting at the airport and we went to their house. I slept for about 12 hours the first night.

On December 29th we went Cross-Country Skiing in a Park North of Winnipeg. More than 10 Chinese exchange students were present, so it was quite some fun.

A few people have asked me how cold it is here. Well, at the moment it's about -15 degrees Celsius during the day and -25 at night. This is a little bit warmer than usual for this time of the year. The great thing, however, is the fact that's it's sunny during the day. The dry air also makes it less cold, I think you can compare a temperature of 0 in ...

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