Hi, everyone.

I'm Robyn.

And in this video, I'm going to talk about my hometown now.

A lot of my students asked me where you from.

And of course I answer.

I'm from Canada.

And then they usually ask me, Which city are you from?

In Canada, Vancouver or Toronto?

Okay, so those air to cities most Koreans know.

And I explained, While I'm not from Vancouver or Toronto and I tell them I'm from a city called Edmonton, okay?

And they're like, Where is Edmonton?

And I explained, while Edmonton is closer to Vancouver, it's in Western Canada.

But actually, Edmonton is not really close to Vancouver.

If you were driving from Vancouver to Edmonton, it would take about 16 hours to drive through the mountains.

Okay, so that's still pretty far.

All right.

Now I tell them my hometown is Edmonton because, you know, I went to university in Edmonton and I spent about six or seven years in Edmonton.

But Edmonton is not my riel hometown.

My real hometown is Fort McMurray.

Where is for McMurray?

Well, for McMurray is north of Edmonton.

So if you're going from Edmonton and you're driving north, you have to drive another five hours to get to Fort McMurray.

Okay, for McMurray is a smaller city.

There's only about 60,000 people living there.

And even in Canada, a lot of Canadians never heard of for McMurray because it's so far north and isolated.

Okay, there's no other cities around it.

And, as I said, the closest main cities Edmonton.

But that's a five hour drive away now, for McMurray is in the bush.

Okay, there's lots of trees there, lots and lots of trees and in the wintertime, because it's so far north, its very dark.

In the winter time, when I went to school, it was dark, and when I came home, it was dark.

There's not much sunlight in the winter time, and also for McMurray is very, very cold.

It is freezing, so I remember temperatures of minus 30 degrees Celsius minus 35 degrees Celsius and with the wind chill that could easily go to minus 40 degrees Celsius minus 45 degrees Celsius.

Very, very cold.

Alright, for McMurray is not a very good place to visit.

Okay, there's no tourism there.

There's nothing to see and do their, as I say There's just trees.

Uh, but there is one thing for McMurray is famous for on that is oil.

There's a lot of oil there, and that's the main industry there.

That's why people live there.

They work for the oil industry and the oil there is different.

It's not the oil that you pump out of the ground.

Actually, the oil is in the sand and they call that tar sand.

Okay, so they have to suck the oil out of the sand so that Zao forming Murray makes its money on.

That's why people live there.

Probably.

I wouldn't want to go back there and live.

I lived there during my childhood.

That's enough.

It's too cold for me.

I enjoy living in Edmonton, which is five hours south and a little bit better weather anyway.

That's my hometown.

I hope you enjoyed my story.

See you next time.