Introduce yourself!

Hi, My name is Rochine, and I am now living in the magical city of Vienna Austria. I am from Ontario and came to be here after many years of the whole long distance relationship thing in which one of us had to make the shift. It was easier for me. My two children are on their own living in Calgary, and so I find myself somewhat semi retired at 45, with the new title of Domestic Goddess rather than the old government job title I carried for so long! Anyway, I am glad I came across this wonderful site and look forward to reading and sharing all the good, the bad, and sometimes the ugly that go along with culture shock. I sometimes feel like the only Canadian in the whole city, and hope to find that is not the case.

Hello, my name is Marilyn and I love to travel.
I am 61, a registered nurse. I live in Ohio, USA.
My favorite city is Paris. I love the French. I have been to England and my next trip is Ireland. I want to backpack and stay in Hostels in the Temple Bar district in Dublin. This will be my first trip alone.
I want to talk with fellow travelers. I want to meet new people who love to travel and are not afraid of a new adventure. If you have the time e-mail me. I would love to read about your adventures.

Welcome to the forums!

You'll really enjoy traveling I'm sure. Hope you meet some people and get some good info through this site

Hi Everybody,

Just signed up and I'm really enjoying the feel of the place already. Happy New Year by the way. I'm in Kyiv Ukraine, took a year off(maybe more) from my Fed job to fulfil a life long dream. Miss my opportunity when I was a lot younger so I'm doing a little catch up. I work with leather for a living, but I really want to make my passion, photography my new living. My partner and I are both shutter bugs and hope to find a payng outlet for our work in the EU or Ukr. As far as missing things, I would really like a Skor Blizzard. I ate gallons(kilo litres) od gelato Italy this summer so I've filled that craving, now give me my Blizzard!
Any other photogs out there drop me a line. The best photolab in kyiv if anyone is interested is EKCAP(pronounced EXAR). Very high quality, very resonable. I'm from Saskatchewan so the wide open spaces of Ukraine suit me just fine, but the Dnipro Valley is absolutely goregous I must say. If you never been to Kyiv, don;t pass it by, very cool, very hip, a bit pricey in the downtown area, but you can eat cheaper if you get east of the river. Haven't gotten to Can. Embassy beer nights yet, but hope start this Friday the 5th. I know there are lots of Canadians here so please get in touch.

Cheers

Alf

Welcome aboard!

I have also heard there are a lot of Canadians in the Ukraine. Maybe we should get a seperate forum up.

Have you seen these?
Photos of Ukraine

I'm not a pro or anything, but some shots of a trip I took there a while ago

Hello everyone!
Nice to meet you,

My name is Crystal. I am originally from Ottawa but moved to Toronto to become a Flight Attendant. I travel all over the UK about five times a month. I feel like I already live there. I meet so many families and people immigrating all over the place. it's fascinating!
I feel I should make a go of it myself.

The company I work for is opening in London and because I love the UK so much I have offered to work there. I also have a boyfriend in Northamptonshire for over 3 years so he wants me there with him too.

I'm applying for a UK Ancestry visa and it's becoming quite a daunting task. I'm so glad I found this site! It's full of real experiences and valuable information that is making my life easier.

All the best

Hi There. I've been living in the US since 1991. Great place to visit but I'm ready to go home. In the next one to two years my goal is to do the ground work for starting an animation company up there. Looking for the right people who might be interested in doing the same.

Hi Everyone

I've just joined canuck abroad, I'm originally from Toronto and now living in Valencia, Spain.

I've been here for 8 years (!) now, and although Canada is far away, it's still pretty close to me; I try to keep in touch with family and friends across the pond.

I work as an English teacher and am interested in film, music and food.

If anyone knows of any Canadians in the Valencia area that would like to meet up now and again for some "copas" (drinks) then please contact me.

Hello all expats,

My name is Bob, from northern Quebec,am 54, retired from the Navy, had a business for a while, but decided that life was about traveling. Now empty nester, I go to Canada once a year, and meet my wife once or twice at other locations in Europe and Asia.I have been in Afghanistan for more than two years. I really enjoy the work here, and plan to spend my remaining working life in Asia. I think that the future is here.
I started to learn the russian language two years ago. What a challenge! I spend a lot of time visiting Russia and the ex-Republics.
I really do not miss Canada that much. Of course there are a few things that I appreciate, like flying my airplane, but certainly not the fast food. I just cannot stand it anymore.
I travel a lot, because we have 12 weeks of holidays per year, which must be taken out of the country.
Just spent Chrismas in Cuba with my wife, and New-Year in Russia alone.
Cheers,
Bob

Having grown up with 6 hockey team, and listening to Saturday night hockey "He SCORES!" in Vancouver I move to the US in the late 80's.

Still here in the states, it's the next century. I'm plotting, planning and looking at the feasability of moving myself and my American Wife & dual citizen daughter to Canada now.

I have too many questions, tons of concerns and am otherwise worried that it would be a bad decision. On the other hand, I live in Las Vegas which has the natural appeal of a parking lot beside a 7-11, education which rivals any bottom ranking 3rd world country and a crime rate which rivals Iraq.

As mentioned above, I grew up in Vancounver (things grown there), we learn in school and crime has it's own red light district.

Is moving back to Canada a bad idea? After 20 years in the USA does one become disenfrachised?

I don't have children but I have a Texan born wife and we live and work in Houston, Texas. Married in 2001 and have been here through the bad flood in '01, Allison placed half the city under at least five to ten feet of water, some areas got twenty. I worked in a detention facility and now am working as a Juvenile Probation Officer downtown. Was here for the high spike in murders and other violent crime shortly after Katrina. Also was working here when the FBI and the Texas Rangers closed down the crime labs because of so much corruption in the city and county. Over a dozen men were sentenced to death wrongly (and executed) because the county supposedly "lost" or "misplaced" a warehouse full of evidence, and due to their ineptitude.
It's polluted and violent here too so I know what you're going through.

However that's not a fair representation of Texas. Go to Austin or San Antonio and you'll see a day and night difference in how things are run. And the country folk are good to you, as long as you're the right colour. If you are white you'll be treated right in white, country communities. Treated with suspicion in predominantly black and latino communities. Saying you're Canadian don't mean squat to most of them.

I was born and raised in north west Saskatchewan. I left at 27 and am now 33 and thinking of a way to emigrate back home to Canada, possibly Vancouver, Calgary or elsewhere out west with my wife.

My wife just laughs about that and we have a running debate about where to move. It's friendly, but she wants me to check out places like Denver, San Francisco or Seattle before we decide. And I like those cities, been there. So who knows? I may be moving there instead.

My time here has been a 50-50 kind of situation. I take the good with the bad and try to remember we're not all perfect and to try judge folks as individuals. But while that's easy back home, it's hard to do down here.