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Guest blog – He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
[Hey folks – here’s another guest blog, this time from Lisa’s friend and colleague, Dr. John Budd, who has been visiting from Missouri, USA. We’ve used his trip as an excuse to visit some of our favourite haunts and to … Continue reading
between their joke and smiles
Continuing on the theme of the last post, we have to say that Japan is a bit of a strange place. We’re not trying to be disrespectful to the people, because were actually very nice and helpful…we were pretty much … Continue reading
Posted in cultural differences, food, japan, travel
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How to shop Canadian
A few months ago, we wrote a post about how most of what we buy – specifically food – is Australian. At the end of it, we said that though we were willing, or even happy, to exist on Aussie … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, cultural differences, farmers market, maple syrup, shoes, shopping, travel
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permanent residen(ce)ts
Yes, as we said at the end of the last post, we are now permanent residents of Australia. They aren’t going to kick us out [Lisa edit: unless Dan does something REALLY stupid; we all know that could happen!]. And … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, banking, cultural differences, money, Moving, real estate, small town culture, wagga, wagga wagga
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The 7% solution
The house we are living in isn’t very well organized. When the removalists (or are they called replacers when they are bringing the stuff into your house?) were unpacking our stuff last August, they were a lot faster at unboxing/unwrapping … Continue reading
Posted in banking, cultural differences, real estate, wagga
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Things that make you wiggle: How to speak Australian, part 5
Or more appropriately, things that make you squirm. We know that there are a lot of different terms for clothes here. Some are also used in the UK, such as jumper for what Canadians call a sweater. Some are international … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, cultural differences, language, wagga, wagga wagga, wiggles
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Everything is upside down
People here walk the streets eating pie with their hands, but we go to an Ethiopian restaurant and they give us cutlery. Weird country! Of course the server did point out that we are in Canberra, which is a pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Canberra, cultural differences, food, pie, travel
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Herding cats – big day out
It’s been a while since we’ve done a herding cats post, mostly because nothing much has been happening with them. They sleep, they wander, they eat, they poop, they meow (with Aussie accents? not yet), they chase bugs…just normal cat … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Australia, cats, cultural differences, kelpies, pet supplies, sheep, small town culture, wagga, wagga wagga
Tagged australia, cat sitting, cats, veterinarian, vets, wagga
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How to speak Australian – Part 4
ABC Riverina (the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s local outlet) recently asked on Facebook “if people from Sydney being referred to as Sydneysiders, and people from Melbourne being Melbournians, so what do you call people from the Riverina area?” There were a … Continue reading
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it’s the little things…
It’s been more than 3 months that we’ve been living in Australia, and we feel that we are pretty much settled and understand “the Australian way” – at least enough to not seem like idiots (or Americans). It isn’t a … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, cooking, cultural differences, driving, shoes, spiders, weather
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