Bizzaro world

Impressions of Canada....it is a nice place to live. The weird thing for me is that a lot of things are very similar to living in the US, but there are enough differences that it makes it a weird situation. You often forget you are in a different country and then something snaps you out of that illusion. Some examples....
1. All government signs are in french and english....and for that matter all products in stores are in french and english.



2. Restrooms are called washrooms. And for some reason there are no seat covers in any bathroom.

3. We have US television stations (The Today show is from a Boston channel, and PBS is from Seattle), but the most recent Top Chef season (the one that just ended in the US) is not premiering for another couple of weeks.

4. Boxes and cans of food are labeled in metric amounts - hard when you are following a recipe using cups and ounces.

5. There is no Barnes and Noble, but there is a store called "Chapters" with a membership card very similar to B&N.

I could go on....what it reminds me of is the Seinfeld episode when Elaine gets new friends that resemble her old gang, but they are just different enough to be annoying.