Coming home meant a continuum of emotions, along with lots of to-do lists, as we became Canadian residents again while starting our life here with everything we gained in Qatar. Settling into 5th Wheel Living This was a rigamarole of making our way through campsites until we finally found what we were looking for: free….
Canadian Repatriation Adventure – Quebec, Through New Brunswick to Nova Scotia – We Made It!
June 16th we flew from Qatar to Canada – landing at the Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to begin our repatriation adventure! July 5th we crossed the provincial borders of Quebec, through New Brunswick to Nova Scotia! On The Road Again! Quebec to New Brunswick New Brunswick to Nova Scotia We were home….. S,…
Canadian Repatriation Adventure – Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec – Camping Ste-Madeleine
Michael and I stayed at this RV campsite in Quebec for a week. Our main reason for checking into this campsite was because our truck was having clutch issues. Click here to read about “The Truck Issue!” While we were eager to reach our final destination province of Nova Scotia, and with our truck in…
Canadian Repatriation Adventure – Montreal, Quebec – The “Truck” Issue!
This was insane! But, I’m getting ahead of myself because this situation was so stressful, that I think my husband Michael deserves a T-Shirt that says: “With Our 3/4 Ton Standard Transmission, 2500 Heavy Duty Chevy Silverado, I Successfully Hauled our 38ft, 10,000pd 5th Wheel Through Crazy Construction Reroutes in Downtown Montreal With a Failed Clutch!!“ But,…
Canadian Repatriation Adventure – A Week in Gananoque, Ontario
With our new 5th wheel (our new home until we build our long term real, land-based home) having to stay at the dealership for a week to get ready for us, Michael and I had a week in the town of Gananoque. Click here to read about our new 5th wheel! Quality Inn & Suites…
Canadian Repatriation Adventure – Next Stop – Gananoque, Ontario – Our New To Us 5th Wheel!
Imagine never having stepped foot in a sailboat, or know anything about sailboats but you purchase a 38ft sailboat, put her in the water and then attempt to sail off into the sunset, but you don’t know how to sail and have to learn as you go! That was what buying our RV, our 5th…
Canadian Repatriation Adventure – First Stop – Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s Capital City – Parliament Hill
This was an unexpected find during my wanderings of downtown Ottawa! I can hear the gasp of any Canadian reading this, wondering why I wouldn’t have known this! I will shamefully admit guilty and that I really didn’t know what I was allowed to see and do at Parliament Hill. Thanks to a friendly guard outside…
Canadian Repatriation Adventure – First Stop – Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s Capital City!
We were still on the move immediately after our 14 hour flight from Qatar to Montreal, (click here to read that blog about our [final] last day in Qatar!), but not yet on the move towards our final repatriation destination – Halifax, Nova Scotia! We were on the move to drop off our two cats…
Let Repatriation Back To Canada Begin! Final Goodbye Qatar and Hello Canada!
What a ride it has been! I arrived in Qatar August 30th, 2015 to start a new life with my new husband! It took me 3 years to adjust to a new husband, new country, new culture, finding new friends, finding a new job, creating a new home, adjusting to and learning my new job,…
Saying Goodbye – American School of Doha – Final Assembly
Having to leave this job was the hardest part of leaving Qatar. Period. The ASD final assembly happened in May, while we were in India. I added it here now, before I start our repatriation blogs back into Canada!! Saying goodbye was heartbreaking…. The final assembly of the year was the time to say goodbye…
