Mula sa London sa Toronto: Higit pang mga expat tales
Huling linggo, kami ay nagbahagi ng essay about relocating from Scotland to Canada.
Ngayon, sa “Pagiging May: Toronto,” which appeared in The Economist’s Intelligent Life tindahan, Tim Roston, na inilipat mula sa London (Inglatera) to Toronto a decade ago, nagsusulat nang higit pa tungkol sa the pleasures of his adopted city than about the trials of expat life:
Tonight we’re having a few other parents over for dinner, including a male married couple—nothing unusual about na dito. Toronto supports numerous first-rate restaurants, but the dinner party thrives here too (salamat sa aming hospitable nature at spacious, more-bang-for-buck properties).
If there’s a new person at the table I’m likely to be asked a question that betrays the average Torontonian’s slight uncertainty about their civic pride: "Ikaw ay dumating dito mula sa London? Bakit?"
Huwag makakuha ako makapagsimula, I say. I love it here.
Among the things he enjoys are “the world’s least confusing underground (subway) system,” “awe-inspiring” Lake Ontario, and the way that Toronto “give(mga) me a feeling I often have in this city: that I’ve travelled back to the Britain of my childhood.”
At para sa mas Tale ng expat buhay sa Canada, read “Isang Amerikano sa Calgary” at ang aking sariling kuwento Canada.
Larawan © Carolyn B. Heller
