Category Archives: Moving

Global homelessness

Posted on June 12, 2011 by waggadventure

OK, so we’re not trying to make light of a serious issue, but we are, technically, homeless. A couple of days ago, our lawyer did the lawyer stuff, the real estate agents did the real estate stuff, and the new … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Moving, real estate, Riverina, small town culture, wagga, weather, wine | 1 Comment

Allied Forces

Posted on June 9, 2011 by waggadventure

Packing. The longer you are going for, and the farther away, the harder it gets.  Degrees of difficulty, on a scale of 1 to 10: Quick weekend drive out of town: 1 Flying across the country for a week: 2 … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Australia, Canada, cats, decluttering, Moving, travel | 3 Comments

Among my souvenirs

Posted on June 4, 2011 by waggadventure

So, you are leaving the country of your birth, to take up residence about as far away as you can get…what do you take with you as a ‘souvenir’? Not counting your Canadian passport, which, as we said weeks ago, … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Canada, Moving, Owen Sound, small town culture | 5 Comments

Mi casa, tu casa

Posted on May 11, 2011 by waggadventure

Several years ago, Dan took Spanish lessons. They did him absolutely no good! During our time in South America over the 2010 Christmas and New Year’s holidays he generally just had a blank look on his face when anyone said … Continue reading →

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Herding cats, part 2

Posted on May 8, 2011 by waggadventure

OK, a tip for all business owners out there: if someone orders a product from you, and you don’t have it, tell them that. Or at least respond to your email, or answer your phone. These are the things that … Continue reading →

Posted in cats, Moving, quarantine | 2 Comments

Binge and purge

Posted on April 20, 2011 by waggadventure

Moving half way around the world requires, or you might even say encourages, a bit of downsizing. Not everything we have will fit in the shipping container, small appliances won’t work because of voltage differences, some stuff we just don’t need … Continue reading →

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Realty check

Posted on April 16, 2011 by waggadventure

With this move, we’re leaving our first house. When we decided to buy (after 15 years of renting, first in London, then in Edmonton), we quickly realized that we wanted to buy a new build. We looked around a few … Continue reading →

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W7 – Who, What, Where, When, Why, Wagga, Wagga

Posted on April 13, 2011 by waggadventure

We realize that everyone might not know what is really going on, so decided to we should put some things into context for those on the periphery. Rule #1 of journalistic storytelling is the 5 w’s: who, what, where, when, … Continue reading →

Posted in CSU, food, Moving, Owen Sound, small town culture, Uncategorized, wagga, wine | 3 Comments

And we’re off! Well, not yet, but it’s about to happen.

Posted on April 5, 2011 by waggadventure

So, this is it: the start of the Dan and Lisa Given blog on moving to Australia.  We’re going to Wagga Wagga, a town of 63500 people and about 1/2 billion sheep in the Riverina district of New South Wales.  … Continue reading →

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