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Life in Sydney
I think it’s finally safe to say…we’ve settled in to daily life in Sydney. We’ve lived here for 7 months now (landed on Oct 17 2014), so you might say “well yeah, of course you’ve settled in”, but here’s what the first 5 months of our time in Sydney looked like: Land in Sydney and move into temp housing After 2 weeks we switch temp housing Pam goes to Korea for a week for work and the day after she comes back… We find a permanent apartment and the day after that… Nick goes back to Ottawa for 3 weeks and the day after he comes back… We move into our permanent…
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A Place To Call Home
One of the first big challenges in any new city is trying to find a place to live. Not only do you have to choose a neighbourhood with little to no knowledge about the available choices, but every city seems to have different “rules” about apartment hunting, rental applications, rent payments, etc. Because we relocated for work, we were able to use the services of a local agent who specialises in helping relocating people with all of the above challenges and more. During one of the first conversations we had with her via Skype while we still lived in California, she asked us to describe the type of place we would…