First impressions

Well the initial smell of the place here...ugh less than attractive...I'm not in a centre really, it's like living in downtown dunnville, and ya not much here :p the scenery is gorgeous but at the same time there is much obstructions and interference. 

Canada is much missed not just by myself but certainly by some of the other new teachers. I know for me, I miss my family, the animals, my friends, linds, and everyone else who made life exactly what I wanted.

From what I noticed here, canada offers the most beautiful range of scenery, and a relatively clean and put together city centre usually. The graffiti kind of tales away from the vast prestige of the city now when I think about it and listen to how people compare and talk about travel experiences. It's crazy how much changes after spending sometime away from home and living in an area that you need to interact more so with your surroundings than you do elsewhere, in canada you can mindlessly wander down the street, here, you need to have your wits about you. The ground is always Not level and construction is like night and day. Crossing the street is like level 20 difficulty on frogger :p

At first I was not all that impressed by what I saw here and totally thought this was going to be a travelling only trip, not going to meet many really cool people. I am wrong, the people here might be the only thing that keeps me sane. 

The apartment is nice, wasn't quite what I had in mind or on the campus let alone in the correct place I thought it would have been. This summer was so busy and such a whirlwind that I honestly had no idea what to be looking up before coming but for how unprepared I was, I think it is working out pretty well :)

I'm trying to post the videos I made but having difficulties :(

Cheers!

Carm

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