The Christmas tree

Now that exams are finished at Bishop�s University, we are visiting Ottawa with our host. It was a very long bus ride from Sherbrooke so we have spent the past couple of days recovering from exam stress with our host at her home. She has a beautiful Christmas wreath on her door which we climbed into for this picture!

Yesterday we helped decorate the Christmas tree so we rewarded ourselves with some delicious gingerbread cookies and a glass of eggnog, typical foods for a Canadian Christmas.

Here we are in front of the Christmas tree!

At the concert

We attended a concert given by the Bishop's University singers and the Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke. The music performed was Handel's Messiah, which is commonly performed at Christmas time. We watched from the balcony and discussed the amazing performance during the intermission.   

 

On a chilly afternoon, we went to a Christmas market in Sherbrooke. We saw a Ferris wheel, a giant decorated Christmas tree and vendors selling a variety of things, from fur hats to pottery. We also sampled delicious local cheese. Canada is beautiful during the holiday season!

Snow in Sherbrooke

It snowed again today. We were so excited that we went outside and built a snowman. The snowman's name is Frosty, we hope you like him!

We warmed up with hot beverages from the famous Canadian coffee shop, Tim Hortons, which is named after a hockey player. After a taste test, we have decided that these drinks truly follow the coffee shop's slogan, "Always Fresh". Another one of this coffee shops sayings is "Every Cup Tells a Story." We have to admit that this is quite an exciting story that we are experiencing here in Canada.

A day at Bishop's University

Today we attended a lecture in the biggest classroom at Bishop's University; an English speaking university in Quebec.

 

Our hosts are busy preparing for exams, so we are helping them study!

We arrived at the Bishop's University

Hello friends,
Today we arrived in Canada!

Our new hosts Annie and Jade welcomed us warmhearted...
Both showed us enthusiastically their university where they are studying.

Annie and Jade told us that we just unfortunately missed the lot of snow. But perhaps it will snow the next days again.