Articles in A Canadian Girl
As I start to pack my over-stuffed suitcases for my summer marathon journey across North America, I’m giddy with the thought of being surrounded by friends, family, food and feelings of home. Despite my current …
Just because I love living in Brussels, doesn’t mean I don’t miss Canada. In fact, I think living outside your home country makes you even more patriotic, as Marilla touched on in her interview.
I’m sending …
It’s been a while since I’ve participated in any blog tagging activities but this one was too good to pass up. The lovely Tez, a Canadian gal in New Zealand and one of my former …
People ask me all the time why I don’t live in Canada – the implication being I can’t be patriotic if I live elsewhere. The thing is I AM Canadian. That doesn’t change if I …
Since CheeseWeb’s format change, back in the spring, there has been a lot more ‘Belgium’ on the blog and a lot less of me. I know there are a few of you who still …
97.4% of Belgium’s population live in urban centres; I was shocked to learn today. Expatify had an interesting post listing countries with the highest percentage of their population living in urban areas. Belgium came in …
I’ve just spent the past hour watching videos about Nova Scotia and I am feeling utterly homesick. Lately I’ve been a ‘love the place you live’ sort of gal, but these videos are making it …
Happy Canada Day Everyone!
Thanks to fellow Canuck Brenda for this one
Despite Brussels’ reputation for having excellent seafood, one thing I miss most from my Canadian home is lobster. Say what you will about Maine, Irish or Caribbean lobster, but for me, the best of …
I really, really, don’t miss winter. Ever.
We arrived back in Brussels at suppertime on Monday. My brain is still catching up to my body. Jet-lag sucks. Miraculously, once again, all of our bags arrived in one piece. Our cats were well looked after and …
