It’s finally snowing again!
Yes, that’s right! It happened today when I was in our little Café “Zeitraum”, which is located on Campus (which is much like he Oval at Abbott) when I looked outside the window and – SNOW!
I like the snow! Sure, it’s cold and it sucks going to school early when the roads aren’t cleaned and therefore very slippery. But it’s SNOW! I like snow so much better than rain. Dry cold air, the smell of snow in the air, sunshine… yes, the winter is back and I am happy about that. It’s just too bad that our winter won’t have as much snow as the winters I spent in Canada. Here are a few pictures of how the roads, the sidewalks and the streets looked like when I was still living in Canada…
I went dog sledding last March. The day was extremely cold, about minus 40 degrees. The night before Sean and I went up North to Mont-Tremlant it had snowed another 50 centimeters. We had so much fun dog sledding. It was great. However, the person guiding the sled really gets a good workout. It’s not as easy as you may think. It’s a lot of work getting the sled in the direction you want it to go, especially when you are in the forest and you’re scared to hit trees. It’s hard to get the sled out of the snow when it gets stuck and it’s hard to get the sled stopped too. However, the hardest part for me was to hang on to the sled when I actually fell of the vats and couldn’t stop the sled anymore. I was dragged behind the sled, I was nowhere near the break, and I had a hard time holding onto the sled. Those dogs can run extremely fast and I really didn’t have a chance to get back onto the sled. It was pretty embarrassing and I was scared knowing that if I’d let go of the sled the dogs would keep running and I would have to make my way back to the farm on foot. Yes, that really happened to me. I even have a video of it, but you can’t really see me but only hear me scream… so I don’t see the need to put it here…
I would love to go dog sledding again and if you should have a chance to go, you should go too. It’s a great way of spending time and experiencing nature in a totally different way. The dogs are so happy to run, it’s hard to hold them back. I am sure it’s an experience I’ll never forget and I am sure you wouldn’t either. Try it if you have a chance to!
