around here lately

A lot of things happened in the last couple of days….

I think the most important thing was that Ivo and I have become Canadian citizens. We have been living in Canada since 2002 as permanent residents. We came with the idea of spending 3-5 years here, try new things and then go back to our family in Czech Republic. But things changed during the first few years and we decided to stay. We were (and still are) citizens of Czech Republic but we couldn’t apply for Canadian citizenship because we would have to give up our own. Luckily in January 2014 Czech Republic finally came with a new law and allows people to have duel citizenship. After 18 months long process, where we had to go through language test, knowledge test about Canada and oath ceremony, we have become Canadians. Now we can use the Eh?! and say sorry as much as we want!

Before the Oath Ceremony

Fresh Canadians

After the ceremony we celebrated with lunch in downtown of Vancouver with our friend Marjo.

Marjo then prepared a very special Canadian dinner for us on Mother’s Day and introduced us to her friends as well. Did I tell  you how amazing this woman is?!

The evening was so much fun! We received a lot of gifts and had a real Canadian menu dinner. We started with smoked salmon as an appetizer, then we moved on to lobsters…

.. continued with delicious steaks, Canadian beer and wine and finished with amazing Quebec dessert. Celebration of coast to coast cuisine. We loved it!

Thank you for being such an amazing friend, Marjo! We couldn’t ask for a better neighbor. I love your personality, you inspire me by your strength and kindness every single day! Love ya, girl!

This year’s Mother’s Day was definitely special and I’m so happy I was surrounded by people I love.