Not in Canada

Munich, Oktoberfest 2010

October 3, 2010

Finally, I have some pictures to post on the blog from Dan’s visit to Munich. It was a work related trip…no really!…which happened to be at the exact same time as Oktoberfest! Dan says that there were several very large beer tents and a whole bunch of very fancy rides. Similar to the PNE/playland we [...]

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Anniversaries, parks, dinner and weekends

May 2, 2010

I‘m not sure what happened to my daily posting. I guess I was caught up in life. Over the last couple of days we’ve done a few interesting things, visiting friends and places. Yesterday we went to the Natural History museum in Geneva. It is always fun down there. May 1st is also Labour Day [...]

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Weekends officially rock!

April 25, 2010

Yesterday the four of us drove to an awesome park in Switzerland, Signal de Bougie. Perhaps you remember this? Well, they’ve taken it down and replaced it with something much less suggestive. After the park we drove to a giant music store. This is the type of place that one really sees the differences between [...]

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Never run out of fresh milk again!

April 18, 2010

Some countries have vending machines for soft drinks and candy, some have it for cigarettes, other for strange sandwiches. France has it for fresh milk. Definitely not found in Canada! I forgot to add, it’s 20euro cents for a bottle, and 10euro cents per 100mL.

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Party Explosions…in your home

March 21, 2010

We have found yet another item to add to our “Not in Canada” category! Since Judah’s birthday is quickly approaching, we have been stocking up on various party supplies. While doing a little grocery shopping yesterday, we discovered these beauties. Mini fireworks for your living room! Filled with what I would suspect are toys and [...]

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Parents beware: The walker is roaming free in France.

February 26, 2010

Posing innocently with toys, the fearsome walker is actually lurking behind a rocker awaiting it’s prey. Yes it’s true. The baby death-trap, also known as a walker is available for purchase here in France. In an instant, a Canadian parents mind is filled with the fear of yet another innocent baby killed by this incidious [...]

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On being Canadian

June 30, 2009

Well I don’t ever write about political stuff on this blog for many reasons. I am about to make an exception to this now. It’s about being a Canadian citizen. So recently the federal government has changed the citizenship laws. These changes mean that any child born overseas to parents who were born within Canada [...]

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Playground Equipment

June 8, 2009

So at one of our favourite parks there is a giant playground where some of the structure is a little more suggestive than your average playground. This one is probably never going to be seen in Canada since it’s too obviously a giant … well (for the sake of my blog’s google reputation) you know [...]