My Perfect Day.

Today was my kind of day! I got together with a bunch of activists from DalHousie to go to an annual fundraiser at Grand Pre Vineyard, where we students pick grapes and get paid by the hour which we donate to bringing refugees to Canada. I knew two people, and I met so many more!
It was a beautiful crisp fall day, and picking wasn't overly strenuous. It was nice just to be outdoors again and experience something new. The Vineyard was in the Annopolis Valley, which I had never been to and was so beautiful! We even saw a bald eagle!














Then after picking and lunch was finished we all got a tour of the winery and wine tasted! And even though I'm not a huge fan of wine I didn't find it too bad. I really liked the white dessert wine :). Then after that we all went to a lookout to see all of the valley which was gorgeous!! And then we went to the local farmers market and bought the famous, delicious valley apples and maple sugar candy *drool*.





























Then we went to our friends country home on an apple orchard and at a big lovely spaghetti supper! After dinner I had an amazing conversation with my new Sudanese friends, all WUSC sponsored students. I learnt so much! I learnt all about the conflicts in Sudan and the history of it. Which I will write separately from this entry because I learnt sooo much from these men! They are really, really great guys, and I feel like I gained such an abundance of knowledge about their culture and my misconceptions. For example in Ethopia if you have maintained an A average you are eligible for a totally free post secondary education, with free meals etc, which I did not know. Also the Kakuma refugee camp has an actual, established, bar on it's grounds, which camp residents can work at and go to. Something most people wouldn't suspect. I think it's so easy to see refugees as poor, uneducated, behind the times, people like pictures you see in World Vision commercials, more like objects then people. Not like us. You know? So it's so interesting to talk with them and straighten out your outsider mind set.














So it was basically 12 hours of fun. It was so nice to get out and have good clean fun again. :)