Journey of life from London to Canada.

I was born and raised in London and had been living in Paris for fourteen years, where I was working in marketing, when I met Susan, a Danish-born model. Within a year, we moved back to London, where we got married and bought a flat in Fulham and started a new business. That was way back in the year 1995.

But we were fed up with the UK and wanted more time, more space and better value. We initially considered France and Australia, but finally settled on Canada, then Vancouver.

However, all this was not easy. House-hunting from halfway across the world, selling our business ad home, shipping all our possessions, in addition to the extended and complicated immigration process, was mammoth task. Thankfully, one of the talents Susan possesses is the ability to manage a project with military skill and it helped a lot.

I would also like to say that the visa-application system for Canada can be long and drawn-out. We employed an immigration lawyer, and this saved us from a year’s wait and helped us to keep calm.

The children were in private school in Britain, but settled almost immediately into their new state school here. Both children now have Canadian accents and sound exactly similar to all their friends.

People in Canada seem to be more energetic and optimistic, with a slightly naïve but refreshing can-do attitude. We have also built up a large circle of friends very quickly, mainly due to having two kids in school.

Now, we are a happy unit and looking forward for happy days ahead.