Category Archives: expat life
Rennes, Nantes, Rennes, Nantes
What a treat to open the door to our garden first thing this morning, comme d’habitude, and feel an unfamiliar blast of bracing air. This is end of summer weather in Brittany, and, after a season in which I’d thought … Continue reading
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An Expat in Vancouver: Finding Friends
The other day I had a conversation over coffee with a Canadian and another American expat about how Vancouver rates as a friendly city. When I first moved here, I met a Montrealer who literally shuddered remembering the loneliness of … Continue reading
An expat in Vancouver first impressions Summer cont’d.
After that unusually rainy and cold early summer, it pains me to consider that we might only have a few weeks left of 23c degree weather and clear blue skies. However, we did make the best of August, and I … Continue reading
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Tagged Gibson's, Lynn Creek, Monk's, Steveston, Steveston Farmer's Market, Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Heritage Houses, Vanier park
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Guest post: An expat in Vancouver first impressions Weather
BY DAVID PAGNI Since arriving in Vancouver in January, we have soldiered through the bleak, rain soaked months, awaiting the sun of summer. Tic toc, tic toc, here it is the end of June and we’re still pacing the apartment, … Continue reading
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Tagged Expat, Rain City, Vancouver, weather
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An expat in Vancouver first impressions: Crime
On a visit to Ontario province years ago, I was instinctively alarmed to realize that my host left the house unlocked at all times. He allowed friends to walk in barely-announced. The house would remain empty, and open, all day. … Continue reading
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Tagged crime in Vancouver, Expat, Vancouver
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