Igloos and What Not

So today after school I hung out with some other exchange students. A girl from the states, one boy from Belgium and another boy from Poland. We all went out for acai (of course) and had a really nice time.
While we were hanging out, the Polish boy (whom I am going to refer to as 'Mat'), asked me what it is like in Canada because he doesn't know. So jokingly I told him about life in my igloo. I honestly did not expect him to believe me but he actually did. I went on about telling him how my family and many other people in Canada live in igloos. He was very confused as to why we wouldn't just live in a house. I told him that houses are too expensive to build and it's easier to live in an igloo because you can just hire someone to come and build it for you in only one day as opposed to building houses which takes many months. He thought this was very strange because in Poland they have lots of snow as well but no igloos. I told him it's very homey living in an igloo because everyone is together. He asked," but what if you don't have enough snow to build one? Like in the summer?" good question, eh? I replied," not a problem! You can choose a property and hire someone to bring the snow to you then build it for you." He was absolutely shocked. He could not understand why we don't just live in houses. He asked how we get food and where we keep it. I told that even though every town has a walmart, my family generally likes to hunt everything we eat. But if we get a moose then we are good for a week. Also we don't have refrigerators because we keep our food outside. He thought that was funny but he said "that makes sense I guess because it is so cold." True.
Okay I know this all sounds ridiculous but it was hilarious. He was honestly just so confused and started freaking out saying "what do you do in an igloo?!"
Then I asked," the same thing you do in a house!"
He was confused about how we hire people to build our igloos but I replied saying," it's the same as if your maple syrup machine breaks down and you need to hire someone to come fix it."
Again he was a little confused.
He then asked me what I do for fun with friends. I said that we have a drinking game that consists of sitting on the dock and counting as many beavers as you can. Whoever counts the least, has to buy the drinks for the party. Where do we party in Canada? not in our igloos of course because people can destroy them, we like to party in the mountains (which is actually very true).
This went on for a good half hour... no joke. I died laughing...
But at the end he thanked me for giving him a brighter picture of Canada.

I feel good knowing I can share my experiences with other people from around the world here in Brazil. I am still laughing.... ;) I guess one day I will tell him the truth about Canada.