Hello - We are new to Calgary!
 

Hi,

Me and my husband have recently arrived in Calgary - as permanent residents (May 08).

If anyone else is in a similar situation it would be great to hear your joys and woes to date! We've moved into an apartment near downtown (S.W) and have now both got jobs which has helped into gettting into a routine. Still feels very strange knowing that we don't have a flight home next week but we're really looking forward to settling down in Calgary.

Re: Hello - We are new to Calgary!
 

Hey thats exactly how we felt two years ago!!

Anyway welcome to BE and Calgary:thumbsup:

Re: Hello - We are new to Calgary!
 

Hey Butch

What a civilised post from you :thumbsup: didnt think you were capable of being serious :eek:

Hi Pippa

Welcome to BE - sorry cant help you as I am 2.5 hours south of you in Lethbridge :thumbsup:

Good luck with your new life

gaynor

Re: Hello - We are new to Calgary!
 

Hello and welcome to Calgary!

Keep an eye on the threads in the maple leaf forum as there's a potential expats get together later in August/early September.

Flossie

Re: Hello - We are new to Calgary!
 

great thanks - i'll keep my eyes peeled

Re: Hello - We are new to Calgary!
 

Hi,

Welcome to BE.

We're not too far south of you down in Okotoks. We intend to join the get-together mentioned in the earlier post. Feel free to PM us if you want to sanity check anything...we're about 7 or 8 months ahead of you having arrived in October 07. Likewise, have a mooch around on our blog (see link in signature line below)...bet you recognise a whole bunch of stuff!

Kind regards,

Eamonn & Janet.

Re: Hello - We are new to Calgary!
 

Welcome to Calgary!

My fiance and I moved over June 2007 and now live in Evergreen, SW Calgary. We started off living in Okotoks but found it too far a commute from Calgary, with not much choice of things to do for a night out.

I'm still not able to work as we came over on my fiance's work permit, but we've just had our PR medicals so hopefully it won't be too much longer!

I've found Calgary a really easy place to settle into, but not working has impacted the expansion of the social life a little. I'm hoping to rectify that very soon!!

Re: Hello - We are new to Calgary!
 

Hi Little D,

Fingers crossed your PR status gets confirmed soon.

Eamonn & Janet.

Re: Hello - We are new to Calgary!
 

Great thanks for your reply.

Fingers crossed with your application. Yes work has helped us to settle in and getting into a routine is good. Meeting new people i found is taking time but i started a month long drama course recenlty which is something i'd never done before (or thought about doing!). It was a laugh as well as a way to meet others. My husband is a golfer so thats always a good way to get out etc.

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Sorry one question - what does PM mean? I'm not up on the lingo yet!

Re: Hello - We are new to Calgary!
 

Private message
you should have one from me in your in box

Re: Hello - We are new to Calgary!
 

As Butch has explained above, PM is a Private Message. If you left-click on our screen name - "Getting There" - on the left of this message, you will be given some options, including one to send a Private Message. Sounds like you are doing good things to try and integrate. We try not to stress about it and just intereact with everyone around us and we're finding that the relationships are slowly beginning to build.

Kind regards,

Eamonn & Janet.

Re: Hello - We are new to Calgary!
 

Thanks Getting There. It's been a long time coming lol!

Re: Hello - We are new to Calgary!
 

Oops yes thank you - Beginning to work my away around the formum and to use it properly!

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:D