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I didn’t really think it was that different you know I was just like, like traveling and… at the time it didn’t really strike me at that different. One thing that I noticed that things were a lot calmer. Like in, in Europe everything seemed a bit hectic. Like people were more excitable and when I arrived in Toronto everything seemed really calm and people were just slower you know but… and… and then another thing… I came to my aunt’s house and there was nobody home and all the lights were on and the door was open. And that’s… really seemed strange to me. Cause even in a small place like Weitensfeld we would lock the doors at night or at least if we went out but… so that seemed very different to me.
I don’t feel… I’m either… I’m a citizen of the world, you know… it’s just… I don’t really associate with countries but I guess I’m probably if I have to make a decision more Canadian than Austrian at this point just because I don’t really know that much about Austria about what’s happening there. I couldn’t tell you very much about Austria… I know the Austria that was there but I don’t know the Austria that’s there now…
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EVELIN MCCARVILL ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW
BC Through Arriving Eyes
British Columbia
File Format Wave Resolution 24 Bit Sample Rate 44100 Hz Length 1:27:03
During the interview Evelin McCarvill tells her experiences coming to Canada with her Canadian husband Rob. She is talking about her Austrian background, her first impressions of Canada, language barriers, raising children & missing home.
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