For all those who lived in Canada... or visited

Western Canada
Bugger 20, welcome to Able2Know, glad to have you here.

I love the beauty of the land in Canada's west coastal area. I've ferry-hopped the islands and driven north until the highway ends. You need a boat or a plane to go further north. Brought back wet canvasas as I painted my way through the wonders of the land.

BBB

Hi Bugger, WELCOME to A2K. My wife and I did the trans-Canada train tour last August from Montreal/Toronto to Vancouver on VIA Rail and the Rocky Mountaineer. It was a fantastic 15-day trip filled with great cuisine and beautiful scenery. This was my second visit to Montreal, so I took my wife on the pre-tour since she's never been to Eastern Canada. Met some wonderful people on the tour, and continue to correspond with them.

I live here and love it.

the maple sugar iced donuts. MMMMMMMM

dulse. MMMMMMMMMMMM


cigars MMMMMMMMMMMMM


moose jerky mMMMMMMMMM

Seeing the stars at night .. millions of stars.

Waking up to a fresh snow fall .. especially the first.

Walking out my front door , down a block and being in a forest.

Silence.

Never being afraid to walk alone at night anywhere.

I was born in CA but lived in Kelowna BC from the age of 9 to 18 then spent two years in Calgary. The only reason I moved back to CA was to be with my mother. While being in a small town made it very difficult to get a good job and survive, if my mother had been there with me, I would still be there now. But I do not regret it as I never would have met my ex-husband or my current fiancé both of whom have been and are treasures in my life.

One day we will leave CA and go to a smaller town, perhaps somewhere in Montana. We both miss the small town life.

A large part of my family is there.

The Aurora, I've even seen it in July.

I've never seen the Aurora, although I tried when we were in Fairbanks after our Alaska cruise. I got up 2AM, but no luck.

I miss the snack foods I loved as a child - Caramellos, Flakies, Clark bars. They bring me back. I order them now from an ex-pat in Florida who imports and distributes them. Just to have them around for the memories.

And I miss the sensibilities. So many Americans really are arrogant about the US - assuming that the US is the best without knowing anything else. Canadians aren't that way, in my experience.

But, I haven't lived there since I was a child, so things might be different now. I sure hope not. We may have to move back to get away from here!

Canada, is that in america?

I think it's a state somewhere in the northwest.

whew

I have been there quite a few times...visiting relatives and fishing. It has been quite some time since I was there last...so I miss the fishing, the beautiful countryside and the very clean highways.

Living in Canada is amazing. People are much less arrogant and ignorant then in the U.S. as is my experience.

They're still working on their spelling though...

Don't talk to me about 'u' in such delightful terms as 'savour', 'flavour', 'behaviour' and 'Slayviour, master of the dark arts'...okay, I made the last one up.

Speaking of that extra 'u' -- I think it's taking over down here. When I was growing up, the word "glamor" was spelled that way. Now it's always "glamour". Interesting. Though I expect it looks more sophisticated with the 'u'...

yeah?...well I'll bet ya 2 bucks humor will ALWAYS be spelled like that, here.

the extra "U" we have makes us seem classier and clears up pronunciation issues.

"seem classier" is the key.

we don't have to be classier, as long as we seem to be :wink: