Thanks Everyone!!
Door: Denise
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30 December 2007 | Canada, Ottawa
I hope you’ve all had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed your Christmas Holidays. I sure did!
I have spent the last two weeks with Dian in Sun Peaks, BC.
We enjoyed the snow, the mountains, took runs that were actually closed to ride through the fresh powder, wore three layers of clothing against the cold, made snow angels, preferred having snow during the day because it then at least would be a little ‘warmer’, had a wonderful Christmas dinner (and not, as some people thought, only a sandwich with peanut butter, no no, we had turkey, ham, rosemary potatoes, veggies, and so on and so on) changed our shoes every day, Dian even took the snow scooter down (no worries, she is fine, her binding broke) in other words; had a wonderful time together!
And now it’s time to go home… Our flights leave tomorrow.
With this last and final update from Canada 2007 I would like to thank you all for reading my blog and leaving your comments for me to read them! I loved it! Thank you all so much!
I already know that I am going to miss Canada and all the people that I have met here! I will miss it soooooooo much! So also thanks to everyone I have met here who all gave me wonderful memories to take home with me!
I already know that I will definitely go back some day, or as soon as possible actually!
I had an amazing, wonderful, magnificent, superb, glorious, brilliant, outstanding, exceptional and terrific experience! And with this, I would like to give you some last information on that what makes someone a true Canadian (or, at least, how I have experienced it over the last five months)
You know you’re from Canada when...
- You say "eh" at the end of every sentence...eh?
- “Eh” is the word you use the most
- You say "er" but you mean "it"
- You are proud of your chocolates; Smarties, Crispy Crunch, Oh Henry, SKOR
- You can sing "Oh Canada" in French and actually know what the words mean
- You can tell where all the Tim Horton’s in your town are and you have worked in at least one when you were a student
- You have frozen your tongue to metal at least once
- Hockey is your favourite sport, no sorry, the best sport in the whole world!
- At least one of your grandparents is from Europe
- You meet someone at a swimming pool, and you become life-long friends.
- You meet someone at a swimming pool and come to find out you’re cousins.
- You only know two seasons...six months of winter and six months of poor skiing and riding.
- You always start your conversations with; How’s it goin’ eh?
- You listen to country music and actually like it
- You know that Whitehorse is in Canada, and not in Alaska!
- Your backpack has more than one Canadian flag iron-on. (and there’s always room for more)
- You have volunteered working at events at least a dozen times
- Someone accidentally stepped on your foot… and you apologize.
- You skip your last class on Thursday so you’ll still be able to enter the Campus Pub
- You drink Pop not Soda
- You call your prof by his or her first name
- You cross the street without looking, the cars will stop anyway
- You use every costume party to wear as less as possible (if you're a girl)
- You hate all the people that confuse you for being an American
- You want me to come back as soon as possible…
I have spent the last two weeks with Dian in Sun Peaks, BC.
We enjoyed the snow, the mountains, took runs that were actually closed to ride through the fresh powder, wore three layers of clothing against the cold, made snow angels, preferred having snow during the day because it then at least would be a little ‘warmer’, had a wonderful Christmas dinner (and not, as some people thought, only a sandwich with peanut butter, no no, we had turkey, ham, rosemary potatoes, veggies, and so on and so on) changed our shoes every day, Dian even took the snow scooter down (no worries, she is fine, her binding broke) in other words; had a wonderful time together!
And now it’s time to go home… Our flights leave tomorrow.
With this last and final update from Canada 2007 I would like to thank you all for reading my blog and leaving your comments for me to read them! I loved it! Thank you all so much!
I already know that I am going to miss Canada and all the people that I have met here! I will miss it soooooooo much! So also thanks to everyone I have met here who all gave me wonderful memories to take home with me!
I already know that I will definitely go back some day, or as soon as possible actually!
I had an amazing, wonderful, magnificent, superb, glorious, brilliant, outstanding, exceptional and terrific experience! And with this, I would like to give you some last information on that what makes someone a true Canadian (or, at least, how I have experienced it over the last five months)
You know you’re from Canada when...
- You say "eh" at the end of every sentence...eh?
- “Eh” is the word you use the most
- You say "er" but you mean "it"
- You are proud of your chocolates; Smarties, Crispy Crunch, Oh Henry, SKOR
- You can sing "Oh Canada" in French and actually know what the words mean
- You can tell where all the Tim Horton’s in your town are and you have worked in at least one when you were a student
- You have frozen your tongue to metal at least once
- Hockey is your favourite sport, no sorry, the best sport in the whole world!
- At least one of your grandparents is from Europe
- You meet someone at a swimming pool, and you become life-long friends.
- You meet someone at a swimming pool and come to find out you’re cousins.
- You only know two seasons...six months of winter and six months of poor skiing and riding.
- You always start your conversations with; How’s it goin’ eh?
- You listen to country music and actually like it
- You know that Whitehorse is in Canada, and not in Alaska!
- Your backpack has more than one Canadian flag iron-on. (and there’s always room for more)
- You have volunteered working at events at least a dozen times
- Someone accidentally stepped on your foot… and you apologize.
- You skip your last class on Thursday so you’ll still be able to enter the Campus Pub
- You drink Pop not Soda
- You call your prof by his or her first name
- You cross the street without looking, the cars will stop anyway
- You use every costume party to wear as less as possible (if you're a girl)
- You hate all the people that confuse you for being an American
- You want me to come back as soon as possible…
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30 December 2007 - 07:09
*Diann:
lieve vrienden van denise, en misschien ook van mij! ik wil effe duidelijk maken dat ik twee verscrhikkelijke weken heb gehad.. echt niet naar me zin gehad....
hahaha geloven jullie hetzelf,, it was the best time, we had a lot of fun do!
dnies jij ook heel erg bedankt voor alles!! het wat toppie!
and i also want to thank you for the love and support to my sis!!
kiss en love
see ya soon -
30 December 2007 - 10:31
Ils:
Deniess!!
Wat een geweldig stukje weer!:D
Ik snap dat je het ontzettend gaat missen, na zo'n lange tijd daar geweest moet het hier toch wel wennen zijn!!
Maar dat komt wel goed..!!
Allebei een goeie vlucht morgen!
En ik zie je @ Wilhelminapier! ;)
dikke kus ilse -
30 December 2007 - 14:00
Daphne:
hey denies en diand!
fijne reis naar huis! en lees vooral je stukjes nog eens terug... want thuis is het al veel te snel weer gewoon...
X -
30 December 2007 - 16:48
Ronald:
Hoi Denies,
Geweldig al die verhalen, foto's, en alle herinneringen die je zal hebben en houden. Echt een tijd die jij nooit zal vergeten. En natuurlijk heb jij hierdoor ook een ongelofelijk internationaal netwerk op kunnen bouwen waarmee je de volgende jaren zeer toffe vacantieadressen zal hebben. Ok natuurlijk helemaal te gek dat die twee oude Sneevlietjes en je zus langs zijn gekomen. Die hebben alle drie een super tijd gehad. Op dit moment zitten jullie samen in het vliegtuig weer terug naar huis. Waardeloos voor jullie maar voor ons ook wel weer eens leuk om jullie in levende lijve te zien.
Geniet nog lekker even na van deze tijd en ik zie je snel.
Groeten
Ronald -
30 December 2007 - 18:03
Ron En An:
Welcome back !!!! -
30 December 2007 - 19:39
Marco:
How's it goin eh? Denise
You must feel very good. Havin' had that good of a time. This memories and experiences will last a life time.
Yet leaving a great place is allways a bit painful. On the other hand there will always be more good times for you in the future. Maybe going back to Canada some time, or visit your Friends you made in Canada. Who knows which places your friends will lead you to in the world.
For now is going back home also fun, meet all those people who haven't seen you all this time. I know lots of them missed you very much. Allthough they loved it you were having great times.
Being back home with the family and friends is also good.
The experiences you had these lasts months will be a treasure you can use
in your future.
It must be a good feeling to be able to say you are a Dutch and Canadian girl.
I enjoyed reading your stories on your blog. It made me feel being over there also a little. Thanks for being such a good writer.
Have a good one
Marco -
30 December 2007 - 20:03
Mieke:
hi denise,
Jammer je laatste blog voor dit jaar, wat zal volgend jaar weer brengen, weer verre stage´s en reisjes. Ik zal deze site zeker gaan missen, het was super om alles mee te beleven, dat je het daar goed en gezellig had was duidelijk te lezen in deze site. Maar helaas aan deze super periode is een eind gekomen, maar en zullen er zeker nog vele volgen jou kennende.Je hebt friends voor life gemaakt!!Ik vond het super om bij je te zijn in Canada, ook dat was een ervaring voor mij dan. Hier zijn we blij om je weer te zien en er zijn er vele met mij!!
Tot morgen en goede reis. Ook voor dian uiteraard.
Love You mam -
30 December 2007 - 22:02
Antoinette:
Hallo denise en Diandra,
goede reis naar huis en dat 2008 nog beter mag worden dan 2007 hoewel dat bijna niet mogelijk is als ik de verhalen zo lees.
groetjes van ons allen Antoinette -
01 Januari 2008 - 20:33
Sascha:
gelukkig nieuwjaar!
En, goeie vlucht gehad?
Welkom terug in kikkerland ;-)
-
02 Januari 2008 - 12:13
Sylvia:
Hoi Denise,
Welkom terug !!!!
Enneeee gelukkig nieuwjaar en heel veel goeds voor 2008.
Ook ik zal je site gaan missen....
Was een trouwe bezoeker en genoot van je verhalen. Zal dat ons ook te wachten staan later..... (of dichterbij dan wij denken)
Hoop dat jullie allebei een goede vlucht hebben gehad en ook weer lekker thuis hebben kunnen genieten.
Tot gauw en voor jullie allemaal, ook je paps en mams een dikke kus van de Bijster family
Bye Sylvia -
03 Januari 2008 - 12:37
Kees:
Hai Denise (and Diandra ofcourse) , welcome back in Holland and the best wishes for 2008. I suppose (?)you’ve got a great time there but it’s always good to be back again. We (also) came yesterday zurück from Austria wo wir die Weihnachten und das Neujahr gefeiert haben. Wir haben natürlich wieder im Gerlos, Saalbach-Hinterglemm, SkiWelt Wilde Kaiser-Brixental und Zell am See schigefahren. I know, it’s not Whistler, but we also had a great time there (and we've missed you in Gerlos!). Vandaag zagen we je laatste bericht. Het was leuk om je blog enkele malen te lezen en we zullen de leuke avonturen en de foto's missen. Nu heb ik ook geen excuses meer om 's avonds achter de computer te kruipen. Daarnaast begint nu het "echte" leven weer. Saai weer iedere dag in de trein, net zoals Kees. Goed hé. Misschien op kamers? of toch nog maar niet?
In ieder geval groetjes van ons allen en veel plezier hier weer in Nederland.
Do you know:
- oost, west, thuis best.
- dat de vertragingen met de trein je dit jaar zullen meevallen.
- zoals het klokje thuis klinkt, klinkt het .......... vast ook in Canada.
- jullie er erg leuk uitzien op computer animaties en navernante kerstkaarten.
Kees, Anja Thomas en Sanne. -
04 Januari 2008 - 22:59
Niek:
Hey Denise!
Al lang niet meer gesproken joh! Je zult ondertussen wel in dat hele leuke NL zijn, hahaha! Maar ik ben in ieder geval blij dat je het zo naar je zin hebt gehad, and I guess you are a real Canadian girl now!
Gr. Niek -
06 Januari 2008 - 00:30
Adam:
Well, I think this is my reactie.
It was great to have you here in Canada. You are missed over here a lot! Hope you come back again really soon, but I will see you in May no matter what! -
06 Januari 2008 - 19:46
Miranda:
Hoi Denies,
Één ding is zeker, het lezen van jouw stukjes ga ik zeker missen. Op een stil momentje op mijn werk (zijn er niet zo heel veel) ging ik altijd even kijken of er nog wat te lezen was. Ik vond het erg leuk om jouw avonturen in Canada mee te beleven. Het is voor jou vast een tijd geweest om nooit meer te vergeten! Tot snel, groetjes en liefs van Miran.
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