Dear England, Love Canada
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Nominated Best Travel Blog in Canadian Tourism Commission Travel Awards 2012. Journalist, travel writer, filmmaker and broadcaster Anne Kostalas writes about the differences between living in Britain and living in Canada and pokes fun at both nations as well as herself.
tags: funny, journalism, photography, travel, twitter
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Anne Kostalas is a freelance journalist, filmmaker and broadcaster, who left England for Canada in 2008. Describing life in Montreal and the Laurentians, giving a good insight into day to day living in Montreal as well as how to explore the rest of Quebec and Canada through travel articles , posts, radio broadcasts and videos.
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A different kind of cold.
Posted on 30/03/2013
"How can you be cold? You live in Canada", asks my friend in a Newcastle cafe (Cafe Royale - great scones by the way). "Because this is a damp cold and in Montreal we have a...
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Walking the wall
Posted on 22/03/2013
Getting out onto the wall is one of the delights of visiting Newcastle. Not just any old wall but Hadrian's Wall, the former northern frontier of the Roman Empire built between AD 122...
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Things I miss about England
Posted on 20/03/2013
A trip back home always gets me craving comfort foods of old England and there is nowhere better here in my home town than The Broad Chare resto on the Quayside. It resides in the gastropub...
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Return of the Northern Lights
Posted on 17/03/2013
We are huddled together in three vehicles on a quiet road outside the city of Churchill, Manitoba for our last night. It is 10pm and there are no signs of the Northern Lights. It's a...
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Dogs, beards and tundra buggies
Posted on 14/03/2013
My memories of Churchill, Manitoba are ones of bearded men, enthusiastic huskies and the tundra. Mainly because I like to say tundra. At Wapusk Adventures it's hard to know who loves...
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Shooting the Northern Lights
Posted on 14/03/2013
It's on many a bucket list and last night I checked it off mine. I have wanted to see the Aurora Borealis for years and when I stepped off the Tundra Buggy onto the frozen location...
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How does it feel below minus 20C?
Posted on 08/02/2013
I can't even imagine what -20C feels like, is something a lot of my friends in England say to me. So I thought I'd have a go at describing life below freezing. I'm sure our...
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A cabin in the woods.
Posted on 18/01/2013
Hi there - if you are reading this because you just heard me warbling on CBC then please say hi and leave a message at the bottom of this post or on the blog Facebook page. Follow me by...
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It's a dog's life
Posted on 02/01/2013
The friendliness of banking staff is not something I have ever got used to here in Canada. In England you have to shout under a plexiglass screen to communicate with them and they always...
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Record snow fall in Montreal
Posted on 28/12/2012
I think I might have something I'm calling snowdrift-legs. My hips and thighs ache from walking in deep snow. Just as well as there is too much of the stuff to go out for a run. Just...
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My name is Charles, I am a french canadian. I would like to know more about your feeling about french canadian. What do you think of us? What should we improve or change? What do you like about our culture? How do you see our future? Did you find anything special beside our language during your journey? What brings you here? I am curious and open minded. Be straith forward. I love to learn, discover and debate. Good luck with your project. If I can help, please ask!