Walking out of the airport, we were greeted with an innocuous comment from one of the members of staff at Pearson Airport, ‘Welcome home everyone.’

One of the things that I have not done successfully in my personal site, and a clear oversight on my part, is the fact that I rarely discuss how I feel in my current, and importantly chosen, place to call home. As someone who has lived and worked in Greece, UK, Qatar, UAE, Denmark and now Canada, this is a failing on my part.

With that being said, the best time to start a forest is 30 years ago, the next best time is now. Here are the things that I really appreciate about living in Canada:

1. The quality of people is some of the very best that I have met anywhere in the world. Many are my kind of people.
2. The Toronto Public Library system is world class. You have a 100 library network that will deliver books wherever you are. It has access to Libby, to Hoopla, it’s like having a free Amazon subscription.
3. Air Quality (except in the summer time, during forest fires)
4. Tap Water Quality. Living in the Middle East means constantly drinking water from plastic bottles. Some delivered to the house regularly that you are paying for.
5. Relatively calm driving experience.
6. All four seasons.
7. Amazing craft beer selection

Slowly but surely this place is growing on me and making me happy in lots of different ways. I want to keep adding to this list as I find them, because its very easy to forget.