New to Gransnet from Canada

Hi Bookiegram. My grandparents emigrated to Toronto in 1930, but they came back to th UK with my Canadian born mother in 1935. As we have other family in Ontario and on Vancouver Island we’ve visited several times and love it. Sometimes I wish they’d stayed, but then I might not exist...

Welcome, bookiegram! Our young neighbours have just come back from a Canadian holiday and are still raving about it! They brought me back some soap from the Goat Mountain Soap Company called ‘Raging Elk’! They promised it would not turn me into one. DH told them it was too late! . Please do not send us your snow too soon!!

Hi Treebee! I'm glad you enjoyed your visits to our beautiful West Coast. I have a bookkeeping client out there on Saltspring Island. They have a small resort with five cottages and their main house. It is a long way from where I live in Alberta but we make it work with email/scan/courier/text etc. The islands out there are so pretty and there is so much to explore. The Canadian Rocky Mountains are along the border between British Columbia and Alberta, and that is also a wonderful area to visit. There is nothing quite like being in the Rockies, summer and winter.

Hi Greyduster! My daughter-in-law brought me back some soap from the Goat Mountain Soap Company and I loved it. I just have to figure out how to order some more. I don't know where you live, but I promise not to send you our snow!

Hi Purpledaffodil! Canada is a beautiful country, I agree! It's rather funny; so many people in the US (just across the border) who have never been to Canada are so uninformed about our country. They think that it is snowy and cold here year round, some think we live in igloos and we don't have any large cities. My city alone has a population of more than 1 million, and that is relatively small by world standards, but we have lovely summers, and often beautiful weather in the fall. We can even grow gardens! For some reason not much is taught in the US schools about Canada and our history.

Hello mumofmadboys! I love your user name! I have never been to Central Canada (haven't travelled much in my own country except the western provinces!) but I've heard how beautiful the Lake District is. I have a niece who lives in Northern Wisconsin, and they have visited the great lakes a couple of times. I'm so jealous!

Welcome. I have wonderful memories of a coast to coast across Canada, up to and including Churchill a couple of years ago. Stunning scenery!

Hello BookieGram. Greetings from Ireland. ☘️
My middle son and DIL have just returned from a wonderful trip there and showed us their stunning scenery pictures when they popped over here for a visit recently.

Good morning Izabella and Craicon. Nice to hear from you. I'm so glad to hear you visited our great country and enjoyed your experiences. I've always thought how lucky we are to live here. Although some of the winters can be a bit brutal (and you wish you could be somewhere warmer for a bit), it will always be home for me. In turn, I wish I could visit Ireland and a few other countries. Have never had the finances or the opportunity. I've spent most of my life working, and not much "playing". But, we have to play the cards we're dealt, right?