Here are a few things I've remarked about the life of a Canadian in France! Enjoy :)
· 1. Your house is furnished exclusively by Ikea…and nothing matches
· 2. Referring to a 2 Euro coin as a “toonie” and a 1 Euro coin as a “loonie”· 3. You catch yourself having spontaneous dance parties for one in your apartment
· 4. Finding an item in the grocery store and immediately flipping it over to read the (non-existent) English side
· 5. Hearing another student snicker when you inadvertently add “eh?” to the end of a sentence
· 6. Using your elevator doors as a full length mirror
· 7. Thinking that baguette, cheese, wine and Nutella are the four food groups
· 8. Getting excited about the prices of things...until you see your Visa bill
· 9. Explaining to non-Canucks that:
o We don’t live in igloos
o Yes it snows a lot... no, not all year... yes, we do feel the cold...
o We don’t keep polar bears as house-pets, nor do we ride them.
o Canadians are not Americans à But Quebeckers are Canadians
o We're not all lumberjacks, nor is our economy based on clubbing seals
o We are certainly not all bilingual (I’m living proof!)
o Why, yes, we do put maple syrup on everything
o We don’t say “oot and aboot” (who comes up with this stuff, anyway?)
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