• Das Ozean, down­town high-rises, and snow-top­ped moun­tains are all right out­side my window.
• Die Leute sind nett, people are tole­rant, und sie don’t make a big deal about how nice and tole­rant they are.
• Toron­to has five Chi­na­towns.
• Bri­tish Colum­bia has eine Wüste.
• Mon­trea­lers move effort­less­ly bet­ween Französisch und Englisch.
• Das Uni­ted States isn’t the cen­ter of the poli­ti­cal universe.
• Skifahren, sai­ling, Wandern, bicy­cling, kaya­king, cam­ping—even when you live in the city, all these acti­vi­ties are close by, and people do them.
• Crois­sants for break­fast, Sushi zum Mittagessen, und wild sal­mon, örtlichen Greens, and bum­ble­ber­ry pie zum Abendessen.
• Ahornsirup auf Schnee.
• Gra­vy on French fries.
• Not having to wor­ry about health insu­rance.

– Excerp­ted from the book, Living Abroad in Cana­da. Um mehr, das Buch kaufen.

Pho­to ©Carolyn B. Heller