I have been studying English in Toronto for a week. Since I arrived here, I saw many different things of Brazil, like transportation, food and sports. In transportation all here is organized, when you buy a ticket to use the bus or subway, they give to you a map of Toronto with all the itineraries, it helps a lot. In food, we have a big diversity, because here we can find a lot of foreigners, you can eat chinese, japanese or brazilian food in the same place. The most common sports here are baseball and football, and I don't Know how they work.
In my first day here, I was a little lost because I needed to go to my home stay but I did not ask anyone to pick me up. I was in the Lester Pearson Airport. It is almost 40 km! I only had a map printed from goggle. I started to ask for everybody if they knew Warden Avenue and how I did to go there. One guy told me the best option was to take downtown express and take off at Union station. I did it.I had just arrived when saw a subway, I entered and when I saw the station Warden, I thought that I was going to right way.
In the second station I perceived I was going to the wrong way. I took off the subway and took another to east, now I was in the right way. I have gotten to arrive at home, it lasted almost 3 hours. I knew my home stay mother and I liked her, I gave some gifts from Brazil and we talked a little while.
I have never traveled to another country where people speak a language so different than mine. I have just arrived and I have already known a lot of famous places here; the Woodbine beach, Victoria Park, Ontario lake, CN tower, Stadium, Hard Rock Cafe, Ontario Science Center, Toronto Island and some pubs.
The first places I have known were beach, Ontario Lake and Victoria Park. My home stay mother took me to know, I remembered in which day it was a little cold for me, and the people in beach dressed t-shirts, shorts and played volleyball. In Victoria Park some guys were making a barbecue there and they did not drink beer, only water, juices and coffee. Little while after, I discovered that in Canada is forbidden to drink alcohol out of places allowed to drink.
In CN Tower and stadium I did not enter, I only saw how they are outside. I liked so much Hard Rock Cafe. I asked a beer and the waitress asked my ID card, my friend started to laugh of me. In Friday, we went to a pub in Queens street and we asked a beer and the waiters asked the ID card, my friend started to laugh again of me and the waiters said:
I am not asking the ID card of him, I’m asking your ID card! It was so funny and in the other two pubs that we went in this night the waitress asked the ID card for both. I have learned in Canada, if I want to drink I beer, money it is not enough, I have to take with me my ID card. And this trip has just begun! I have more 7 weeks in Canada. I am going to enjoy more.
