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3 weeks in Germany
Although I still owe several and several posts about the process so far, I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to write in real time how we are dealing and what is happening in these first 3 weeks of expatriates in Germany. Right away, in the first week, Alice and Diana were already starting school and although we signed virtually all the necessary documents, still lacked sending the definitive and a few more pending about the school. They’ve started well, they haven’t been so surprised, because a lot of people speak English there (the school is bilingual, English/German). For us is also being quiet, everyone very helpful and cool, including…
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Moving abroad again: our thought process | Expat life
The Decision When we told people we were moving abroad again, the first question asked by most people was “Why??!!”. We really don’t have a straightforward answer. This was really a combination of factors that culminated in the perfect storm for us to make the decision. First of all, we would not have considered moving if we didn’t have something secured there. It all started because Diego was contacted by a recruiter with a job in Frankfurt. At first, he decided to reply to the recruiter because, as he says, “what do I have to lose?”. But it turned out that a few months of process, including a visit to…
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Arthur's Christening
As you should have seen on Instagram and Facebook, we spent just over 2 weeks in Brazil in January and took advantage of the presence of the family to perform the baptism in our youngest, Arthur. His dear godparents are the same as Alice's, that is, Aunt Adri and Uncle Renan. This time, we organized a simple, individual ceremony in the church of the neighborhood where my parents live and it was the best of experiences so far. Super quiet, with the church very quiet, during a late afternoon mass. Look at Diana's christening by clicking on her name. Of course, if it were possible to choose, maybe baptizing a…
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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…
