by mighty hounds » Wed May 08, 2013 7:33 pm
by Failed Creation » Wed May 08, 2013 8:54 pm
by Banker » Wed May 08, 2013 9:29 pm
by Failed Creation » Thu May 09, 2013 5:55 am
Banker wrote:I lived in Fernie BC for a ski season.... Would also recommend it!
by mighty hounds » Sat May 11, 2013 10:10 am
by Failed Creation » Sat May 11, 2013 10:58 am
mighty hounds wrote:Thanks for the info This is on the agenda if my career change doesn't work out and I have to wait another year to re-apply. The trade I've completed has business throughout Canada so I'm going to look into that!
by mighty hounds » Sun May 12, 2013 12:53 pm
Failed Creation wrote:mighty hounds wrote:Thanks for the info This is on the agenda if my career change doesn't work out and I have to wait another year to re-apply. The trade I've completed has business throughout Canada so I'm going to look into that!
No worries mate.
Trust me, you won't regret it. I loved my time over there, and now I'm addicted to coffee...
by Failed Creation » Sun May 12, 2013 4:20 pm
mighty hounds wrote:Failed Creation wrote:mighty hounds wrote:Thanks for the info This is on the agenda if my career change doesn't work out and I have to wait another year to re-apply. The trade I've completed has business throughout Canada so I'm going to look into that!
No worries mate.
Trust me, you won't regret it. I loved my time over there, and now I'm addicted to coffee...
Oh how did you find getting a place to stay in over there? easy/hard?
by BJ Ernest » Mon May 27, 2013 3:09 pm
by Pseudo » Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:13 pm
by zipzap » Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:30 am
by Pseudo » Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:12 pm
zipzap wrote:Thanks Pseudo - hope Vancouver treated you well
by zipzap » Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:25 pm
Failed Creation wrote:mighty hounds wrote:Thanks for the info This is on the agenda if my career change doesn't work out and I have to wait another year to re-apply. The trade I've completed has business throughout Canada so I'm going to look into that!
No worries mate.
Trust me, you won't regret it. I loved my time over there, and now I'm addicted to coffee...
by Failed Creation » Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:40 pm
zipzap wrote:Failed Creation wrote:mighty hounds wrote:Thanks for the info This is on the agenda if my career change doesn't work out and I have to wait another year to re-apply. The trade I've completed has business throughout Canada so I'm going to look into that!
No worries mate.
Trust me, you won't regret it. I loved my time over there, and now I'm addicted to coffee...
Ugh! Addicted to SHIT coffee quite possibly - never had such bad coffee in my life! But the Canucks are certainly addicted to the drip filtered toilet water from Tim Hortons - must be drugged
Did a work exchange and we had a good time - was great being between Toronto and Ottawa, pretty close to the NY border. There was always something to do on the weekends.
I think the hardest thing - which no doubt is the same for starting up in any new environment - was the first month or so, getting paperwork sorted, getting a car on the road, sorting out insurance (car insurance is astronomical!), opening bank accounts and generally navigating a set of bureaucracies that seemed to be existing in the dark ages. Of course, in retrospect they weren't, they were just different to what we were used to, but at the time, at the height of winter, when we had a car in the garage for weeks that we couldn't drive due to petty paperwork issues, we were pretty pissed off with the place.
After that it was pretty smooth sailing and not much different to life in Oz. We made the mistake of thinking Canada was incredibly conservative, mainly because Kingston and other small towns/cities, and the education sector we worked in, really are. But getting out and about, especially to the West Coast, showed us a completely different side. Vancouver for instance is everything you want in a creative, festive, grungy, grimy, funky city.
But even though we travelled far and wide, we really only scratched the surface of Canada...there are much more places we didn't go than places we did. Massive place...perhaps next time.
If you have any questions feel free to fire away either here or PM.
by zipzap » Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:18 pm
by Failed Creation » Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:34 pm
zipzap wrote:Yep the obsession with Timmies was a funny as it was frustrating. It's about the standard of what you might get at a BP On the Run but it's dirt cheap. They know nothing else (espresso is almost impossible to find) and they kind of blink funny when you patiently explain that yes, Australians do love their coffee and no, we don't have Timmies. When you go to an Aussie-centric place like Whistler, the signs outside the cafes say things like 'Voted number 1 coffee by Australians' or 'Aussies, get your coffee fix here'. Probably the best coffee we had was at a fantastic modern cafe in Toronto - run by a couple of Kiwis!
Saw the Frontenacs and the OHL often. Never got to the big leagues sadly - the strike didn't help things there. Enjoyed plenty of baseball / basketball in both Canada and the States
by mighty hounds » Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:37 am
by Failed Creation » Sun Jun 16, 2013 1:28 pm
mighty hounds wrote:Thanks for the info guys! I've decided against it but have chosen a contiki that runs through Canada. Going through Montreal, Quebec and Toronto. Would of liked to gone to the banff area but already spent enough on my trip!
by zipzap » Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:12 pm
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