I have left the UK and flown 5,000 miles (ish) to live in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Here is my new location:
It's a city in the middle of canada, close to the border of the US. It's pretty flat and mostly 'prairie' lands. According to the Reginians, it's population is made up of lots of Ukranian immigrants, a smattering of ze Germans, a sprinkling of Koreans and a dollop of First Nations folk (natives).
We flew in on the 16th of May and were welcomed by glorious sunshine. However, according to the locals, the winter snows had only just melted the week before! The stores are full of flip-flops, the pick-up trucks all have canoes and bikes strapped to them and the ice cream stands have queues around the block, so they obviously know how to make the most of their summers.
This is what Regina looks like for six months of the year:
Splendid, just splendid.
On this blog I will be telling you all about what we've found easy and what we've found difficult about emigrating to Canada. How many forms we've had to fill out, what we had to get sorted as soon as we moved here, how we're spending our time in the Queen's City and, quite possibly, some ridiculously scary snow pictures come September. Stay tuned.
