{"id":391,"date":"2012-03-17T19:08:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-17T23:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michael.schwanzer.info\/blog\/?p=391"},"modified":"2012-03-17T19:08:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-17T23:08:36","slug":"how-following-my-grandfathers-advice-brought-me-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/michael.schwanzer.info\/blog\/how-following-my-grandfathers-advice-brought-me-to-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"How following my grandfathers advice brought me to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just before I went to study in the UK<\/a> for a year, my grandfather got serious: “Don’t fall in love with an Englishwomen<\/a>, it would be such a pain for the family to travel back and forth, on top of the language barrier<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

When I got back, I told him I followed his advice: “Her name is Jane, she is from Canada<\/a><\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

And here we are! After spending two years in Vienna<\/a> together, while I was finishing my Masters degree, we moved to Jane’s hometown, Toronto<\/a>, in January 2011. However, travelling back and forth for family events hasn’t been that bad, thanks to direct flights. And languages, can be learned.<\/p>\n

Since St. Patricks is coming up, I have a story about an Irish guy to share as well: He has been living here since many years and asked me why I moved over. I told him I did because of the best reason ever, because of a woman. He started laughing, told me I might haven’t been living here long enough to understand, as my reason to move over is just the second best reason. Wondering what the best reason is then, he said: “Because it’s the f$%&#ing best country in the world!”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stay tuned for more stories about how it feels to live in Toronto, that I will publish in the next weeks. In case you wonder, how I got myself back into blogging, checkout out rehabit.me<\/a>, where I challenged myself to make daily blogging, a habit.<\/p>\n

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