Our first week in Canada provided many examples of how efficient the Canadian people are. Our first full day in Canada started with us heading downtown to get our social insurance numbers. We were armed and ready to have to wait for a couple of hours in an office as we did when I moved to Dublin but we were called to a desk after 15mins and then after a further 10 mins and a lovely conversation with Leslie- we were ready to leave with our printed sin numbers in our hands and the cards to arrive in the post 2-3weeks later. (they arrived 4 days later!).
Next stop was the bank, this took a bit longer about 45mins or so but we left with debit cards in hand compared to the two week wait back home for cards.
The only slight problem we had was with cell numbers as the idea of us already having phones that were unlocked for use seemed to cause some confusion but after a failed attempt with the cheaper network, we were ready to go after 5mins in the more expensive networks store. It may not be what we wanted but for now it will be good enough to last until we are more established in the region. ie- gives us a number to put on our resumes.
A detailed post on exploring in the area will be updated tomorrow once I can get access to the pictures.
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