Saskatoon - Yours To Discover

On the weekend most of the group was given the task to create a scrapbook to mail out to New Brunswick for the next group that will show up in Saskatoon in less then a month now. Sara and I, however, were given the task of creating our final presentation. It has to be 30 minutes long and show all of the things we have learnt and done in Saskatchewan. We decided that a slide show would be the best way to go as we had lots of pictures of the group, but what we didn't have was pictures of the city. So Sara, who is from Kingston, Ontario, and I set out to discover Saskatoon. We didn't really have any plans of what we would take pictures of, we just went to our favorite spots and took pictures. We found so many crazy things that we had never noticed before, like a blue pig. We also found some random things that we just had to take pictures of like the Western Beer Factory, a beer glass on a statue that some drunk left behind the night before, and a curling rink. We hung out in the curling rink for awhile watching a game as we figured it was a pretty Saskatchewan thing to do. We then asked the man in the office if we could come curl as a group sometime, he gave us the information and we went back to watch some more curling. After 10 minutes he came out and was surprised to still see us there, so he gave us some shoes and brooms and gave us a sheet of ice to throw some rocks on. It was a whole lot of fun.

Sunday we drove 80KM south to one of the only two "cut your own" Christmas tree farms in Saskatchewan. The trees were so expensive and and the cheaper ones were $22, and the best ones around $45. The cheap ones were so perfect though, they prune the trees so much that each one is perfect, so you don't have to look long to find one. They also paint the trees in August to make them look green, ours looks artificial from a distance but when you get close you can see its real. We came home and I had a package waiting from my Aunt in Maryland, it was full of goodies and decorations for the house. So now with the tree and some decorations its starting to feel more like Christmas.

Last week was a very busy week at work, that is why there aren't many blogs. Chuck, the truck driver, hurt himself and needed help out on the road. So i got to drive around Saskatoon with him for a couple of days. An 18-wheeler also came in full of oranges and I had to move them around in the trailer with a pump-cart for the forklift because we don't have any loading docks here. It was pretty cold in the -20 weather.

Tonight, those of age will be going to practice their bar tending skills to prepare for the Francophone Christmas party next Saturday night. We will be serving some drinks that are only found in Saskatchewan, so we need to know how to make them.