After a few hitches; Volcanic Ash, computer incompetence etc and too many excuses to name here we are ready with our first blog.
We arrived finally of 29th April, after 5 days of delays due to the ash cloud. Fortunately Ann and Chris put us up for 5 days in the UK, while we waited for a change in the weather. Since we've been here, dealing with Canadian bureaucracy has been remarkably easy, work permit agreed in about 40 minutes, Cats inspected in about 2 minutes, Social Insurance Numbers 20 minutes, Customs clearance of Cargo about 30 minutes.
Initial impressions of Calgary are very favourable, everyone is very friendly and it is easy to navigate around. Driving on the wrong side of the road is not causing too many problems
Weather wise we've had quite a bit of snow, and the temperature can vary considerably during the day.
We're currently situated in an apartment in downtown Calgary, and will be here until June 1st. This makes life easy for Neil who has a 20 minute walk to work, or if the weather is poor a 5 minute train ride and a short walk.
Eron and Flinn are missing their friends but are looking forward to the adventure of exploring a new country and making new friends.
I am glad to hear that you're having such a good time. Everyone is missing you here in hatherop. Our cricket season is going well: we had a very tense game against wycliff, but in the end it was a draw! 65 runs each! Well I hope to hear from you soon. Bye!!!! メメメ 。。
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