I'm still CANADIAN

You know, it's amazing the things you can find to do to avoid studying...like writing on this blog for instance, when I have my 45 minute Oral exam in Flight Dynamics tomorrow :) (Don't worry Ma and Pa, i'll do good)

So anyways, this topic came to mind a couple weeks ago. I watched the Grey Cup. Yep, I found a online feed from CBC at the last moment. So from 11:30pm - 3:30am (with a bit of falling asleep during the 3rd quarter) I watched Saskatchewan finally bring the Grey Cup home! Great to see. (8am class that morning wasn't so great)

But as I was watching it, it made me realize just how Canadian I am. Watching all the Canadian commercials, the CBC , knowing Ron McLean, Brian Williams all these commentators I grew up with and 'know'

So i decided I have to make a list of the 'Canadian' things I miss (excluding the obvious family and friends)

In no particular order

• Hockey - I love hockey!!! Even know, I get up every morning and check the scores from the night before, watch all the highlights, plays of the week. Go to the Oilers message board and see what the rest of the fans are thinking. But nothing beats watching the games, which I have been unable to do (although now that I found this CBC feed, I can watch HNIC...albeit from 4-7am....grrr). Or just to go to the bar and watch the games with friends.
  
• Football - Even though the eskies sucked it up yet again, I still love watching football. The CFL until Grey Cup. College bowl games during Christmas break, and the NFL come playoffs.
  
• Breakfast - not completely Canadian, but the breakfast here in France sucks...a croissant. I love breakfast...back in Canada I never missed breakfast. And when I had time, it was eggs and pancakes/waffles/french toast, maple syrup, bacon, sausage, hashbrowns.... Seriously, Toulouse needs an IHOP...or Humpty's.
  
• Tim Hortons - Coffee also sucks here. It's...concentrated...you order a coffee and you get this tiny little glass of concentrated gunk. And no donuts either....I could go for a donut.
  
• Soft bread - another France thing. Bread here is like a rock. When you go to little sandwich shops you get hard crusty bread...you can't even eat a whole sandwich..because your jaw hurts from chewing

(oops last couple posts have been more things I don't like in France....back on track now)

• Winter - ok so Edmonton doesn't have the best winters, a little too cold sometimes. But overall I still love winter. I love snow, I don't mind the cold (below -25 isn't pretty) but give me -10 to -15 and 3ft of snow and I'm lovin it. Get the quad out, start burning around the country side. Cold wind in the face, bundled up in 5 layers. Then come home to a nice warm fire and cup of hot apple cider. That's the life. I miss winter :(
• Skating - goes hand in hand with winter. What's better than lacin up the skates, going out to some pond with snow banks piled 3 ft high all the way around. And playing some hockey with friends and family. I miss that.
  
• Animals - ok, not a Canadian thing again. But to have grown up, on a farm, with two veterinary parents, dogs, cats, horses and just about everything else you can imagine...I miss my animals. I know it seems first thing I do when I come home after a while, is chase the dogs around the house until I can hardly stand. And then sit in the chair with a cat in my lap.
  
• Pyrogies - seriously, growing up in Edmonton you take them for granted. We have such a strong Ukrainian culture around Edmonton it just seems normal. But even just moving to Seattle...think anyone had heard of a pyrogie?, let alone be able to buy them in a store. mmmmm pyrogies and sausage.
  
• Indoor Soccer - only in country with 8months of winter :) But it's such a different game then outdoor soccer. But i like them both equally but for different reasons. It was nice to have both seasons in Edmonton. They have futsall here in Europe..but it's not really the same either.
  

Ok, that's all I can think of for now. Feel free to add things you think I might have missed.

This video says it all really