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Survival guide: Making it through your first winter [back in Canada].
We dare not say that winter is drawing to a close, but we can say that we have (mostly) successfully made it through nearly 5 months of winterous conditions. Our first winter back has been both better...
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British Columbia: The coffee coast.
We’ve recently returned from a week-long venture out to Canada’s West Coast over spring break. There’s lots we’re excited to share about our trip, but where to start… How about with coffee? Having...
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Vancouver: Reunions, restaurants, and roamings.
Vancouver is a big city. Filled with lots of awesome things. It took us a while to get out here together, but we were certainly glad we did. Reunions. Our visit to Vancouver held some long-overdue...
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Tofino: Raglan of Canada.
Rumours of Tofino’s loveliness had made their way to our ears before our feet touched down upon Canadian soil, so we couldn’t set foot upon Vancouver Island without checking out this destination for...
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Victoria. Charmed and completely delighted.
And then, we met Victoria. It was a long-awaited reunion with members of our NZ family, Mark & Laurel, who had become among our favourite adventuring companions and like family to us while in NZ....
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Mel & Breno’s Red Deer.
For the past 9 months, Red Deer (or Rouge Deer, as we like to call it), has been our place of residence. We have done our best to try to embrace what Rouge Deer offers, and although we may not have...
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On leaving NZ: One year later.
One year ago, we said goodbye to beautiful Aotearoa. To commemorate this occasion, I made a pie. When people find out we spend three and a half years living in New Zealand, the most common question...
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Welcoming warmth in The Deer.
We apologize for the lack of updates over the last little while. Life has held many transitions, commitments, and deadlines which have unfortunately meant limited time for blogging. But I’d love to...
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Cross-continentals.
New Zealand, being relatively small in size (comparative to Alberta), was pretty easy to get to know over the course of our time there. Canada on the other hand, is a much different story. Upon our...
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Toronto: Speechlessly good.
The big city of Toronto reunited Brendon with his beloved Jays (go the Jays!), but most importantly with our dear Kiwi friends, Kyle & Bea. Kyle and Bea road tripped through the States last...
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A new abode: An acrostic poem.
Oh hello there! Welcome to our new little abode in downtown Red Deer. What better way to introduce to you our new place than with an acrostic poem? A- Above ground, three stories up. Red Deer has...
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Montreal: More than just smoked meat [though you should definitely still eat...
Little Al (ma soeur) flew out to meet us in Montreal. We collected her at Atwater Market and the adventures unfolded from there. For anyone planning to visit Montreal in the near future, we’ve put...
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Christmas unicorns & other yuletide oddities: A Sufjan-inspired Christmas...
This year, I set out to do something I’ve never done before: to write a Sufjan Stevens- inspired Christmas production. I didn’t so much write a whole production, as I wrote a play, or more...
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Quebec City: Plus s’il vous plaît [more please].
Now that it’s winter, let’s jump back to 5 months ago when it was still summer and we were in Quebec. We spent four days exploring the historic streets of Quebec City at the end of July. It was...
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Going ‘home’ to “The Stillness.”
After driving 6000 km, we were thankful to keep our feet in one spot and chill out for a bit in New Brunswick with Brendon’s family out on the East Coast. ‘Going home to see the folks’ has quite a...
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Roadtrip reunions & stop-ins.
A significant part of our journey this summer was connecting with people we hadn’t seen in a while, scattered throughout this vast continent of ours. We realize we are very lucky to know some pretty...
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Alpine escapades.
We were graced with a visit from Kyle & Bea, two of the Kiwis we journeyed closest with while in New Zealand. It was wonderful having these two kind, familiar souls in our presence again, and we...
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