Victor Pinto Mattias saw his first snowfall during his exchange student program here in Portage la Prairie. Mattias is from Brazil, and presented his experiences so far to the Portage Rotary Club yesterday. He notes he's waited a long time to see the snow.

"Finally. And it's great. Just seeing the snowflakes falling, it's kind of magical. But I thought it was going to be dry. Not as wet as my feet says it is. It's pretty good."

He shares another first.

"Last week I was at Brandon celebrating the birthday of a Brazilian girl. And we went skating for the first time. It was quite fun. I'm a natural I think. I just fell one time."

Mattias adds one of his highlights include the Bring Your Kid to Work day when he went to Southport and enjoyed the helicopter and plane simulators.

He says the Portage Rotary Club's waiting for him to outline a wish list, and he notes he's looking forward to several more experiences that will have some meaning for him.