Originally Posted by gryphea

I agree I think. We have only been here two months, but we have no pressure to stay beyond two years because we have told everyone 2-5 years. For us the move has been quite easy in that we seem to move in fairly international circles, one of our best friends lives in Aus after years in Netherlands, another family have just moved to Ukraine after years in Netherlands, another load of friends just relocated from Edinburgh to Singapore for 2 years and my step brother moved from London to Dubai last year. I don't envy any of these locations, Calgary easily tops the list. We have alwasy been friends with these people and so we still will be. My crowd of uni mates live all over the place, we are brilliant friends but we get together only around every 18 months, next plan New York sept 08. Family have always lived a bit of a way. That said I have found I am really missing my local friends, the ones down the road I saw every week, but I can cope. Yes, we may move back, who knows what the future holds! We came for skiing , adventure and we have had that already- long may it continue!

Gryphea

Originally Posted by Steve_P

The ability to stand the cold in winter and the heat and humidity in summer depending on where you live.

You must develop the ability to listen to Celene Dion without grinding your teeth to dust.

Limit your intake of decent beer.

Enjoy the fact that as a UK trained driver you are part of an elite group far superior to any mere mortal Canadian.

Learn to like instant coffee.

Develop a taste for Beaver tails.

Start enjoying hockey (ice variety).

Accept the fact that Canadians like their Heinz baked beans just the way they are and they're not going to change them for a few whinging immigrants.

You must record everything you're going to watch on TV in order to eliminate the thousands of ads repeated ad infinitum.

Did I mention learn to like instant coffee?

I'm sure others can come up with more.

Cheers Mate
Steve

Originally Posted by bazzz

A lot of people are a lot more attached to the UK, and family and friends that they have there than they might realise. Have a read of the Moving Back to the UK forum. It's probably worse for people that have always lived in the same place.

For us, moving to Canada wasn't that much more difficult to moving to another part of the UK. Apart from a few minor organisational issues, it's very similar. Similar climate, same language, similar culture, blah blah blah.

Originally Posted by gryphea

I agree I think. We have only been here two months, but we have no pressure to stay beyond two years because we have told everyone 2-5 years. For us the move has been quite easy in that we seem to move in fairly international circles, one of our best friends lives in Aus after years in Netherlands, another family have just moved to Ukraine after years in Netherlands, another load of friends just relocated from Edinburgh to Singapore for 2 years and my step brother moved from London to Dubai last year. I don't envy any of these locations, Calgary easily tops the list. We have alwasy been friends with these people and so we still will be. My crowd of uni mates live all over the place, we are brilliant friends but we get together only around every 18 months, next plan New York sept 08. Family have always lived a bit of a way. That said I have found I am really missing my local friends, the ones down the road I saw every week, but I can cope. Yes, we may move back, who knows what the future holds! We came for skiing , adventure and we have had that already- long may it continue!

Gryphea

Originally Posted by mclauchlan35

My Aunt moved in 1972 and she had said that if they could have afforded to they would have come home within the first year, her reasons were.

1/ Financial
2/ No friends

She also said that every now and again it's something that she considers when the chips are down. I guess it just what you do when you get that urge do you act on it or not!

Originally Posted by Madmac

I've heard it's more chav-filled than ever.

Originally Posted by or4ngecrush

hmmmm I love East Kilbride...

I also love sarcasim.

Which comment is true?

There's a few East Kilbridians (or near EK) on this website maybe they push people out. lol

My best friend from school is now living in Texas, she'll probably be hear soon she always seem to have radar when East Kilbride is mentioned.

Originally Posted by Madmac

Just like the Devil: someone from EK will always appear when the name is mentioned.

Originally Posted by or4ngecrush

hmmmm I love East Kilbride...

I also love sarcasim.

Which comment is true?

There's a few East Kilbridians (or near EK) on this website maybe they push people out. lol

My best friend from school is now living in Texas, she'll probably be hear soon she always seem to have radar when East Kilbride is mentioned.

Originally Posted by Texas Mom

Morning me auld mucker! Looking forward to our long EK summer getting pissed in the lovely pubs that we done our under age drinking in

Originally Posted by Madmac

A ha ha ha ha ha........sarcasm is so hard to convey in text.

You've obviously been away from the 'dreich greyness' far too long.

I guess Hudsons or Shenanighans???????????

Originally Posted by Madmac

A ha ha ha ha ha........sarcasm is so hard to convey in text.

You've obviously been away from the 'dreich greyness' far too long.

I guess Hudsons or Shenanighans???????????

Originally Posted by Texas Mom

Not too long, two years. It will always be home in the sense that that's where the family are and that's where I was born and brought up.
Took me 28 years to escape, if we do return to the UK it sure as hell won't be to EK though.

Originally Posted by Texas Mom

Not too long, two years. It will always be home in the sense that that's where the family are and that's where I was born and brought up.
Took me 28 years to escape, if we do return to the UK it sure as hell won't be to EK though.

Originally Posted by or4ngecrush

I've trained you well....lol Yeah I escaped only to take a diversion back he he

Hopefully not for too long.