Even small cultural differences can make you feel awkward in basic social interactions. What are these for me in Canada? ...

Yes, it has happened to me. I made a big change, felt a big urge to start all sort of different new things and started a blog to document this. Aaand stopped posting the articles after couple of months. What the heck has happened? Well, honestly I think life...

The public transport system, a necessity for any bigger city. Well, at least if it wants to be functional in any way. Public transport is one of the criteria evaluated in the quality of living index by Mercer which every year produces a ranking of best cities to live...

My home my castle as we say in Slovak. Searching for accommodation was for me from the beginning something I really wasn’t looking forward to. It is one of those things that brings you no joy, a lot of stress and you have to do it. Well, you don’t...

Visiting or moving to a new country comes together with some everyday struggles or improvements coming from the differences between the place you’re visiting and your home that you would not have anticipated. It can be an interesting, funny or even frustrating experience. Enjoy and take a lesson from...

I’ve survived the border control. I didn’t get deported because of a protein bar or not reading my POE letter properly. So here I was in Vancouver airport ready to be released to Canadian wilderness (yeah, don’t take me literally here)....

Travelling. For some people journey starts only when they arrive to their destination. For me the journey starts right after I close the door and head to any means of transport I’ll be travelling with. So I cannot omit this part before finally arriving to Vancouver!...

The letter approving my visa landed in my inbox. I re-read it several times to make sure I really understood it correctly. Now where do you start with planning? And what exactly do you need to plan?...

I have never been on the other side of the Atlantic. Besides my college years I have never lived in another country. And as a side note, I studied in Czech Republic which almost feels like home so I do not really count that as living abroad 🙂 Now...

Just got my coffee at Starbucks. I went to the serving table with utensils and sugar wanting to pimp up my cappuccino with cinnamon. As always cinnamon is spilled everywhere around the cup so satisfied I can put the jar back....