Hi, my name's Kate! This journal is a record of my experiences leading up to and during my year working and living in Canada on a working holiday visa. I'm mainly using it as a way to let all my friends back home in England know what's going on in my life.

It's called MapleJack as a bit of a mash-up of the Canadian Maple flag, and the British Union Jack flag. Yeah. See what I did there? Way too cool for school.

In any case, for tales of adventure, culture shock, meeting new people, trying not to fall on my arse on the ice, exploring new foods and new customs, making complete cock-ups, and other general hilarity, read on!

Thanks for taking the time to read. x