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Insurances in Germany | Overview

In this post I give an overview of the different types of insurances in Germany. Although there are many available, I will focus mostly on the ones we have taken.…

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Germany

School in Germany | Adaptation of our daughters

One of the questions I get the most is about how it’s being the adaptation of girls at the new school in Germany. So today is the day I am…

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Canada, Pets

Our dogs in the Canadian winters

I have received some questions about how to take care of our furry kids in the Canadian winter, especially on the colder days and the snowy days, so behold, this…

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Europe

Heidelberg – Baden-Württemberg | Trips around Germany

In the beginning of November we visited Heidelberg here in Germany, about 78km from Frankfurt as a way to celebrate our wedding anniversary. The city has about 160 thousand people…

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Europe

Paris – France | Part 1

This was my first time visiting the old continent, and I was really excited. Diego had been there in 2002, but obviously wanted to go back as well. We just…

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  • Canada

    Lunenburg | Nova Scotia

    November 9, 2016 /

    One of the most photographed spots in Lunemburg.   While we were visiting Halifax (see post here) in Nova Scotia, we took half a day to visit the village of Lunenburg, about 1h15min by car. Although the small town (just over 2,000 inhabitants) is super small, we thought it was worth visiting it, telling all the charm, the colorful and the visuals. There are not many things to do there, so sights and such, so the ideal is to enjoy the streets, the visuals and the local cuisine. It appears as a fishing village and is recognized as a National Historic Site of Canada and Unesco World Heritage Site, so…

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    Halloween 2016

    November 2, 2016 /

    Jack-o-Lantern 2016 This year, October came arriving quietly, soft, but with the usual beautiful color. Only suddenly, the cold came to stay, gave even snow (which has already melted) and finally came one of the most anticipated days of the year for children, Halloween (see 2015 here). Over the years, we've been getting more and more excited about this commemorative date here, but more in the sense of being an opportunity to wear costumes and be, for a few hours, something different from who we are in everyday life and the best, to see the children so excited and willing tas to go out on the street knocking door to…

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  • Canada

    Halifax – Nova Scotia | Atlantic Provinces

    October 30, 2016 /

    Citadel Hill, New Our last stop in the Atlantic provinces of Canada, or rather The Maritimes, was Halifax and before leaving home I knew it would be the biggest city and with more things to see, but we were surprised by the inviting and pleasant atmosphere of the capital of province of Nova Scotia. Although Halifax is small, with less than 300,000 inhabitants in the city (297,000), we find it full of attractions and super friendly in many ways. We arrived later in the afternoon in the city, coming from Charlottetown (see post here) and this time we chose to pick up a hotel that stayed a walking distance from…

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  • Canada

    Snow in October | Autumn in Ottawa

    October 28, 2016 /

    Yesterday, kind of unexpectedly, because as far as I know, the weather forecast only said flurries, but it ended up snowing a lot considering that we are still in October. The result was about 5cm of snow and a winter setting in the middle of Canadian autumn. Rarely snows in October in Ottawa and we hope it is not a sign of a longer or snowy winter (in fact, there are rumors that it will be…). The temperature already promises to rise tomorrow and all accumulated snow must have melted by Sunday, but we have already given a preview of what awaits us in the next 5 months … monochrome…

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    Charlottetown , New Ville PEI Province

    October 21, 2016 /

    We had heard and read several super cool things about the province of Prince Edward Island and I confess that perhaps it would have been interesting to have explored more of the four corners of the island, but we actually had 2 and a half days and tried to do the best we could, considering our possibilities. Leaving Moncton, we drove for just over 30 min to get to know the Shediac area, as I wrote in Moncton‘s post. The tour was cool was on the way and soon we headed to the iconic bridge between New Brunswick and PEI, the Confederation Brigde, inaugurated in 1997, is 12.8km long and…

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  • Canada

    Hopewell Rocks | New Brunswick

    October 11, 2016 /

    High tide at Hopewell Rocks I decided to make a special post for our visit to Hopewell Rocks because the place is really unique. Not only by the peculiar nature and the stones of unique shapes, but by the best known aspect of the place, the biggest tidal change in the world. And I confess that it is almost hard to believe that the level of water and well say, the whole landscape, change so much in a matter of a few hours. Across the Bay of Fundy or Bay of Fundy, approximately every 6 hours there are many meters of water that go and then come back, creating low…

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