This trip is so much harder to blog than Belgium was. I'm going to go ahead and credit that to the fact that I barely have anytime to spare anymore. My course is INSANE. It is extremely difficult and because it is so condensed we don't get any nights off from homework and study. I literally write about 3-4 tests a week and make 2-3 oral presentations. Honestly it can be quite overwhelming.
Our program is split up into two courses. Tomorrow we finish the first course with a written exam worth 30% of our grade. Today we had an oral presentation worth 20%. The rest has been comprised of all the activities from the past two weeks. It all begins again next week but we have now officially moved from the Intermediate III level to Advance I. Aka my life now spirals out of control. We're moving on from indicative verb tenses to subjunctive... Heaven help me.
Regardless, it is still enjoyable on the whole. The few precious moments of free time I do get usually end in guitar jam sessions, hanging out with my roommates, or doing the Explore Program activities.
Tonight we are playing volleyball against the animateurs, Friday we are going to a traditional 'sugar shack' called Chez Danny, and Saturday we are going to a national park if the weather holds.
Last weekend we spent Saturday in Québec city. It has a very distinctly European flavor with all the fountains, parks, and statues. The old town in particular is cobble-stoned and caused me to reminisce of my European wanderings. If nothing else, my European travels have paid off hugely in terms of being able to write about them for assignments and oral presentations. Québec is just adding more fuel to the fire :)
In other news, I learned that one of my friends has the same flight back to Calgary as me. Wooo! That means I have someone to explore Montrèal with for the day and a half I have between program and flying out. Yay!
I will attempt to write more frequent shorter updates (for real this time). In the meantime, here is a picture from our day in Québec with my roommate family.
And this just cracked me up. Immediate flashbacks to 4th grade social class.
Love & Light,
Jacqueline
