One month has passed quickly settling in. I had a few goals for this first month being here, some of them I have completed, the others are still in process. Some things were not really a goal on their own, but I have done them anyway. One of the goals was to start a regular […]
I have been making lists of things that need to get done every day. The lists are quite long and every day they seem to get longer. That has been quite depressing and instead of following my list, I have been doing all kinds of other things including surfing the net, answering Facebook posts etc – […]
We are moving into our new flat where we will stay for a year on Friday. The flat is unfurnished, so we have had to go shopping a lot. Hurraay! many will say, but in reality it is quite a hard job if you have to find things and quickly. Our first experience that I […]
Having lived at fairly homogeneous Estonia for the past 9 years, the variety of Calgary is refreshing. I hear Spanish, Chinese and Russian being spoken every day. (The latter is, of course, being spoken in Estonia every day as well). Most people we speak to have an accent that is not Canadian. Quite many have […]
After almost 4 weeks here, I’m starting to love the Chinook winds that every week bring the spring over from across the Rocky Mountains. Yesterday was quite dreary and cold (-11) and today sun is shining and it is +3C outside. The air is fresh smelling of melting snow and imminent awakening of nature. I went for […]
After staying in Canada for almost a month this year (Calgary, Edmonton) and for two weeks last year (Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Toronto), I attempt a bit of a description what I have observed so far. There is no such description as a typical Canadian – at least I haven’t been able to find out what […]
While researching how to start a business here, I came across an interesting requirement – you need to have a driver’s licence in order to submit your application. Having a local address made sense immediately and after having pondered a bit I realized that driver’s licence here is like ID card in Estonia – it […]
started already Friday evening, when we went to buy ourselves a new bed. With our move to a new flat on February 1st, we are trying to get as many things done beforehand, so that we wouldn’t have to stay in an empty flat for too long. Fortunately the bed-buying went really well thanks to […]
Quite contrary to my normal habits, I have started going to the gym 3-4 times a week. I’m taking advantage of my husband being a fitness guru and practitioner and kind enough to give me a set of exercises to do as well. At first I wasn’t too enthusiastic – it was hard to motivate […]
As you know eating and enjoying a bottle of wine or a pint, is our favourite pastime. We went looking for a good experience in Edmonton as well. We had barely walked a 100 meters when we were stopped by an inviting pub – Sherlock Holmes. It had a lovely interior, not too many guests […]
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