This weekend involved soccer, meeting students from last year's TMBA, a concert...and the lingering affects of Tropical Storm Hannah.
One of the students from Mexico (David) decided to join the UdeM soccer team...and it turns out he's a really good athlete! David had a game on Friday against Prince Edward Island (P.E.I. as it is known around here). David played almost the whole game, but UdeM ended up losing. Apparently P.E.I. is pretty good at soccer (and everything else. I hear their campus is immaculate). After David's game, Shannon and I met the rest of the gang at Isabelle's house. Isabelle was in the TMBA program last year. She had so many stories to tell us and pictures to show us. It got us all pumped up for our amazing program. In fact, Isabelle said she wished she could do it all over again with us.
After visiting with Isabelle, the whole gang walked to campus for a huge concert. UdeM brought the band 1755...a pretty huge deal around here (although I'm sure no Americans have ever heard of 1755). This was the biggest concert that UdeM has ever held! Around 3,000 people attended, and it was definately an experience. 1755 is an older band with strong Acadian roots and sing of Acadian pride. So, I'm thinking they are the equivalent to the band Alabama for the southern states. Shannon told me it was like celebrating their Acadian history...I guess like an Independence Day? Maybe. Their songs were all in French (of course; just like everything else here) and they had fiddles/violins and guitars on stage while waving around the Acadian flag (I'm thinking this description might have given you the perfect picture of what I was experiencing). Interesting. That's culture for you.
Today I did my usual run/walk around campus after working out at their "gym."
*Side note: Bowling Green Athletic Club, I've never loved you and missed you so much! With your top of the line equipment with nice little fans built in...and the many plasma TVs hanging from the ceiling speaking to me in English...and the Cardio Movie Theater...and my lovely Zumba classes. I guess you can see I'm starting to miss life's little luxuries that America gives us at no extra expense that we all take for granted.*
The weather was gorgeous today. Especially after Hannah's downpour came through on Saturday and Sunday. Here in Moncton, after it rains it is very nice, cool, and breezy outside. Much different from the humid, muggy, post-rain weather in Kentucky. So it was a great day to run outside! After I finished my run, I went to the bookstore to purchase my first book...stealing $200 out of my pocket so easily. Of course its my luck to have a class where the teacher decided to use a NEW EDITION book this year. You know what that means...NO USED BOOKS AVAILABLE. Which means that it was a very expensive $200 book. After finding out this information, I then had to stand in a line the equivalent to the one at Space Mountain at Disneyworld. How's that for putting a kink in my mood after a perfectly good run on a lovely weather day in beautiful Moncton. Maybe I should go for another run.
One of the students from Mexico (David) decided to join the UdeM soccer team...and it turns out he's a really good athlete! David had a game on Friday against Prince Edward Island (P.E.I. as it is known around here). David played almost the whole game, but UdeM ended up losing. Apparently P.E.I. is pretty good at soccer (and everything else. I hear their campus is immaculate). After David's game, Shannon and I met the rest of the gang at Isabelle's house. Isabelle was in the TMBA program last year. She had so many stories to tell us and pictures to show us. It got us all pumped up for our amazing program. In fact, Isabelle said she wished she could do it all over again with us.
After visiting with Isabelle, the whole gang walked to campus for a huge concert. UdeM brought the band 1755...a pretty huge deal around here (although I'm sure no Americans have ever heard of 1755). This was the biggest concert that UdeM has ever held! Around 3,000 people attended, and it was definately an experience. 1755 is an older band with strong Acadian roots and sing of Acadian pride. So, I'm thinking they are the equivalent to the band Alabama for the southern states. Shannon told me it was like celebrating their Acadian history...I guess like an Independence Day? Maybe. Their songs were all in French (of course; just like everything else here) and they had fiddles/violins and guitars on stage while waving around the Acadian flag (I'm thinking this description might have given you the perfect picture of what I was experiencing). Interesting. That's culture for you.
Today I did my usual run/walk around campus after working out at their "gym."
*Side note: Bowling Green Athletic Club, I've never loved you and missed you so much! With your top of the line equipment with nice little fans built in...and the many plasma TVs hanging from the ceiling speaking to me in English...and the Cardio Movie Theater...and my lovely Zumba classes. I guess you can see I'm starting to miss life's little luxuries that America gives us at no extra expense that we all take for granted.*
The weather was gorgeous today. Especially after Hannah's downpour came through on Saturday and Sunday. Here in Moncton, after it rains it is very nice, cool, and breezy outside. Much different from the humid, muggy, post-rain weather in Kentucky. So it was a great day to run outside! After I finished my run, I went to the bookstore to purchase my first book...stealing $200 out of my pocket so easily. Of course its my luck to have a class where the teacher decided to use a NEW EDITION book this year. You know what that means...NO USED BOOKS AVAILABLE. Which means that it was a very expensive $200 book. After finding out this information, I then had to stand in a line the equivalent to the one at Space Mountain at Disneyworld. How's that for putting a kink in my mood after a perfectly good run on a lovely weather day in beautiful Moncton. Maybe I should go for another run.
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