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Is Ottawa the best city to live in Canada? | Expat life
Ottawa, Canadian capital, is becoming more and more popular as a destination in Canada among expats from all round the world. But then the question pops up: Is Ottawa really the best city to live in Canada? Here in this post, I’ll try to share our personal experience as we lived in the city for 12 years. Ottawa has already been on top of rankings throughout the years, for example as the best place to live in Canadá and also runner up on best cities in the world. Today, Ottawa holds the 19th place of best cities in the quality of life category (Mercer) e o 2nd place in best…
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Where to buy kids clothes in Canada
Back by the end of last year I added a goal for 2019, which was to give people a reason to return to the blog and to those who periodically seem around here hoping they have new posts. Beknow, I’m trying to get people! But anyway, last year was intense and with the family increasing, every day it becomes more important for us to save money with purchases. Another goal for the year is to reduce the things we have at home, which involves doing many things and above all, not buying new ones. Minimalism is settling in my life more and more. But of course, it’s not just being…
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Tobogganing: activity in the Canadian winter
Alice has long been asking to go sledding or tobogganing – that is – what we call ski-ass for the intimates, to add more glamour… Haha. Gliding on a snow-covered hill is the principle of the thing. See a few other times we've been – in 2014 – here and here. It was the first time that year, since many of the weekends were too cold to practice this sport that obviously should be Olympic (haha), others had no fluffy snow, others someone was sick and could not go … Bestand that last weekend, the planets aligned and gave the perfect combination: fluffy snow, mild temperature (around -1ºC) and all…
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Living in Canada: downtown or suburbs?
Like many of the mornings, coldarctic style, super typical of the Canadian winter, but especially this year, I found myself thinking how suburban our routine is. We live west of the center of the Canadian capital in the Kanata district and rarely need to get out of here for the usual things of our day-to-day lives.And to say, ever since we got to Ottawa, we’ve never lived downtown. We lived in a neighborhood called Britannia for the first few months, then we lived in the suburbs of Gatineau, in the neighboring province of Québec, and then we moved back to Ontario, to Kanata neighborhood where we are to this day.When…
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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 post comes to tell a little of our experience with our dogs in the cold weather here in Ontario, Canada. Dexter and Eddie were born in Canada, so they’ve known the cold their whole lives so far, but of course, since they are small in size, they are more susceptible to low temperatures. In general, even if it is a really cold day, life goes on, just as for people. But I can tell you, they kind of hibernate during…
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Retrospective 2017
Photo of almost the whole family – missed dexter – last day of 2017 First day of the new year! 2018 arrived keeping the friaca that settled almost 2 weeks ago here by Ottawa. The temperatures did not mark anything above -20ºC and the thermal sensation was in the negative thirty for several days (including today). But anyway, go to the cold, today is the day that well that flood of things. Memories of what was the past year and expectations for the coming year. 2018 promises to be unforgettable, especially by the new member who arrives there in the first quarter. After that, we don't really know what awaits…
