Montreal

Hi,

The past days I've been looking for a job and place to stay for the summer time.
I found a place to stay (still waiting on last details), but still looking for a job.
Saturday I will leave for 2 weeks to Ile d'Orleans for a volunteering job in a motel.
I will keep you posted on how that goes :)
After those 2 weeks I'll go volunteering in a small town moving a back down a bit, to help with dogs and feeding cows. Looking forward to that.
And end of june I'll go back to Montreal to stay at the place I found and hopefully start working in a job I'm still looking for. If anyone has some tips about jobs, it's more than welcome.

But meanwhile I've still been up to visiting a bit more of this beautiful city.
The part I love the most is the old part of time, but for us europeans this is not that old :)
Saturday i finally got my canadian phone number and after that I walked till the Mont Royal.
On top I've meet up with a friend from the hostel. I didn't know you could go up by bus (like she did) so I walked till the top. It was more than 300m high and it was really steep. Some crazy people did it while running, but most people walked and were tired like me. I was so happy there was a drinking fountain on top cause my water ran out quickly. It was a very nice view of the city.
Went to visit the Biosphere but it was closed, but got a good close look of it. But I saw a bit of the wildlife around it.
But I'll be back in summer time to see more of it and the little islands around it.
And of course my sister comes after summer to join me further on my path in Canada.


My next post will probably be next week when I arrive on Ile d'Orleans.

Love,
Sarah

First days in Montreal

Hi,

So my long time dream came out and now I'm here alone in Canada :)
Not that my dream was to up here alone, but I'm pretty social and my sister comes in September :)
I've settled in the hostel and I have 2 nice roommates, so for that I'm happy.
It's my first time in a hostel so that will take some adjustments  for me, like living with so much people together. At home we're at 6 but up here it's a lot more, but I will get used to it, I hope ;)

On the plane from Iceland (my layover) I met a nice girl from Manchester who is here to stay a few months. So the first day she invited me to stay over at Verdun ( a part of Montreal). We had a walk in the streets up there, it's so nice and you have a lot of vintage stores. It was such nice weather so we got us some fresh fruit and went to sit in the park to enjoy the view and weather.
After that I went back to the old port area where I'm staying. I had my dinner by the water, with an amazing view. It's such a nice area to walk around, I've did almost the whole of the walk around it. I think there will be a lot to do there in the summer. There were already a few food trucks and music.

The second day I went and did all my paper work and got myself a canadian phone number :)
So now the job and apartment hunting can start :)

I will see if maybe I'll find something to do in the weekend, maybe going to a bar or party.
Keep posted for the rest of the adventure, I'll try to post as much as I can.


Love,
Sarah

What to pack for (long) travel

Hi,

So like you read on my last post I'm going to Canada for a year.
To work and travel :)
I can only take 20kg of luggage with me and thats not much at all.
So I thought to give you an idea of what I packed.
Reminding you that all the winter stuff I think of buying there.

- Underwear (10)
- Swimsuit
- Pants (2)
- T-shirt (3)
- Top (2)
- Long sleeved t-shirt (2)
- Turtle neck
- Towel
- Skirt
- Short
- Raincoat
- Jacket
- Jogging
- Sweater / hoodie (4)
- Pj's (3)
- Socks (6)
- Plaid (for winter)
- Scarf and gloves (winter)
- Chargers
- Adapter
- Shoes (2)
- Purse

In my pink bag for toiletries I've packed:
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
- Hairbrush and tides
- Nail clippers and file
- Lip balm
- Small shower gel

I also have a small first aid kit with me.

In my backpack I've packed:
- Small camera
- Phone
- Laptop
- Papers (all my documents)
- Gum
- Wallet
- Headphones

On the plane I will wear a comfy outfit because it's a 7 hours flight with a stop of a few hours.
I know I don't have a winter jacket or so and winters are really cold up there, but thats why I'm going to buy that stuff up there :)

I hope you enjoyed this and that maybe it can help you to have an idea what to pack.

Love,
Sarah

I'm back :)

Hi,

I know it's been a long time since I've wrote something.
Life happened you know :)
But I'm back and I have big news!!
I'm leaving for Canada for a year!!

It's with a working holiday visum and I'm just so excited.
First I'm going to fly for Montreal and stay there the first months and hopefully find some work.
It's all so new and exciting and the first time in a very long time I'm going so far and all alone.
Thats the scary part, the going all alone part.
But I'm a big girl and I always wanted to do this, so this is my chance.

And of course I'm going to write a lot more about my whole adventure and keep you updated!

Love,
Sarah