I didn’t sleep a lot last night because people were being loud, but whatever. Got up at about 8:30AM and got dressed and went to breakfast which was pancakes and bacon and orange juice. I literally did nothing all day. I read my book, I did some colouring, I had a nap. Lunch was cesar salad and garlic bread and dinner was roast beef with mashed potatoes and green beans. Actually at dinner we ate with this girl named Gulia who’s from Calgary and we talked for awhile and she’s pretty cool. We taught her the basics of swing dancing and we played some games. After that we watched the little mermaid and then went to bed. Not a super eventful day, but not bad either.

Got up this morning at about 8:30. Did the last of my packing and then had crepes with fruit for breakfast. After breakfast we gave Sylvain and Gilberte their presents (slide show, chocolate, card) and then had a shower and braided my hair. After that, we weighed our bags and did a final sweep of the house. Then we said goodbye to Gertrude (the guinea pig) and the house before Gilberte and Sylvain drove us to the train station. When we got there, we got our baggage tags and then said a tearful goodbye to our Quebec family. Once we were in the terminal area, I got a sandwich (cuz no lunch) and then we hung around for about an hour before getting on the train that took us to Toronto. The trip was about 5 hours and we had pasta chicken salad, a juice box, bread and a piece of chocolate cake for dinner. James-Elizabeth also gave us the candy she bought with extra budget money. I passed the time between Montreal and Toronto listening to music and playing cards with Tae. Once we got to Toronto, we got off our little train and waited for the next, significantly bigger train. Then we boarded and got ourselves set up. I brushed my teeth and put PJs on and then me and Tae watched Lilo and stitch. After that it was very much bed time. I miss my Quebecois family already, but I’m glad to be working my way home.

Usual morning routine, except I also made my lunch because I forgot to do that yesterday. It rained pretty much all day today which meant I got absolutely soaked in my bike ride to work. Despite it being my last day, it was pretty normal. There was a little girl that told me I was her favorite camp leader and another girl who made me a bracelet. After getting wet again on the bike ride home, I showered and then me and Nat went and got pop corn for our end exchange corn roast. Just before we went, we took some family pictures, our family gave us some things to remeber them by and we said goodbye to Vincent and Audrey because they won’t be here tomorrow. Then we went to the corn roast at Tae’s house. There was corn on the cob, corn soup, corn salsa, corn bread, pop corn and various other corn related things. James-Elizabeth had made us calenders with pictures of us in them, and we gave her her card and present. There was a campfire and some singing and it was generally a vary nice evening. Plus there was pavlova so ya. After our corn roast, we went home and packed or things and went to bed. The 6 weeks flew by, and I’m going to miss Quebec and the people in it, but I’m sure I’ll come back one day and I’m ready to go home.

Usual morning routine. At work today it was superhero day so I wore my wonder woman t shirt and my pineapple mask. It was kind of a weird day a work because my superpower was flight, but only if I ate a whole pineapple, I was the queen of England’s daughter and I was “hypnotised”. Anyways after work, I showered and met Tae at the bakery down the street. On the way there I bought lemonade from two little girls running a lemonade stand. Me and Tae got turkey sandwiches and dark chocolate tarts for dinner and then ate them on the train to Montreal. 

Once in Montreal, we went to vieux port and did some souvenir shopping and just wandered through the city one more time before we go. When I got home I pretty much went to bed right away. Only two more sleeps until we start the journey home. 

Usual morning routine. Today at work we made masks because it’s super hero week and we’re gonna wear them tomorrow. After work, me and Nat and Tae went and got snacks for the train and then me and Nat had a lovely family dinner with our host family, our host brother’s girlfriend Audrey and some good friends of Gilberte’s (and their doggy!!!). We had home made sausages, ribs, cauliflower, salad, fresh bread, rice and pineapple upsidedown cake and nut/rice crispy/fruit/chocolate bars that Audrey made. It was very nice to get to know some more of the community and we laughed and talked and just generally had a very good time. Then I finished my superhero mask, made my lunch, had a shower and went to bed. I really enjoyed our family evening. I very pleasant last Wednesday.

Usual morning routine. At work I got to leave at 2 because we needed a bit more time to get ready for our activity which started a bit earlier than usual. So when I got home, I did just that. But not only that, I got to open up my wonderful box that my wonderful family had mailed to me. Inside there was a blanket and pillow for the train, lots of candies, a gift card for chocolate favoris, pineapple earrings, a card game, a little stuffed owl and a card. My family is the best. 

Then Tae came over and Gilberte drove us to vieux port for our boat ride. It took us awhile to find it, and then me and Gilberte got wraps because we hadn’t had dinner yet. Then we got on the boat. It was just YMCA people on the boat, but there were about 100 of us, and we had a dance, but on a boat. We were on the boat for about 4 hours and then we drove people home and went home ourselves. Once home, we made our lunches, had a quick snack and went to bed. I got paid, I got a box from home and I had a really good time on the boat. A very good last Tuesday here if you ask me.

Usual morning routine. At work this week I’m with the Lego group, except I don’t actually get to do Lego because there’s a person who comes in in the afternoon so we just play games in the moring and then I’m with a different group in the afternoon, which kinda makes me sad cuz Lego. Also there was a fire drill right in the middle of lunch which was annoying. After work I showered and then Sylvan’s brother and his wife and their three kids came over for dinner. We had home made pasta (like I got to watch then put it through the machine) with home made meatballs and sauce as well as bread and corn and salad. We sat around and talked about what the exchange was like and just generally chatted until the bugs came out in full force and we didn’t want to die so we went in. Vero faced timed with the family and then they went home shortly after. Then me and Nat went to chocolate favoris and I got a milk chocolate dipped cone. Seriously, if anyone hasn’t been, go because there’s one in Victoria and it makes me really happy. It’s like eating ice cream wrapped in a chocolate bar, the chocolate is so thick and so tasty. After that, we hung around with our family and Vincent played us some songs on his guitar and sang some stuff and then me and Nat made our lunches. After that, me and Gilberte stayed up and talked for awhile longer before I went to bed. Last Monday here, and it was a good one. 

Got up at 8ish this morning. After a shower and some breakfast Tae came over, we picked up Natalie and went to the water park. When we got there, we could pretty much do whatever we felt like, so me and Tae and Nat and Eliza spent the morning doing the waterslides. Then we had lunch and did the lazy river, got a beaver tail and then sat in the hot tub for like an hour. Then we got out and got a massive thing of cotton candy and went home. When we got home, Tae and I painted our nails and went to the park and then she went home and me and Nat had dinner. It was just us for dinner tonight because the rest of the family was out, so we had leftover chicken and potatoes. After that we had a fire and roasted more marshmallows and then made our lunches and went to bed. I am very tired and can hardly believe i only have a week left here!

I didn’t get up until 10:15AM today. When I did get up, I helped Gilberte make crepes and then ate those crepes with raspberries. After that, Gilberte took me and Nat to the little tiny open air market down the street (there were like 5 stalls and one of them was just a guy with two crates of eggplants). Then we went to vieux Saint-rose where there was another (larger) market. We looked around for a bit and then went to our volunteering activity. When we got there, we weren’t actually in the right place, but when we texted James-Elizabeth, she said she was going to be a half hour late anyways, so me and Nat got sushi for lunch. Then we did our volunteering, which was garbage clean up in this park and on a little beach. After that, we went to get ice cream. I had frozen pineapple yogurt, which was really very good.

After that, me and Eliza and Nat headed to our house and we had a really nice dinner. It was roasted chicken with carrots and potatoes yams and rutabagas cooked with it and pickled beats on the side. It reminded me a bit of a Christmas dinner. Then we went to the grocery store and got some snacks and then came home and roasted marshmallows over the fire. Tae came over at that point and we had another sit around the fire and talk kind of evening. Then Eliza went home and me and Nat and Tae watched Alice in wonderland. Then we walked Tae home and went to bed. Not a super eventful day, but fun all the same.

Usual morning routine on fast forward. At work this morning we watched monsters Inc. and in afternoon we did the showcase so I kinda didn’t do anything which was nice. After work I showered and then me and both Natalies and Tae and Kaila caught the train to Montreal. When we got there we had poutine for dinner and then went to the Eaton center. We split up and me and Tae found the lindt chocolate store which was fantastic. They had these bins set up in the middle middle and you got a bag and you could put whatever kinds of truffles you wanted in the bag and then you paid by weight. Needless to say we each got a bag. In mine I had two kinds of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, raspberry, sea salt and caramel, hazelnut, orange and almond plus they gave us a free sample of the coconut truffle. 

After that we just kinda wandered through the gigantic mall. Close to the end we found a bookstore and I got a journal but that was pretty much it. Then we met up with everybody else and went back to vieu port. We did mostly souvenir type shopping and I got a ring as well. Natalie who lives with me plus Kaila and Tae got some henna tattoos and then we took the train home. When we got home, we pretty much went to bed right away because it was kinda late. It was nice to have the time to go back to vieu port because it really is nice there.