The little differences

Since things have turned out well so far on the Canadian adventure, you might think I don't miss the UK at all. Which if true, would make for an exceptionally short and boring blog entry. So happily there are a few things I genuinely miss.

- Football. Obviously. They don't even really have soccertainment over here, and no disrespect to the Vancouver Whitecaps but they're not great. Even if their goalkeeper is called Jay Nolly

- Cheap drinks. No such thing as a Wetherspoon's over here so the cheapest drink I've had is $5. Most are about $6-10, it really puts you off going for a quiet one knowing you'll be $20 out of pocket after a couple. Plus the tips!

- TV without commercials. I even get them on the BBC website now because I log in from outside the UK. No such thing as iPlayer over here either so no Top Gear for me

- The ability to jaywalk. I mean I guess I could do it here, but since all the streets are 5 miles wide I don't think I could run across without having to stop for a break

- A credit/debit card. This I'm going to look into since my ATM card does basically nothing. What if I want to order a pizza online?

So hardly a ground-breaking trip-ruining list, but they're little things nonetheless. You may notice I've left family and friends off the list and that's for a couple of reasons; firstly it's pretty much a given. Of course when you move away it's different getting used to new people. And secondly I know it will wind up mum and dad when they see they're not first on the list.

Of course the other side of this will be in 10 months time when I'm back home and I come up with a list of things that I miss about Canada. In fact what is the word limit on a blog post?