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    Is Ottawa the best city to live in Canada? | Expat life

    February 5, 2020 /
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    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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  • Daily Life

    Insurances in Germany | Overview

    February 1, 2020 /

    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. We did not have a whole lot of time to do research moving here as we were busy with things in Canada. One of the first things we discovered is that we were going to need a printer. For pretty much everything you do related to services, you receive letters in the mail. As a result, you need a printer to scan, print and send them back. I guess that’s one of the reasons Deutsche Post is still profitable while…

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  • Germany

    School in Germany | Adaptation of our daughters

    January 14, 2020 /
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    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 talking about how their school adaptation in Germany is going. I imagine that many people with families who decide to become an expat here in German lands have the school situation as one of the main concerns. It was no different for us a few months ago, before we set our little flag here. Well, in Canada, Alice and Diana attended a Catholic public school in Ottawa. Public schools in Canada have a great level of education and most children…

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    How we shipped our things across the ocean | Expat life

    November 5, 2019 /
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    Since our decision to leave Canada and come to Germany, one of the first questions was how to ship our things across the ocean! Today I tell you here a little bit of our process of shipping a full 20-foot container with our whole lives in to a new life in Germany. I like the concept of comfortable minimalism. I didn’t think I had so much “stuff” until I had to find a way to pack everything inside a container. But when we are moving, even inside the same city, it’s when you really see how much excess you have. Even more with children, several things can be saved to…

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