Oh, Canada!!

Yes, it is true, I am indeed in Canada!
It is currently 'Thanksgiving break' in the states and therefore we get a rather large break from school!
My roommates are all from different areas and were all so generous in inviting me to their homes for thanksgiving. I decided to go to Canada with Mickenzie and Brittany (practically a roommate), who live in Southern Alberta. We left Rexburg last Friday and 7 hours later, we were in Canada! The man at the border was rather mean and I must admit he slightly scared me :-s But, I got a stamp in my passport...woo!
We stopped for some pictures by the dinosaur and then arrived at Mickenzie's house! I had a quick tour of her house before moving on to Brittany's house; where I am staying. Her parents were extremely welcoming and they have all made me feel very at home :-)
On Saturday, we began the day by attending a football game (Canadian football...basically American football), then I went with Mickenzie to her house; to see her family and for dinner. The next activity was attending a University Basketball game, it was really fun! I met a lot of Mick and Brit's Canadian friends and got to see some interesting cheerleaders!
On Friday it had been Brittany's brother Mason's birthday, therefore on Sunday they were having a big family birthday meal....so yummy!!!
Monday- Calgary day! We woke up early-ish and set off for Calgary (about 2 1/2 hours away). We went to Ikea and picked up quite a few things and then made our way to downtown Calgary for lunch in an Irish pub; Joyce's On Fourth....delicious! After this we went to Chinook Shopping Mall, where we simply shopped until we dropped. We eventually rolled home just before 11pm where we sat down to watch some episodes of 'House'....Brittany is successfully getting me into this.
Tuesday- We had a lazy morning of more 'House' and 'The Ellen Degeneres Show'...love it. We then had Subway for lunch, before Brittany took me on a tour of Raymond (the town they live in). It is similar to Idaho in the way it looks! After having the grand tour we went home where I managed to get a little homework completed. In the evening, Mickenzie, Brittany and I went bowling and dinner in Lethbridge...a lot of fun! I managed to fall flat on my face in bowling...seriously, it was like something out of a cartoon :-D I also ate a delicious white chocolate brownie for dessert....so good! To finish the night we wrapped up in blankets in front of the telly and watched Hairspray....funny! It really was a good night....a lot of fun with great company!! Oh and it snowed last night :-)

Now it is Wednesday....I plan on doing homework, until we go out tonight!!
We have a lot of fun planned for the rest of the week and I am excited to put up photos of everything! Sorry, I can't put photos up yet. I forgot my phone connector; so you will just have to wait a little longer!
Overall Canada seems to be a mix of England and America...I am loving the fact that they have Bounty chocolate bars, proper Smarties, Maltesers and good Cadbury's chocolate!
I am really enjoying being in Canada and having such a relaxing break.....they obviously don't celebrate American Thanksgiving here so there is no crazy thanksgiving stuff going on; to be honest, I keep forgetting it is Thanksgiving week.

I will update again soon!