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Tuesday, December 28, 2004

Trip to Quebec City

Quebec (1608) is one of the oldest citys in North America. It has a very historical and european style with lots of old architecture and is surrounded by a city wall. Due to these points it is an UNESCO world heritage site since 1985.

above: Landmark is the Château Frontenac (1893). It is a luxury hotel with around 600 rooms.

The old part of the city with the Rue du Petit Champlain (left) made Quebec to one of the nicest cities I have ever seen. The chateau can be seen from everywhere (middle) and the Place Royal (right) can even compete with Braunschweig's Burgplatz.

The St. Lawrence River is the heart of Quebec. It was very impressing seeing all the ice and snow covering the surface of the water.

We went on the other side of the river and took our lunch break at the coldest place of Quebec. The wind was icy but the view was perfect.
(fltr: Sascha, me and Daniela photographed by Fabio)

Leaving Quebec we visited the Montmorency Falls which are even higher than the Niagara Falls. OK, it was not half that impressing but I've been there.
Quebec is really worth to be visited, but without any french speaking guys you're lost. Fabio from Switzerland handled all the communication for us with bravery.

posted by FAMOUS SVEN at 28.12.04 | 2 comments

Friday, December 24, 2004

Christmas in Mont Tremblant

For our christmas celebration we rented a cabin for a week in the middle of nowhere near Mont Treamblant in the french speaking province Quebec.

On Christmas Eve the majority of the group went out for dinner. Only the german fraction(Daniela, Steffi, Sascha and me) kept their tradition and celebrated the highlight of christmas in an adequate way. After the perfect dinner we went out to church. Although it was a 4km walk at minus 25°C and the service was in french, we had a wonderful christmas atmosphere.
It was a christmas night to remember.

left: our cabin, right: christmas decoration inside

The landscape was really enjoyable.

During the week we went also a bit downhill and cross-country skiing. Very soon they called my "the black flash".

posted by FAMOUS SVEN at 24.12.04 | 0 comments

Sunday, December 19, 2004

4. Advent

On Saturday Daniela and me produced cookies in nearly industrial amounts. After 4 hours of excessive suicide baking we were finally well prepared for the final advent celebration. It was a nice gathering again and I think we're well prepared for Christmas now. Thanks to all the participants of the adventsteas. It was a nice time for me and a real pleasure to bring a bit of german christmas into our lifes here.

left: 4. advent in our unit; right: D&S-coproduction #2

posted by FAMOUS SVEN at 19.12.04 | 0 comments

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

A Fairytale of Christmas

There is even hope in he darkest days. After 4 weeks of waiting for my paket from my parents, 4 weeks of walking twice a day to the mailbox, it finally arrived. Reason for the delay was obviously a control check of the costum. Would it not have been easier just to look on my blog?

I was really happy about my presents. Thanks for this back home. I can now open 14 doors at once of my adventscalender.

posted by FAMOUS SVEN at 14.12.04 | 2 comments

Monday, December 13, 2004

Final exams

I can't believe it. The fall term is already over and the final exams are written this week. Today I was twice in action. Especially impressing was the test in Cell Biology which took place in the sports hall. Over 1000 students writing in the same room.
Almost military: Exam in the PAC (physical activity center)

posted by FAMOUS SVEN at 13.12.04 | 0 comments

Sunday, December 12, 2004

It's cold these days

Today we had our first real snow fight here. I think it was a christmas one. And when you look at the photos: The guys from unit 20 are quite tough, aren't they?


Later we had our weekly advents section again. This time with the greatest variety of cookies due to the nice efforts of Bea and Thomas. There were just some people missing, probably because of the exams which are going on now. I'm looking forward to have 4 this week. So as I mentioned: These days are really cold.

posted by FAMOUS SVEN at 12.12.04 | 0 comments

Sunday, December 05, 2004

Christmas Dinner at Reini's

The christmas mood is getting stronger and stronger now. On Friday our exchange group was invited for a christmas dinner at our coordinator's place. It was a very nice evening and Reini did a very good job as a host.

The dinner was exceptional delicious!

Tritely or not! Wine and flowers are always good for showing ones appreciation.
Or like Phil would say: Bring a bottle of cheap wine to drink the host's beer.

On Sunday we celebrated the 2. Advent with much more nice christmas music than last week. Thanks to Jörn Marten and my brother Sascha for this.

posted by FAMOUS SVEN at 5.12.04 | 0 comments