When I meet a new person in London their first question is “Where are you from?” This is mostly because I am clearly not British, nor European. People often assume I’m American, at which point I have to patiently explain that I am Canadian, no I don’t live in an igloo, but my parents do drive their snowmobiles to work sometimes…
The second question is “Where in Canada are you from?” Then I tell them about being from a small town in Ontario, but that I actually spent the last few years living and working in the Rocky Mountains.
The third question, inevitably, is “Why in the world would you ever leave the Rockies to live in London?”
Okay, ouch.
I mean yes. It is a totally valid question. The Rocky Mountains are undeniably beautiful and I fully intend to return to them one day. I probably would have been perfectly satisfied to continue living there …show more content…
I wanted to follow my dreams across the pond and see the world the way I had dreamed of doing since I was a kid.
In order to start this adventure I had to say goodbye to the old one, at least for a little while.
People often ask if I was scared about moving somewhere so foreign where I didn’t know anyone. The simple answer is no. Of all the emotions I felt leading up to moving here, fear was not one of them. Anxiety over my visa coming through, worrying about finding an apartment, excited about starting my new job, anticipation over exploring a new city and being able to travel to places I had only ever dreamed of… Those were the emotions that swirled around me leading up to this huge life-changing move.
It was the same when I moved to the mountains from my small town in Ontario. I wasn’t afraid. I was excited, I was seeking adventure, and change, and all the amazing experiences that I would have. I have always felt the need to explore, and to move on to something new when I felt it was time for a change.
I used to hate that I could never seem to stay in one place for very
The second question is “Where in Canada are you from?” Then I tell them about being from a small town in Ontario, but that I actually spent the last few years living and working in the Rocky Mountains.
The third question, inevitably, is “Why in the world would you ever leave the Rockies to live in London?”
Okay, ouch.
I mean yes. It is a totally valid question. The Rocky Mountains are undeniably beautiful and I fully intend to return to them one day. I probably would have been perfectly satisfied to continue living there …show more content…
I wanted to follow my dreams across the pond and see the world the way I had dreamed of doing since I was a kid.
In order to start this adventure I had to say goodbye to the old one, at least for a little while.
People often ask if I was scared about moving somewhere so foreign where I didn’t know anyone. The simple answer is no. Of all the emotions I felt leading up to moving here, fear was not one of them. Anxiety over my visa coming through, worrying about finding an apartment, excited about starting my new job, anticipation over exploring a new city and being able to travel to places I had only ever dreamed of… Those were the emotions that swirled around me leading up to this huge life-changing move.
It was the same when I moved to the mountains from my small town in Ontario. I wasn’t afraid. I was excited, I was seeking adventure, and change, and all the amazing experiences that I would have. I have always felt the need to explore, and to move on to something new when I felt it was time for a change.
I used to hate that I could never seem to stay in one place for very