Moving anywhere is tough, because there are always going to be differences, so moving to another country is harder because there are even more challenges, even if it is to a bordering-US, English-speaking Canada.
One of the biggest differences, other than not having friends or family close by, is the weather.
When we first moved up, snow was everywhere!
Just outside of our hotel in Moncton, Newbrunswick. The moving truck (and all of our stuff in it) went through customs in Moncton, so we spent the weekend there before meeting the driver on Monday morning, March 3rd. We had already been in Canada for two weeks and were excited to get our stuff and start settling into our new home in Truro. 
Charlie and Oliver looking out the hotel window in Moncton, Newbrunswick. The novelty of it snowing was still something to see. 
Outside of the Crystal Palace in Moncton, Charlie and me standing in front of a mountain of snow! At this point in winter, the locals were cursing winter so I'm sure we looked like tourists. (We'll probably look like tourists again this coming winter.)Another (small) thing to get used to is the difference in pronunciations. "Sorry" is pronounced "sore-ee" (long e sound), the "t" at the end of words like "right," "about," and "it" end with a hard "t," (righT, a-boTe, and iT) and the letter "z" is actually "zed."
Okay, these are small things, but I don't feel like I fit in here when I open my mouth. (As if I fitted in with my mouth open in FL! Lol.) If I'm talking to a cashier (or someone I won't run into again, so as not to embarrass myself) I give it a try. I say "sore-ee" and righT and I've even said "zed" once when spelling my name over the phone, but that was a biT difficulT. I'm sure I just sound socially inept, but my intent is to fit in by sounding like the locals. I end up feeling like Madonna though, faking an English accent - it's just not right!
Something I've learned from moving up here is next time we move, even from one home to another, I'm going to take everything with us and then sort it out once we've gotten there. We got rid of a bunch of things before moving and some things I wish we still had. The biggest thing we got rid of was our piano and every now and then I get the urge to play. Just beginning book stuff, but it's not here, and that makes me a little sad. Luckily, it's stored at grandma and grandpa's so we'll get it back some day! :)
If you have any questions or comments about moving or about Canada or things in general or a suggestion on where to visit next, feel free to leave a comment. I'd love to hear from you!
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