Finally, after 6,5 weeks (including some delay in Montreal because we needed to prepay something and they apparently couldn’t reach us) our shipped goods, our 65 boxes of household and personal goods, have arrived in Regina! We both worked on Tuesday and saw on our phone later on that … » full post and pics!
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park, March 4-8
Last Monday, Nico started his job with an introduction week, so he’s been bombed by lots of information and comes home with a fried brain each day 😉 I’m using this time for myself to update some websites, and here is the promised update on our trip to the Greenwater … » full post and pics!
got the job!! / St. Patrick’s Day
I got the job at Canada Life!!!! After 3 weeks I finally was called by Alisa from HR to offer me the job. Yay!! I’ll be starting next week (Tuesday) and I’m very excited! Here’s the description from the ad:
| FASCORE CASH ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATOR |
| Job Type: Casual |
| Location: Regina, SK, |
winter prairie
» photo album 2008/0302 ~ Katepwa, Qu’Appelle Valley, Fort Qu’Appelle
Today we went for a drive and left Regina to the east. We drove to Indian Head, then north to the Qu’Appelle valley, to Fort Qu’Appelle and back to Regina. There was a very hard and cold wind blowing … » full post and pics!
breaking news: bought a car!!
Here it is… our ‘new’ (used) car… the biggest, baddest and prettiest car we’ve ever owned: a 2003 Ford Taurus SE! Check out the photo album for more pics! They call this a mid-sized car, but for us it’s a huge boat!! 😉 … » full post and pics!
detailed report 2: flight and first days
Here the details about our flights to Canada and the first days here in Regina! We don’t have wireless internet here at Tim’s yet, so we’re surfing on a weak signal from somewhere in the neighbourhood, which is often too weak to use for hours though. So our updating, surfing, … » full post and pics!
detailed report 1: last days in NL
Hello guys!
We’ve been doing really well here in our first week as Canadian residents. We applied for our SIN number and health card and did a lot of shopping (so much to get, so many stores, so much to … » full post and pics!
residents of Canada!
Well guys, we are now officially residents of Canada!! After a long travel of around 28 hours (3 flights, long overlays and a delay in Edmonton), we finally arrived in Regina at 2am!! We will fill you in on the details very soon!… » full post and pics!
bye bye!
Just a quick hello to say THANK YOU to everybody who we saw in the last days! Our co-workers, family, neighbours and friends have left us heartwarming presents, cards and words and we had a wonderful time on both the SURPRISE party on Saturday that Els organized (we had NO … » full post and pics!