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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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High tea, take 2
Apparently around here high tea is like busses, you wait for ages for one and then 2 come along at once. Having recovered from my decadent tea with Anna last weekend I took Mike for high tea at the Fairmont … Continue reading
Thanksgiving
Before I moved to Vancouver I had never experienced Thanksgiving. If I’m honest I didn’t even realise that it was a holiday here, having only really learned anything about it in an American context. Thanksgiving in Canada however, is all … Continue reading
Cranberry Festival
Every year Fort Langley has a festival to celebrate the cranberry harvest. It’s a really fun community event and markedly for me, it is the first annual thing that I have now attended twice in Vancouver. I have had friends … Continue reading
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Weekend part 2 – Indulgence
The weekend was just too eventful for one post so here we have the weekend part two. This part is far more lazy and indulgent. I went for afternoon tea which was amazing and utterly decadent. Here tea is a … Continue reading
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Rainy Sunday
Today in Vancouver it looked like this: So Jo and I went to Aphrodite’s to eat pie