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We live so close to Canada! So why not just go there for a weekend trip? Thinking about that, we decided to spend a few days in Toronto. Friday right after work we packed-up our stuff, got in the car and took the four hour ride to Canada. We drove through Southern Ontario until we reached Toronto, a city with a population of around 2.6 million inhabitants making it the largest in Canada. Arriving late Friday night, there was only time left to get dinner right across from the super comfortable and pretty cheap hotel where we stayed in Downtown Toronto.   Saturday morning a snowy but wonderful day gave us the opportunity of getting to know the city. That of course included touristy attractions such as drinking a coffee on top of the CN Tower, eating poutine- a typical Canadian dish made out of french fries, cheese curds and brown gravy at the farmers market and just looking around at the wonderful buildings in the city. After walking around all day long, a little...

Kansas, why are you going to Kansas? That was a common question I heard the last couple of days before the long weekend. The reason was the long Thanksgiving weekend. That is one of the holidays which is absolutely a new experience as a German intern in the USA.   However,   I am really glad that I had the opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving, which is a national holiday always celebrated on the 4 th Thursday of November in order to give thanks, with an American family in Kansas. Some try to compare it to the German “Erntedankfest” but after this weekend I can definitely say that it is definitely not comparable . Being together with   family members, talking and of course eating typical Thanksgiving food like Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes with optional gravy, sweet corn and of course cranberry sauce as well as various types of vegetables, gives the sense of unity. Even I really felt at home and like a part of the family. And of course you can’t forget the va...