There's No Place Like Home

March 4, 2017

The topic for today's Blog Linky Party is Home.  That poses a difficult question for me.  Should I choose the country that I have been living in for almost 20 years (my Japanniversary is at the end of this month), or do I pick the country where I was born, and spent many of my formative years?

Home to me is still Canada.  I was born in Edmonton and raised there until I was four.  After that, my family began a nomadic existence for a few years as my father worked for oil companies all over the world.

When we came back to Canada I was not quite a teenager and from then on I wanted to go to the big city, Edmonton.  We lived about 75 miles outside the city, so a trip to Edmonton was always exciting, even if it was with my parents!

After university, I moved to Edmonton and even now, that is my hometown.  I have three cards to show you today.  The first one is a general view of Edmonton in summer.  Summer in Edmonton is glorious but very short!

Bird's Eye View of Downtown

I often took a bus to the downtown area to see movies or to go shopping.  It has changed a lot since I moved away, but I try to keep up with the changes!

This is the area of Edmonton that I used to live in, Old Strathcona. It was near the University of Alberta, and many of the buildings along this street are rather historic.  In the near left of the picture, you can see the Princess Theatre.  When I lived in Edmonton, I lived and worked in Old Strathcona and it was wonderful.  I saw many, many of my favourite films at the Princess.  I used to have a membership there and went once or twice or even more times a week if I had the money and they had films that I wanted to see.

One of the few times that I have ever done a swap for a postcard was when I saw that a person in Canada had sent out a postcard from my University.  I begged her to send me one and she graciously agreed.  Camrose is a small city outside Edmonton.  I wanted to go to a smaller university, where I wouldn't be lost in the crowd.  I think I made the right choice.

Old Main Building, Augustana Campus,
University of Alberta

Although the campus has changed greatly, Old Main remains in place.  It has been updated, but for me, this postcard shows my "home" where I went to University and started my journey to become me!


I hope that you have enjoyed my quick look at my hometown(s) and will visit the other members of the Blog Linky Party.  Thanks for visiting me today.