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Following the lives of Helen and Mike who moved from Scotland to London via Canada. See how they fair as they navigate the charms of big city life, weaving around tourists and traffic by bike, stopping frequently for tea and culture breaks.
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Maltby Street Market
As anyone who has ever looked at my pictures can tell I’m a bit of a fan of food and food markets. Maltby Street Market was one of the first that we explored and it was a charming little cluster … Continue reading
218 flavours
There is an ice cream parlour in Vancouver, famous for selling 218 flavours of ice cream AT ONE TIME. 218, can you even think of that many potential flavours? Well they did, it includes Marmite (great for toast, bad for … Continue reading
Le Marché
I have a new favourite café in Vancouver. Tucked away on the corner of two residential streets in Vancouver’s East Side this place has a real community spirit as well as delicious coffee and to die for pastries. So far … Continue reading
Bon appetit
Montreal is completely and totally different to Vancouver. From the moment we stepped off the plane we felt like we were in a different country. Firstly as Brits it seems amazing that we could travel for 5 hours and not … Continue reading
Summer in a glass
There is something about old fashioned lemonade, it’s liquid summer.