CUPP Daily#54&55
November 14 and 15
Sunday. In the morning (7.30) we had to leave for the Niagara Falls. The bus started its route at about 8. After a few hours' drive we reached Toronto. The weather in the morning was sunny and dry. When we finally arrived at the Niagara Falls the weather was cloudy with a small rain. I was not particularly amazed with it. It is relatively wide, it is on the border of Canada and the US but there is nothing hugely exciting about it. In is not very high in terms of what I expected. We still had a picture-taking session and a few more voluntary shots. This trip took almost all the day, so we came to our current place of residence only in the evening after the sunset. After leaving our belongings in Global Guest House we went for a dinner, which ultimately took place in the Burger King on Spadina ave (Chinatown). After that we went to a supermarket to buy some food and then returned to the hostel to rest. Monday. The beginning of the first week that is not a work-week after the beginning of the internship. As my current roommate Slava had put it 15 seconds ago "Da, eto zhostko, mne azh ne veritsa kakto". Today was a busy day. In the morning I woke up at 7.40, an hour before the alarm clock. At 9.30 we went to the League of Canadian Ukrainians (the meeting took place in a building situated in the Korean town). We were congratulated on our progress during the internship and instructed on the activities of the League. After that some of us went to Honest Ed's shop (a big all-for-1-buck-like store) where we spent the next half an hour or so. Right when we exited the shop we headed out to the Chair of Ukrainian Studies Foundation in St. Vladimir's Institute (620 Spadina ave). Here we helped to move some random stuff around the office of the Chair which was later rewarded by a good dinner with Mr.Bardyn in a pub of the Foundation Club near uToronto. First time I tried chips English-style - thickly cut and served with fish. The food was marvelous and I barely ate the course, but I did. Finishing the dinner we went to the office of Prof. Paul Magocsi in uToronto. There was a really interesting conversation about his studies and Ukraine. Some of the interns, including me, were presented with books signed by the author. It is good to come from Uzhhorod. Mr. Magocsi's views on how the history should be studied are very different from what I was taught. I liked them nonetheless. Although his native language is English and he was born in New Jersey Magocsi speaks French, Rusyn, Hungarian, Slovak, Czech, Russian, German, some Ukrainian. The list is quite impressive. We had a group picture after the meeting and then went to the hotel. The rest of the evening passed eating and socialising a little.
better late than never.
Sunday. In the morning (7.30) we had to leave for the Niagara Falls. The bus started its route at about 8. After a few hours' drive we reached Toronto. The weather in the morning was sunny and dry. When we finally arrived at the Niagara Falls the weather was cloudy with a small rain. I was not particularly amazed with it. It is relatively wide, it is on the border of Canada and the US but there is nothing hugely exciting about it. In is not very high in terms of what I expected. We still had a picture-taking session and a few more voluntary shots. This trip took almost all the day, so we came to our current place of residence only in the evening after the sunset. After leaving our belongings in Global Guest House we went for a dinner, which ultimately took place in the Burger King on Spadina ave (Chinatown). After that we went to a supermarket to buy some food and then returned to the hostel to rest. Monday. The beginning of the first week that is not a work-week after the beginning of the internship. As my current roommate Slava had put it 15 seconds ago "Da, eto zhostko, mne azh ne veritsa kakto". Today was a busy day. In the morning I woke up at 7.40, an hour before the alarm clock. At 9.30 we went to the League of Canadian Ukrainians (the meeting took place in a building situated in the Korean town). We were congratulated on our progress during the internship and instructed on the activities of the League. After that some of us went to Honest Ed's shop (a big all-for-1-buck-like store) where we spent the next half an hour or so. Right when we exited the shop we headed out to the Chair of Ukrainian Studies Foundation in St. Vladimir's Institute (620 Spadina ave). Here we helped to move some random stuff around the office of the Chair which was later rewarded by a good dinner with Mr.Bardyn in a pub of the Foundation Club near uToronto. First time I tried chips English-style - thickly cut and served with fish. The food was marvelous and I barely ate the course, but I did. Finishing the dinner we went to the office of Prof. Paul Magocsi in uToronto. There was a really interesting conversation about his studies and Ukraine. Some of the interns, including me, were presented with books signed by the author. It is good to come from Uzhhorod. Mr. Magocsi's views on how the history should be studied are very different from what I was taught. I liked them nonetheless. Although his native language is English and he was born in New Jersey Magocsi speaks French, Rusyn, Hungarian, Slovak, Czech, Russian, German, some Ukrainian. The list is quite impressive. We had a group picture after the meeting and then went to the hotel. The rest of the evening passed eating and socialising a little.
better late than never.