JULIE MELANO

A couple years later, after my husband and I visited Canada a couple times, we fell in love with it. With nomadic tendencies, and a shared feeling that the U.S. was no longer the place we wanted to spend our lives, we decided to immigrate to Canada. We sold most of our belongings, packed up our little car, and started a new life in the True North. We started as temporary residents, then worked hard to acquire permanent residency. Finally, in late 2018, we became citizens and are delighted to have made our home in Victoria, B.C.