Things I miss from home....

This weekend was a long weekend in Canada. We have had such a great time and really feel like we have had a break. I still did the Moss St Market on Saturday while the Noisy Boys stayed at home and it was a really good day. I also met lots of visiting Brits and recent immigrants which is always so nice (I moved to Canada from the UK 8 years ago). It is great to check in with people from home, sharing stories and wows abt things over here! There are some days in the year that I can get quite homesick - someone will have a party, a family member becomes ill, a friend has a child, my canadian friends are all at the grandparents, too many people have looked at me strangely when I have been speaking in the week or I just have an over-riding urge to meet my mates in the local pub and have a good natter (talk)! Facebook definitely helps a lot for me to feel connected to some of the day to day of people, but you do inevitably miss the normality of what was once "home". Then there are weekends like this when you sigh to yourself "I am living somewhere very close to paradise.

Brighton Beach on a long weekend in the UK

West Coast Canada on a long weekend!