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Canada has reminded me of a book I was given a few years ago.

It's One Red Paperclip and it written by Kyle MacDonald, a real dude (I don't use that lightly!) who decided to swap smaller items for larger items where he eventually traded for a house. It was a mental scheme that he quickly became famous for, but he was "ready to go out into the world and help him find a job that would eventually get him a house" a situation I feel I am in, or at least think about once a day.

Kyle is from Belcarra, British Columbia, Canada and it's a place that probably isn't that impressive, but it seems to have created a legend, so I'd definitely visit.

This dude also has a brilliant blog.

Pear

A friend of mine is going to Canada. Not really sure why; maybe a holiday, stop off for a world tour, love interest? I ask all this beacuse HE hasn't told me! I just noticed it on his Facebook status...what a wuss.

Obviously I'm jealous and gutted, having to stay here in LDN and carry on wandering and studying amid the flat, un-imaginative streets of the South.

I shouldn't moan, I just know as soon as he walks off his plane (I'd be running!) he'll be hit with an overwhelming sight of mountain and water... just look at the rugged scene, I can almost smell the fresh pines from here!

This is a place where there are just two seasons, winter and summer....perfect for anyone who is a raging season-worker, hopping from a job on the Mediterranean coast to the slopes of Whistler.

I guess in Canada you can do both.

My dream would be to sea-kayak on the North Atlantic, canoe down a salmon river in summer and simply snow mobile up and down the mountains.

It all sound so easy, but in order to fund these extravagant activities would mean a job. Journalist or not, I'd be happy being a waitress in a French-Canadian bar.