Our bags were delivered to our cabin the next day (6th Nov) while we were out sight seeing. We found them sitting the lounge when we got back from a brisk walk around Odell Park.
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We have been in Fredericton, New Brunswick a grand total of ten days and how things have moved in those few days. We have become permanent residents, exchanged our old paper driving licences for new shiny new Canadian one’s, registered for Medicare (their NHS) and also for Social Insurance Numbers (there is something nice about asking for a SIN number  ). You must have a SIN before you can start work and they prioritised mine getting one allocated within 48 hours!
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The weather has been good, with cold crisp autumn mornings (or fall mornings as they say over here) and generally dry days, snow is forecast for this afternoon. People have said it is often more damp and dreary than this in November.
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We attended a very cold Remembrance Day parade in Fredericton city centre on Nov 11th. Remembrance day is a public/bank holiday in Canada.
Mounties on the Rememberance Day Parade. It was very similar to something in the old UK with scouts, cubs and brownies marching in the parade to the cenotaph for prayers.
From left to right, Kathryn, Gemma and Julie on Rememberance Day. I have seen more Union Jacks here that I would see in the UK. Notice the chemist shop behind as a rememberance day window display!
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I had two interviews on the 8th, and on the 10th I secured a job as a senior project manager for Xwave, the largest IT Consultancy in Atlantic Canada…. It sounds impressive anyway. (www.xwave.com) I start on the 21st November (no rest for the wicked). Dress is business casual with dress down on Fridays? Benefits include 3 weeks paid holiday, health and dental care insurance for the family, retirement savings pension plan, bonus scheme and free coffee all week plus free donuts and muffins on Friday afternoons (oh no not more temptation)
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House hunting has been a slog, with the girls have far more say over what sort of house we are going to live in that ever before! We finally found one we all love and we are making an offer on a Cape Cod style house today with an impressive asking price of $239,900 or £116,456. This house is in the Island View district of Fredericton about 10 minutes drive to the city / town centre and for details of the house. We will enclose photos in the next update (providing they accept the offer).
Today we have an appointment at the Fredericton High School for Gemma (hoping to get her in to start next Monday (21st) so I can take her to school on the way to work.
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Julie has been getting used to driving left hand drive cars again although this time it is in an automatic and the car is as big as a whale! Below is a photo of Julie in the kitchen, dining / lounge of the cabin/chalet.
Kathryn has been using her English accent to good effect and demonstrating how nice she is to everyone. Both Gemma and Kathryn have been cruising the Regent Mall and shopping, typically Gemma has brought the most inappropriate combat style crop top and trousers (nice one for the winter) cool in more ways than one! I can see Gemma being the first person in Atlantic Canada suffering from a frost bitten tummy button. There was a full cooker in the cabin but only one ring worked. I never knew how Jules prepared sunday dinners in a single oven with one ring... She is really getting into this pioneer spirit
Kathryn sitting patiently waiting to be let in after Julie has cleaned the cabin (again). | 