Friday, July 27, 2012

Day 41 - Trois Riviéres - Day 18

Jenny has been ‘threatening’ to do ‘ a day in the life at Trois Riviéres’ but its hard for her to get the computer when I have it all the time. Here's my dry attempt.
06:15 - Dad gets up and does his homework (true for the first week)
07:00 - Jen stirs
07:20 - Jemma’s alarm starts going off for about 20 mins.
08:00 - Breakfast and ablutions (Ryan gets up somewhere imbetween Jemma and breakfast)
08:15 - mad rush out the door so as not to be late for class. Not very successfully I might add. 
08:30 - 11:30 Barry and Jenny - Grammar Lesson
11:30 - 13:30 Lunch in the cafeteria, sports and nap time for Dad.
13:30 - 15:30 Conversation with Patrick (Mon, Wed, Fri). Every other day we had a tour  somewhere.
16:30 - Pick up the kids, go home and make dinner.
Repeat daily
Casey and Elizabeth having a blast in the cafeteria.
I'm not sure where this is...Is it the library?
The view from the Cafeteria
A guide for what you can buy with the daily food rations.
I have to comment at this point that, despite the simpletons guide to what can be purchased with a food ticket we always had a completely different result when we went to the cashier. That is to say, even if you had the same meal every day there would always be a different result. Usually costing from 6c to $6 more EVERY DAY!
Some cashiers were better than others. I never went with the regular meal and never understood what the cashier was telling me. I would just dole out extra food coupons or cash as required. Jenny, on the other hand, would be asking ‘combien?’ and running back and forth exchanging items of fruit and jello until the exact amount was reached. It was like ‘The Price Is Right’ every lunch time! Too much hassle for me! I had usually finished my lunch by the time she sat down.
The caferia
The main entrance
The main entrance - from outside
I'm not sure what this building is either. People used to come and go with towels??
Did I mention how awesome the concert was? The A group performed about a dozen songs. It was very entertaining. Here are a couple of short snippets.





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