A Day Full of Goodbyes

Roland: Today was a tough day... Not only did I have my last day at Westech after seven and a half wonderful years, but I also had to say my Goodbyes to many colleagues and friends, and to my 'Landlord of two years' Bruce and his family.

More than once I had very unmanly tears in my eyes, and more than once I questioned myself if leaving is really the right thing to do. But life is full of changes, Goodbyes and Hellos, and I am sure that I will meet many of my friends at Westech again!

Last Dinner!

One last dinner with friends and (ex-)colleagues at Pulcinella in Kensington. This is a fantastic example why Canada is such a great country: Diversity! Each of us was born somewhere else, (from left to right) in Cambodia, Germany, Bangladesh, Belarus, Canada and the Philippines, and yet we are a group with much more commonalities than differences.

This was a great evening, and I am surely going to miss our regular get-togethers! Guys, please let me know whenever you are in Europe, and we will meet again!

Where are we going?

There! Or close to there!

The theoretical air distance from British Columbia, Canada to Germany is 8,073 kilometers or 5,016 miles.

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Our first stop will be Germany, where we have family and a network of friends and ex co-workers. But Europe is full of opportunities and choices. We will go where our jobs will take us. Germany, Austria, Switzerland? The Netherlands or Scandinavia? Ireland? We will know it when we get there, but each of these countries will definitely bring us closer to our families, which we had missed dearly during our Canadian sojourn.