Hi! My name is Miguel and I really miss the GREAT country of Canada. First of all I miss Calgary, Alberta (where I was raised and grew up) and miss all the Canadian stores like Tim Hortons, Swiss Chalet, Roots Canada and Canadian Tire. I also miss hockey, snow, ALL my friends and the show Canadian Air Farce. Every Canada Day I make a big celebration!
Bonjour. Je suis de Montreal, Quebec. Mon epoux et moi sommes demenages aux Etats-Unis en 1994 pour son travail, tout d'abord a Baltimore MD, par la suite a Virginia Beach VA - que nous avons adore y vivre pendant 10 ans, et pour finir depuis aout 2005 a Jacksonville Florida. C'est magnifique! Mais je m'ennuis enormement du Quebec et j'aimerais pouvoir communiquer avec des quebecois qui vivent a Jacksonville. Alors n'hesitez pas a me raconter votre experience.
Howdy from Texas. It took a pretty circuitous router for a Maritime girl to end up in the Lone Star state.
I went to work in Toronto after growing up and attending school in NB. Decided to put my engineering degree to work in the dot-com era in San Francisco. I ended up marrying an American who is with the USAF and transferring to San Antonio, TX, where I now work for AT&T.
We love the winters, the margaritas and the low cost of living. Miss the family, Tim's (which we get shipped to us), Shreddies, Aeros and poutine.
My daughter is a dual citizen. She came with a mountain of paperwork (for each country), but it was well worth it, as it gives her lots of options down the road.
We visit home (NB is STILL home) a couple of times a year and are very grateful for the new direct Continental flight into Moncton.
I spend my days explaining the finer points of curling to my co-workers and correcting their spelling. Miss the CBC, but luckily can get hockey games with Ron & Don on satellite as well as stream the radio over the net (thank goodness for podcasts).
Feel free to contact me if you are living in the area. I might even share my Smarties.
Greetings from Minneapolis - indeed, a terrific city! We moved here last summer, after spending 13 years in Michigan. I work for a Human Resources consulting firm, and have the good fortune to work with great people, and with a diverse group of clients.
I get back to Canada a couple of times each year, as my brother and parents live in New Brunswick....I was born in Moncton, but raised in Montreal, where I had the good fortune to attend McGill University.
Speaking of which, we have just started a McGill Alumni group here in the Twin Cities - had our inaugural event on May 3, and plan future events, given the enthusiastic turnout! Would love to hear from you if you are interested in joining our group of McGill Alumni....or if you are a fellow Canadian, interested in broadening your network of fellow Canucks!
For almost a year, I have been living in the Big Apple attending Columbia Business School in pursuit of an MBA.
I moved to New York, from Toronto (where I was born and raised). When I first started school, my classmates would affectionately tease me as "the international student from Canada".
Wanting to meet more Canadians in my program, I started a Yahoo groups for Canadians attending Columbia Business School. It's a great network to meet and talk about issues (from student visas to Team Canada's Olympic performance) or go out on social events, such as cheering on the Leafs (vs. the Rangers).
New York is a fantastic city in which to explore - the culture, nightlife, and restaurants are only a few of the reasons why I love living here. Knowing a few Canadians at Columbia Business School, however, makes the city feel more like home.
Boy am I glad to find all of you and hear your stories!!
I married an American in 2000 and my two kids and I moved here the same year. The transition has been difficult. I had an awesome job in Commercial Real Estate Investment in Victoria but have struck out in finding something similar here in SoCal. In addition, my family and friends remain on the Island in Victoria and keep in close contact. We try to get there as often as we can but it is a challenge with busy kids!
In fact I am extremely homesick right now and just returned home from 7 days in Victoria to try to "cure myself". My 14 year old daughter shares my homesickness and wants to permanently return to Canada this Summer, my 16 year old son absolutely loves it here and will hear nothing of moving back. Such is the struggle to embrace both countries! We'd all love to have the best of both worlds as we (including my husband) love what both countries offer us. We are presently redesigning our lives to perhaps give us that opportunity. We know there is an answer there somewhere and will continue to read all of your stories for support.
Until moving here I had no idea how much I loved my country and all that it stands for but I am also extremely grateful for the opportunities afforded me and love all the wonderful Americans I have met since moving here. I miss the trees, the green, the flowers, Hockey Night In Canada - Go Canucks!, the rain (believe it or not!) and the seasons.
Tucson is a fast growing city. It's got amazing sunsets. It's a desert, therefore, the summers (from May-ish to Sept/October-ish) is very hot..about 50c (they do not tell you this on the news, would scare too many people) but it's a dry heat, so you do not feel the heat like you would with humidity of Innisfil in the summers. A heat that is like your oven heat...dry.
Tucson has a lot of history. The most recent film you could watch is Tombstone (true story) to get a jist of the area.
It's only about 1-1/2 to 2 hour drive to Phoenix..traffic pending. A nice 6-7 hour drive to San Diego, which we frequent. San Diego is very pretty and worth the drive.
Bombardier is here, so is Rathion as major corporations. Contractors from every corner of the world it seems want to build here but sadly they are destroying the desert for the beauty of the animals and nature.
you can visit www.dotucson.com and that should give you idea's of night life, day life, jobs can be searched on monster.com of course.
Good luck and oddly, we're looking to move from here within the next 2 years. It's just too darn hot and traffic is getting stupid here.
Deborah, Tucson, AZ (from Cornwall, ON)
I retired from the Canadian Forces in 96 and came to work at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. In 2002 I became the first civilian Fire Marshal in Annapolis Maryland. Born in Halifax and still maintain a summer home on the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick.
I have managed to convert the Fire Marshal's office to Tim's drinkers (even the Mayor has acquired the taste). We have it, along with Dare Maple Dream cookies and Ganong pink mints shipped down on a regular basis. CBC is streamed daily both at home and to my office...especially the vinyl cafe on weekends. As they say, you can take the Canadian out of Canada but you can't take the Canada out of the Canadian ! I have been appointed the official Canadian ambassador of Annapolis City (because I speak the language) and we now have Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia as our sister city. They will visit here in 2008 for the celebration of 300 years of Royal Charter.
Annapolis is south of Baltimore and east of Washington, the sailing capital of the USA. and the Capitol of Maryland. My wife works at NIH in Bethesda and we get up north every opportunity we get. New Brunswick will be retirement with a motorhome facing south come October.
Apres 3 annees d'aller-retour entre Montreal, Washington D.C. et Baltimore, mon mari et moi vivons finalement ensemble a Baltimore. Nous aimons beaucoup la region mais le Quebec me manque egalement. Si d'autres Quebecois ou Canadiens se trouvent dans la region, faites-nous signe, ils nous fera plaisir de vous rencontrer.
