It's Canada, eh

The past few days have been filled with reminders that I am indeed in a foreign country.

If you would like to apply for a street parking permit – and therefore live in an area where one is required – you must have governmental car insurance. Yes, Canada has Universal Car Insurance, too.

The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is a provincial Crown corporation established in 1973 to provide universal auto insurance to B.C. motorists. We're also responsible for driver licensing, and vehicle licensing and registration.

Telephone calls to the U.S. are supposed to be easily made via my long distance calling plan on my new cell phone. Yet, there are some 1-800 numbers in the U.S. that I can not connect to and a family member’s Verizon plan will not connect to Canada. (They still don’t know why.)

Television ‘Content Warnings’ are placed before many shows that are not considered violent or language-filled in the U.S.

Castle comes with a warning, which I find ironic since Nathan Fillion is Canadian

The week so far has been filled with obstacles and continued apartment hunting, so I've planned the next few days for enjoyment of B.C. Look forward to posts on Improv in Vancouver, the Richmond Night Market, and what it's like to be an American at Canadian Thanksgiving.

BONUS: In honor of my seemingly endless apartment interviews & visits, I leave you with my favorite Warner Bros. character.

Marvin the Martian Job Interview