The first two weeks after my arrival was no school. School starts in Canada September. So I had two weeks time to get to know my hostfamily and get to know Campbell River a little bit. My hostmom took me the the Elk Fall Provincial park the day after my arrival. It's a beautiful nature and there is a big waterfall. Afterwards we went groceries shopping for the first time. I was overwhelmed. All the candy and chips, here is a much bigger selection than back in Switzerland. I never saw a lot of all the chips flavors, like Ketchup Chips (I'm not a fan). And all the bags are bigger. The smallest ice-cream container is the largest in Switzerland. Not just the food is different also the roads and cars are different. The roads are wider and the cars are bigger. First I was confused by number of trucks driving around in town, but that's normal for here. Some trucks are even taller than me.
The day after all this new stuff, we went to the campground and checked out if there's a place for us. Some friends of my host parents were already out there. So I met the niece of my host dad. She's the same age as me and she's also at timberline. We got along well with each other from the beginning. It was nice to know someone who's going to the same school. But before school started we went camping. We stayed at Campbell lake for almost two weeks. I slept in a tent. There were a lot of friends of my host parents around. I never felt lonely or not welcomed. They included me from the beginning on and I felt like family from day one. So we played bean bag toss and other games in the evening or we just sat around the propane fire. I had my first turkey dinner out camping. Some friends brought their infrared cooker out there and did the turkey in there. Other people did the stuffing and gravie and some others did the dessert. We often cooked together and shared our food. So I got to try all the different food and new stuff. It was amazing how fast I was part of this family and friend group. An advise: Be open and just sit around the fire pit even though you might don't know them. You are going to be asked questions about your life back home and what's the difference between Canada and your home-country. Or you ask them about a word you don't know or a food they mentioned you never heard of. Just be open. I was lucky my host family went camping with me, because other international students just sat at home and did nothing. The school district had some activities planned for the international students, but they were only once or twice a week. I was on one activity from the school district. It was an scavenger hunt, so we had to walk around in downtown and solve quizzes and do some tasks. It was nice to meet some international students. On Friday for school we had to pick our locker. These first two weeks were over too fast. It was amazing to have some quality time with my host family and get to know some friends already. xx Anna
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