Travelog for: Alizée

Today I went for a walk, despite it being -15 degrees celcius (5 degrees fahrenheit).



Today's walk was to the mouth of Kanaka Creek.  The area around Kanaka Creek is a protected wetland habitat, home to many different organisms.  It is also a very historical place, which I learned about as I walked.





Kanaka Creek meets up with the Fraser River, the largest River in Western Canada.



This is looking straight across the river:



To the east:



To the west:



What a beautiful view!



Walking along the path in the Dense Deciduous Forest, I saw a woodpecker.



Erin came along because she was geocaching.  This is her at the first one we found:



We came to a lookout with lots of information.









This is the view down the Fraser,



And here is the mouth of Kanaka Creek.



Here you can see the log booms that were mentioned in the information plaques.



Then, it was time to walk back.

This is the view down Abby's street.  If it wasn't snowing you would see mountains in the distance.  It snowed all day and it is supposed to snow two more times this week.

Abby's family went to see Santa today!  There was a lineup, else Abby would have asked Santa to pose with me.

Things are nearly ready for Christmas at Abby's household; all we need now is Santa to come visit.  Abby's family didn't have room for a real tree this year, but they had this nice toyvoyager-sized one!



Christmas isn't here yet, but it is back home, so Merry Christmas!

It's Christmas!  We got chocolate as a gift!



I also listened to the Queen's message at noon.

Today Alizée started her journey home to The Netherlands with the help of a very nice man at the post office.  Bye Alizée, we'll miss you!

I got home today! It's good to be here and also cold!

Hi Mommy!

I just arrived in Brazil!
Everything is great here, tomorrow my host will upload some pictures!

Look at the view from my host's window.
I met Raul, the fish. He has such a nice color!
Then I met Tomás, the jealous puppy!
Then I was telling my host about my home country before she went to bed.

Yesterday Stanley arrived!
We walked the dog together.
My host took me to school with her. She was a little embarassed to take my pics, so she tried to do so while nobody was looking.
I also went to my hosts job, and took pictures in the way back home.

Today we went to the park, and to the mall. When we got home, the dog needed a shower, so I  asked Alessandra if I could watch her do it. She was like "oh sure!!"
She will upload the other pictures on monday.

Hi,

We just came back from the supermarket and gosh, I cant believe how lucky we are. They had just brought in a Pirarucu, a huge fish only found in the Amazon river, Australia and Africa. Many legends try to explain the origins of this fish. My host told me one that is told by one indian tribe in the Amazon. It tells about a man, called Pirarucu an indian from a local tribe. He was a brave warrior, but was very mean. Tupã, the god of the gods, then punished him by turning him into this big fish.

Today was such a funny day. We went to the museum!! But I will tell you about it in a few days, my host is still managing the pictures.
The other day we ate tuna  and cheese pizza! ummm yummy, my host loves it!

After the museum, we went to a very cool bakery to get a pie. This bakery is very famous here.
Some people laughed at my host because she was taking my pic, can you believe that? She was a little embarassed, but thats fine! She shouted "he is not from here!!" !!! hahahaha!

The next picture features me and Stanley about to taste a "goiaba" (the sliced one). It is a very popular fruit here, I dont know if other countries have it too. It was delicious!

Hi mom

Yesterday was such a busy day. We went to a new mall and to Ale's godson's house. On saturday we went to the mall ( a different one). She will update the pics later this week. Ah and we went to a park too... and to the museum as I mentioned! Oh my, what a busy weekend that was!
At night, Ale showed my some books she loves.
1- First, we read poems of Fernando Pessoa. He is definetly the most important poet in Portugal and Brazil (but he is from Portugal). Anyone with a high school diploma in these countries know him. My host really loves this heteronim (a poet he created) called Alberto Caeiro. In this picture I was reading this poem:

When spring comes,
if Im already dead,
the flowers will bloom the same way
and the trees will not be less green than they were last spring.
reality doesnt need me.

I feel so much happiness
thinking that my death doesnt have any importance at all.

If I knew tomorrow I would die
and spring was the day after tomorrow,
I would die happy, because it would be the day after tomorrow.
If thats the time, when else would it come, if not on its time?
I like that everything is real and everything is right.
and I like it because thats the way it would be, even if I didnt like it.
Therefore, if i die now, i will die happy,
because everything is real and is right.

You can pray in latin over my coffin if you want to,
or you can dance and sing around it.
I have no preferences for when i could not have preferences.
what it is, when it is, it will be what it is.


2- This is Hamlet. Ale loves it too! in this page you can read
Hamlet: "what is that? Treat them better. If we would treat everone the way they deserved, none would escape the beating"

3. Here is King Oedipus. Thats so nice! in the left page you can read
Oedipus: " Expel me from this country, hurry up, to a place where anyone could ever talk to me again"
 

Hi!

Today I will show the pictures of the park. The day was very cloudy and gray, but it was fun anyway!