La Baie Sainte Marie!

Yesterday we drove to Pointe de l'Eglise where we went for lunch at chez Jean, shopped at Frenchys, swam at the pool, got a magic show, had a bonfire at the beach and we're thoroughly entertained by a Frenchys fashion show! Everyone had fun being kids in the Univeraity dorm room... Adults included!!! 

It was a long fun filled day and everyone had a great time!

This morning our chefs Rod & Sam treated the group to cinnamon buns, muffins and pancakes!!! Mike made English muffins that nobody ate... We think it's due to this being a French trip?!? 

Today we stopped at the Annapolis Royal tidal power generating station on our way to Oaklawn farm zoo.

At the zoo the families joined us for lunch and then we visited all sorts of animals including lions, tigers and bears oh my!!!

This evening and tomorrow are our family days... Let's show them how awesome our province is! 

Learning local history and the chemistry magic show!

This may have been the most beautiful day of 2015! And we got to spend it outdoors at Grand Pre National Historic Site and at Acadia University. 

Our day began with a visit of Grand Pre where students learned about Acadian history. 

After lunch we toured the Irving centre and learned about native plants in NS. 

We really did finish the day with a BANG!!! We were lucky to have the chance to have a chemistry magic show :) students got to see cool experiments with liquid nitrogen, and elephant toothpaste and exploding hydrogen peroxide! I've been telling them that science is cool for a long time! Now they actually believe me :) 

Here we go again!!!

It's now our turn to host our friends from Quebec ;) 

We picked them up this morning at the airport hotel and visited the Citadelle. 

The highlight of the day was the Halifax Ghost tour with Tattletours! Andy Smith and his partner walked us

around the city and gave us so much history and annecdotes, a really cool way to learn about a new city. 

We ended the day with a stop at the mall for lunch and some shopping. 

Finally our host families met us at the school for a pot luck...  I am feeling so fortunate to have such amazing families to support this program...

Let's treat them to an amazing NS week! 

Enjoy your twins, learn about another culture and share the beauty of your region. 

;) Mme!