Category: Canada
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How a park made a fool out of me, 3 times. True story.
Considering a downtown park, in a mega city like Toronto, I assumed the following things are impossible, can’t exist or just won’t work. Oh boy, was I wrong: 1. Did you know white squirrels exist? No? Me neither, until I saw one at the park! 2. Checking out the neighbourhood of an apartment we where going to…
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How to live without cable TV
After years without a TV in Vienna, we ended up receiving one as a gift after moving to Toronto. Since we did not really miss a TV, it stayed in its box for a while. What made us not miss a TV at all? Our entertainment / information consumption habits had completely changed! It started at University in England: Besides high TV…
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How following my grandfathers advice brought me to Canada
Just before I went to study in the UK for a year, my grandfather got serious: “Don’t fall in love with an Englishwomen, it would be such a pain for the family to travel back and forth, on top of the language barrier“. When I got back, I told him I followed his advice: “Her…