Cultura Inglesa – Diário de bordo

We started our journey back home on Friday at 8:45. The shuttle took us back to the airport. The flight from Vancouver to Toronto took off at 1:30 pm. We landed in Toronto at about 8:30 (local time). As you have to pay for food onboard on domestic flights within Canada, we ate nothing during the flight, and when we got to Toronto, guess what?  We were starving… We just had enough time for a sandwich and it was time again (10:40 pm) to finally get our flight to Sao paulo. It was about noon when we got to SP, but that was not the end of our journey…We still had to fly to Rio… Eventually, at 7 pm, we got to Rio. Our families were there waiting for us…

At the end of the three-week program, students received their Certificates of achievement… There was pizza to celebrate…

In the beginning, students tumbled on ice, but they ended up doing it very skillfully… In fact, only some of them…

This is Canada’s biggest aquarium… Students have seen dolphins, whales, sharks and more than 200 species of marine animals… One part of the aquarium (Tropical Zone)  is dedicated to Brazil… There were  typical brazilian animals and the weather in this zone was similar to ours… Oh, it was very hot!!!

Hockey Game: Giants (from Vancouver) X Cougars (from another city). Giants beat Cougars 3×0…

We’ve taken so many nice pics in Grouse Mountain that it’s worth some more posts…

In order to get to Grouse Mountain, we took a ride on the biggest Gondola in North America. Students once again enjoyed Ice Skating & Skiing… There was also the Theatre in the Sky… It was awesome!!!

Students went snowboarding and skiing at the home of the 2010 Winter Olympics. As soon as they got to Whistler, they had a hands-on lesson with local instructors. After that, they started giving it a try, and then I realized they were good at that and had been snowboarding and skiing in one of the highest mountains in Whistler. I couldn’t believe my eyes!!!

We have also visited  the Squamish Museum. This Cultural centre celebrates the unique culture of their two ancient aboriginal nations, the Squamish and Lilwat.

The boys decided to hang around at night for some drinks, chat and LOTS OF FUN!!!

And some of them also flirted with the girls that were around…

Lonsdale Quay is Vancouver’s best view from the North Shore’s waterfront market & shops. It’s  the gateway to the North Shore.