I never commented here on the blog about the Canadian citizenship process because it's something that frustrates me, so much so that I called the process infinite! After completing the 3 years on Canadian soil and discounting the days we were out of Canada at that time, behold, we were able to apply to the citizenship process in December 2010, after filling out a lot of paperwork, telling tim-tim by tim-tim what we had done in the last few years and photocopy tooodas the pages of all the passports we've ever had, among other things. In February of the following year, we received the card in the brown envelope, with…

A lot of people who don't live here ask us: How do you put up with the winter in Canada? And many people who are from here too: How do you Brazilians stand the cold here? We, coming from southern Brazil, although we are not used to snow at the beginning, have always been in contact with the cold in the gaucho winter. No, it does not make -20ºC in southern Brazil, but the lack of heating keeps the temperature of the environments constantly low and consequently, the body as well. There, we needed to wear thick coats, wool jackets and gloves to study without dying of cold. Key with…

*Muriel – glad the photos inspire you!! I'm not much on the process, but it seems to me that you've been more selective and restricted lately… I think having a family even counts for more points, if I'm not mistaken. **Pat – cool that you will come here. Gatineau Park is well worth a visit.  Sibele – I have no knowledge of any free English courses for foreigners here… sorry, sorry. One place you can find winter clothes with prices in mind is in value village.  Watch out for vampiiiiroooo… Halloween kind of humid, but the weather gave a truce to the crowd and it did not rain during the trick…

*Kind all, thank you very much for the comments on the post of baby Alice. She's liinda anyway, I'm assumed owl. It is worth remembering that I owe the post 9 months already. Already! **Luciano: Cool!! Steptheners are on track to take over the world, aren't they?! Hehe Paola: Time passes, time flies… Right?! You with 3 fofuras must know well … :). You can let if we have in these parts I'll touch you! Thanks. Julia: Wow, now you're on the inside of tuuuudo… Hehehe. You know I chose the color of the wall in the baby's room before I went on the boat ride, but the truth is,…

The final week following the one that we went to the Tulip Festival in Dowslake, we decided to take a quick jump to Jacques Cartier Park, in Gatineau even, just to see some more tulips. Only the large flower bed that you see in the photos this year and very few people (not to say anyone …). That's it, guys, you don't appreciate the little flowers anymore? Frankly, you saw… =) little joke… Several pictures of our favorite little flower!

* Thanks for the comments on Alice in the previous post!! Another month of May there and it's time to see tulips around here. Almost rhymed…. Hehehe Tulip Festival this year started on the 4th and runs until the 20th here in Ottawa/Gatineau. Right on the first weekend, we decided to check out the beautiful tulips in Dowslake Park, which is usually the most refined place of the event. The day was nice suuuuper, but the tulips have had better years. I don't know if it was the little heat that gave in March or the cold that came back in April, just know that I saw some flower beds…