From Halifax to Antigonish

Blog’s goal: to show the students a view of the country and an experience in a university abroad.  

Before going to Antigonish, to begin my semester at StFX, I spent three days in Halifax, the main city of Nova Scotia. I arrived there on the 28^th December, I stayed until the 1^st January. I was in a youth hostel, where I met quite a few people, including foreign people who were in travel, all very nice. It was a great experience.

Then I took the maritime bus, to Antigonish. Caroline Delepoulle joined me in the bus, at the airport station. Brenda Riley, the lady from the international exchange, welcomed us on the campus. The campus was totally white, completely recovered from snow. It is quite impressing! We visited it by car, she gave us some piece of information about the accommodation, the courses, etc, and we moved into our flat. It is an apartment for 4 people, that we share, Caroline and I, with two Canadian girls. Ii is situated in the residence Power Hall.  It was the Wednesday 1^st January.

Then we occupied ourselves for 5 days, until the end of the week. The campus was totally empty, as all the students were gone back at home for the vacations. We got to shopping, to buy some foods and products at the Sobeys just near. There was a snow storming on Friday, so we stayed the whole day inside. It was exceptional! During the whole day long, it did not stop to snow and to blow. The window from the living room was completely covered by snow! We heard that this storm was coming from the east coast from United States and has moved on Canada. It is an exceptional weather situation that has occurred for a few years! Without being aware, we have attended to an historical event!

During these few days, the hardest was the adaptation to the weather. It was often less than -10°C. I have had the impression to go to ski each time I went outside!