In Canada:

• There is available parking as far as the eye can see
• When you enter a business, you don't have to wait for them to get off their cell phone before receiving attention
• At the grocery store, not only are you not expected to bring your own bags - but hey!  They even put in IN THE BAG FOR YOU
• You can buy a lobster tail for less than $100
• People rarely go on strike
• Big cities still have houses in them
• Kitty cats are your friend
• Direct Debit is in - personal cheques are OUT
• People understand what the hell we are saying
• "Hello Kisses" are not a mandatory requirement
• If the bus is full, they stop letting people on
• Being nice is cool
• People give a crap about ice hockey
• Pizza sucks

Most of all, we missed our friends and family.  That is one of the main lessons we did learn from this experience.  One of my teachers here used an interesting phrase when describing the Mediterranean attitude that stuck with us: "It is me against my brother; it is my brother and me against my cousins; and it is my brother, my cousins, and me against the WORLD."

Well, on that note... Aurevoir and we will see you soon!