Sixteen

So we have reached our destination of apartment one, 222 First Street, Glebe, its a pretty cozy little crib with exposed brick in our basement living room, dimmers in our bedrooms with low ceilings, photos now on the walls, kitchen with an amazingly creaky wooden floor, a tiny bathroom and two housemates who seem to keep on giving (we got an xbox two minutes ago). It seems like Christmas is well and truely here with the snow, Van playing in the lounge, trackies, baking trays at the ready for tomorrow which shall well and truely be an incredible day of domestisity followd by some imense eating ahh it shall be great to cook again. After so long of tinned soup and yogurt it shall be nice to have a sweeding smorgasboard infused with.. australian christmas food?? im not sure. but im certain it shall be delightful.

I was asked today what Canada was like-- so i thought that perhaps it was time to give a low down on the sights and smells that makes up this fine country.
Flying in over Vancouver was incredible, the receeding horizon made up entirely of meyandering rivers Islands that peak into mountains that go on forever convered in every shade of white you can imagine.
In Ottawa the paths range from being covered entirely in snow, that turns to slush, which turns to giant puddles subsequently redicolusly large shoes are needed to keep your toes from quite litteraly falling off. the parks are always covered in snow and look incredibly romantic (even without a man by your side).
This place isnt only snow and -20 degrees, the people here are pretty lovely. more than once we have been offered free meals, drinks, christmas dinners by complete strangers or near enough. i dont know if its our accents, which always is immediatly assosiated with being from the UK or whether the people here are just generally trusting and kind. i think we'll go with the latter.
It seems like Canada is fairly similar to Australia though, a British Colony that is now stuggling to keep there own micilanoius migrant identity with the ever influencing US of A.
Otherwise a few things- its customary, rather not unusual, for people to have bedrooms in the basement or attic (we live in a basement. and we love it).

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anyhow there is far more to write on this matter of Canada but for now we shall say goodnight.