>>BTW I have heard that in Canada some people are actually afraid of sun in the winter;
>>I have heard phrase like 'Beware of sunny days!' (+Wind)
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>That's the first time I have heard of being afraid of the sun, but we take it in stride. Although the temperature reached minus 53 a few years ago and the sun was bright. At minus 53, the slightest breeze could very quickly become deadly, but we have clothing to fight back. I have a down filled parka with an insulated hood that has fur around the part that is near and over a person's face. And we wear layers of clothing. Others wear full body snowmobile suits. For the most part, people here take it in stride and carry on with they daily routine. The kids still go to school and parents go to work. And of course, my stupid cat still wants to go outside every ten minutes. There are products such as gas line anti freeze that are needed so that cars will run, if they can be started. However, spending a day on a southern beach in Cyprus is preferable to our winter. Many retired Canadians travel south to cities such as Yuma Arizona for up to six months every year. We call them 'snowbirds'.


The two most beautiful places I've ever been were in Canada: New Brunswick and Yukon.

New Brunswick was the first. So many stretches of road with vistas untouched by signs of man (other than the road lol). We stayed near Bathurst once, and ordered a pizza from Pizza Shack. It came square in a square box. A fond memory. We met Eldon George in Nova Scotia on that trip, an old man and dinosaur fossil hunter. Just a wonderful experience.

Yukon was more beautiful than Alaska, which really surprised me because I'd always heard how beautiful Alaska was. It was on our way to Alaska we found Yukon's beauty. Also northern British Columbia. Those endless chain mountains. The 100s of miles driving through. We pulled off the side of the road once to stop for a moment and the sheer beauty and vastness could be felt. It was amazing.

I found every province to be distinct and have a personality. All of them were amazing.

I found Yukon notably the best, and much better than Alaska -- though Alaska was nothing to shake a stick at. :-)

Plus, everything I've ever seen in Canada is clean. Roadside trash containers every few miles. Nice people (even the French-speaking people in Quebec were friendly).

Canada has been a beautiful experience for me and my family. We've been back many times.

One of our funniest traveling memories was in Nova Scotia. We had stayed at a place that had little one-room cottages. The next day we were packing up and heading on the road for 10+ hours of driving. We asked some locals if their town stores or gas stations had any bagged ice for sale. They literally laughed at us and said in a disdainful way, "No!" We still reference that to this day when we're loading up the car for travels. "Do we have ice? NO!" :-)

Another was driving through the town Antigonish. We stopped at "Mother Somebody's" restaurant there and asked the waitress how to pronounce "Antigonish." She said in a drawn out way (as if to emphasize "don't you know? you moron") "anti-gun-ish". We bought two mugs there with the name of the place, and each time we use them we say to each other "Anti-gun-ish."

LOL! The hilarious aspects of travel! :-)