A bit random this week, but we thought we would enlighten you into some of the things we have picked up since coming to canada. Not all of them are specifically Canadian, but hey ho.
1. We can cope with snowy conditions now
Unlike the UK that seems to shut down due to some light snow, we are now experts in digging our car out and driving off on the slick and slippery roads.
2. The power of magic crystals
3. Cooking with Miso
Vegetable stock powder or cubes don’t seem to be a thing here, people use liquid stock in cartons which seems silly. Instead, we have started dropping a dollop of miso into our sloppy dinners to give them a salty depth. We quite like it and will be looking out for miso on our return to the UK!
4. Itadakimasu
At our first workaway, the family we were staying with said this before every meal. Previosly they had hosted someone from Japan who had told them it was about much more than ‘Bon Appetit’ and also involves thanking everyone involved in creating the meal (from farmers to supermarket staff to the chef themselves). We liked it instantly, but it became even more relevant when we spent so long working at farms!
5. Ollie now likes beer
But it must be drunk in a chalice…
Bonus Photos
To finish, here are some pictures taken from Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver on our walk last weekend and a photo of Ollie caught red-handed returning from a bakery.
Tomorrow we’re going to Golden Ears Provincial Park (remind us to look up why it has such a silly name). Rosie has some new hiking boots, which never goes well for her, wish us luck!
Roaming Rollie 
I’m glad Ollie has finally come to realise The Truth and is finally listening to that master of mysticism John Tomlinson. Crystals save you from smelling like a wet dog because they stop you being WiFi. That’s why they also protect you from radiation. This protection is a result of photon quantum tunneling and super-position. When radiation interacts with your body, a quantum tunneled aniti-particle is emitted by the high energy electron shells of the crystal. This anti-particle annihilates the radiation photon that has hit your body because it is in super-position with the radiation. Simple. Of course the race of pan-dimensional super intelligent lizards that run the planet don’t want you to know this. I think your next video should show the clear evidence that the earth is flat by showing the images from your new pad.
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Hey Icke, I’m not a mystic. I’m a Quantum Shaman.
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I THINK YOU MADE A MISTAKE DIDNT YOU MEAN TO TYPE THIS WITH CAPS LOCK ON
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Some things I have learned about Rollie:
1) Rosie can share a confined space with Ollie without him sustaining any life changing injuries.
2) If you want to produce an epesode of ‘Cribs’ get Rosie to present it, she will point out all of the switches that do nothing.
3) Don’t get between Rollie and a Tim Haughton’s wifi.
4) Rollie is the best damned diner this side of Camloops.
5) I can trust Rosie with power tools at least 50% of the time.
6) Ollie likes beer?!?!?
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1) That is true, although the trailer experience has led to this very big and very expensive apartment…
5) I have a 100% safety record!
6) Maybe he’s just pretending to annoy me by drinking mine
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Don’t believe a word John says.
Don’t go through a door before Rosie.
Don’t hide Ollie’s skis.
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Hide Ollie’s skis… Now there’s an idea!
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