On December 13, I went skiing with two of my friends, one of them from Norway and her boyfriend from Canada. We went to Powder King. My host father drove me down there. I met Julie and Vernon there, ready to ski! It snowed the whole time we were there. It was perfect conditions […]
Category: Student Blog
Contains student blog posts about life in Peace River North
Our Trip to Edmonton
Our trip to Edmonton was one of the most memorable trips I’ve ever gone for. The city of Edmonton is really beautiful and we had lots of fun activities planned for us. We visited some neat places like the Alberta Legislature Building, the city hall, the University of Alberta and some other famous places. One of our […]
My First Christmas in Canada was something very close to Perfect!
My first Christmas in Canada was something very close to a perfect one. School was out for a well due christmas break by the 21st of December 2012. I was very much looking forward to it because after getting a taste of skiing last winter, I just could not wait to go again. But […]
My First Snow
It snowed the first time! When I woke up at 7:30 in the morning, everything was covered in white! It was so beautiful. Where I come from in Germany, we get snow maybe two or three days a year, and it is always wet and dirty and it melts way too soon… On […]
Grailquest Cross Country Race
On September 29th, 2012, Julie and I participated in the Grailquest Cross Country Race at Fish Creek. We even had a team from the North Peace Secondary School, we got “NPSS” shirts and we made a team picture! We met at 9:00 am at the Northern Lights College and we did our Warm-Up. At […]
My First Weeks At North Peace
It’s very easy to summarize our first days at school: EVERYTHING is different! The first time we entered school, we just thought: Wow, it’s so big! We were shown around school, and we chose our classes for the whole year. As an exchange student, you’re allowed to pick any class you like. And there […]
Soccer Tournament in Edmonton
One week ago, I went to Edmonton with the indoor soccer team for a tournament. We got there Friday evening and we had a team dinner in an Italian restaurant. We spent the weekend there and played 3 games. We got 2 place! The amazing thing was when we went to mall, one of […]
Sleigh Ride in the Peace
We went horse sleighing on Friday, the 24th of February. It was fun, the horses were so big and lovely. Though it was cold, I still enjoyed every bit of it especially the eating part. We had hotdogs and hot chocolate. I wish we could do it again. On Saturday, we attended and participated in the […]
Semester Two Starts
We went to Edmonton for the Christmas break, it was an interesting trip. We had a tour round edmonton. We saw the city mall, the University of Alberta, the WestEd mall and some other places in Edmonton. The WestEd mall was really huge, it has the galaxy land, a water park and a lot of […]
Skiing in Powder King
The school offered a trip for all interested skier and snowboarder to the ski area Powder King. We were around 60 students who went on the trip. Our bus left the school at 6.30 in the morning and drove around four hours to Powder King. It was a beautiful day for skiing. We arrived […]