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Hockey!

One of the “Canadian” things we identified as something we would like to do was to watch some of the local sport, specifically hockey. This is of course, ice hockey in Canada. Toronto’s NHL team is the Toronto Maple Leafs, but we soon found out that NHL tickets are excessively expensive (even by Canadian standards!).

We decided to support the Toronto AHL(American Hockey League) team instead, the Toronto Marlies. The AHL is one division down from NHL, and Marlies is … Read the rest

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Montreal and Winterlude (Ottawa)

The last two weeks have been very busy and exciting. I passed my driver’s test on the 1st February. I am now the designated driver, as Duncan is no longer allowed to drive on his international license. Duncan had a presentation in Montreal on the 15th and Ant and Marg had gone to visit Ann in Halifax. This then led to us needing to cat sit our child at their house, and due to our lease starting on the 17th … Read the rest

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To Ottawa and beyond

Hi again

We moved into our Airbnb on the 12th December. The first 4 days were a bit of a blur, as I suffered from Jetlag from the 3rd day. I got really dizzy and felt hung over, even though I was getting enough sleep. It started dissipating from Friday. I got a lift to Ottawa with Diana and her Fiancé Paul. I stayed with Ant and Marg until just after Christmas. The weather turned cold over the … Read the rest

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And the adventure begins!

Dear Friends and family

The last two weeks have been an absolute whirlwind. We moved out of our home on November 30th and moved in with our awesome friend Meg who put us up for the last week of work. It was a strange feeling walking away from everything we have built together. Over all I have not found that I got as emotional as I expected myself to get. More on that later. The last week was really … Read the rest