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Parallelogram: Top Ten Things That Matter, Six Months Later

\One experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Lisa\Montreal My family moved from Madison, Wisconsin to Montreal, Quebec last August.  Here are my TOP TEN THINGS THAT MATTER, SIX MONTHS LATER: The farmer’s market is open all year-round and I know how … Continue reading

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Parallelogram: A Matter of Conveyance

\One experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Lisa\Montreal With winter well upon us, I am struggling to get from points A to B.  I now know where I’m going, I just don’t know how I’m getting there. Snow means the … Continue reading

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Parallelogram: Kissing Perfect Strangers

\One experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Laura\Mayaguez How do the locals greet each other? Men shake hands with other men. Women give a little kiss on the right cheek.  I assume men and women kiss likewise but I don’t … Continue reading

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Parallelogram: English as a Second Language, UPDATE!

\One experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Laura\Mayaguez What have you been doing to practice your new language since you moved? Listening to Pimsler audios but that didn’t usually work very well with screaming kids in the background. I have … Continue reading

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Parallelogram: Picking a Preschool

\One ex-pat experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Lisa\Montreal What was your children’s experience of school before moving to Montreal? Arlo, who turns five in December, started Madison Wisconsin’s Preschool of the Arts when he was almost three years old. … Continue reading

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