Fatima in Canada

Hellooooo Everyone!

I am sorry for the huge delay! Classes have already started and I am totally settled in Ottawa! The flight was ok, but very boring! I was actually sleeping the whole time. I spent the first week in a hostel (The Barefoot hostel). It was a nice place to stay at with very nice people and a friendly host! The first week was mainly about arranging stuff for school and discovering the city! Braulio was also staying at the same hostel, so we did most of these things together. The weather was really good (around 30 degrees), so nothing to complain about! However, I had some troubles with my luggage which I didn't get until 2days after arrival, so I was quite annoyed about that.

Then the introduction...nothing compared to the intro in Tilburg (mak-kamp/tik-week). The introduction days here are more serene. We had a campus tour, had dinner together, we went shopping at wal-mart and we also went hiking to discover a little more about the landscape of Canada. I met a lot of other exchange students from all different countries. A lot of swedish people though and just one more person from holland! All in all, they are all very nice!

I got my room on campus 2weeks ago (sept. 4th) and I was really happy about that, cause I really wanted to unpack my suitcase and have some order! Classes started a week ago, I just bought all my books, so unfortunately back to reality haha! These Canadian people love assignments haha. I'm following 5 courses and I think I have like 5 or 6 assignments for each one of them, so I was quite shocked about that!

One of the things I really like is the kindness of the people! Everyone is so friendly, I love it! My host for example was really helping me getting my luggage back. She was calling to the airline company as if she lost her own luggage. If you don't know where to go or you're kind of lost, just ask someone and sometimes they offer to walk with you.

Ok, this is it for today! I'll keep u posted!

xxxx

Fatima