After breakfast we went to the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull (Quebec) on the Ottawa River. The building was built in the form of an eagle and it opened at 1989. The stunning design is a reflection of the Native-Canadian ancestry of its architect Douglas Cardinal, who sought to symbolically recreate the geological birth of Canada. At 9.00 o’clock we arrived at the museum. This museum of human history and culture contains twenty-five thousand square metres of exhibition space and countless treasures which ensure many hours of exploration. The first two hours we had the possibility to walk by ourselves through the museum, we only saw two exhibitions. First we went to see the Canadian Children’s Museum. At the entrance of this hall the children received a passport in which they had the possibility to write down their findings. Experience an interactive, intercultural adventure beginning with a ride on a fancifully-decorated Pakistani bus. Different countries were represented in this area. In this hall were several units on which you could play and climb. This part of the museum was a real adventure for families or the young at heart.After that we went to the Canada Hall. We had a real journey across Canada from the east to the west and forward through 1000 years of history. Because of the high ceiling and the blue sky, it felt like being outside. At Ontario Street we met a lovely lady, she was one of the costumed characters. She asked us to pop in at four o’clock at the merchant’s house. We were back into 1800 century. The lady told us that she was surprised that we were not married before our 17th birthday. The lady asked us how we came to Canada. We told her that we came by plane. She could not believe this and so we lied to her and told her that we came by ship.
The last hour of the tour we visited the Grand Hall which houses a lot of totem poles. The guide told us that each pole has its own tale to tell. Traditional stories tell of raven, a supernatural being, who released light into the world. Ravens image marked by a long beak and wings can be found throughout the hall from the smallest artefacts to soaring totem poles. The guide told this so well that you could imagine exactly how it was.When we left this museum, in which we could have spent all day, we went back Toronto. Especially the pupils were relieved that they could leave the prison.Report students by: Jan WillemIn the morning we packed our suitcases and we had breakfast. This was our last night in jail..

After breakfast we went to ‘the museum of Civilization’. This museum is about the people who have lived in Canada, from the ‘first nations’ up to the people that live in Canada today.

There were lots of things to see, and we’ll try to tell about the most beautiful and interesting things.

First we’ll start with the Totem Poles in the Grand Hall. The totem poles explained the character of the ‘village’ they were from. They were very big and we were impressed by them.

There was also a ‘Canada Hall’, they had reconstructed a complete village in that Hall, and it looked very realistic. There was for example a church, a post office, a baker’s, a pub and so on. It was really big over there and we think everyone thinks that.

We also bought some souvenirs in the ‘souvenir shop’ but everything was very expensive.

Then we went to another museum for lunch.

After lunch we went to the jail to get our luggage, and we got on the bus to Toronto.

When we had arrived in Toronto we had dinner in a restaurant near our youth hostel.

After dinner we had to go back to the youth hostel to sleep.