BF>>> Is it the same to live in Yellowknife as it was in Ottawa?

 JW>> It's as different as say Halden in Ostfold and Paris, France both in size
 JW>> and climate.

 BF>> So, how come you know about Halden?

 JW> To be honest I don't. I looked in an atlas for the name of a town with the
 JW> same population and latitude that I thought you might know.

Halden is a town in Norway, 100 km north of me and don't you compare us
to a place in Norway.  :-)

 JW>> We are about 1600 km north of Edmonton, Alberta

 BF>> Puh......
 BF>> Don't find Alberta on my map, only Alberta City, Alabama.

 JW> You would need a map that shows the ten provinces as well as all the
 JW> cities.

I missunderstood you. Alberta is a province, not a town.

 BF>> We do have an Alberta here in Sweden. :--)

 JW> Named after royalty called Albert, no doubt.

I don't think so. Albert is a male name and Alberta /could/ be a female namn
but I have never heard of any woman with that name.

 JW> Driving a car (and paying for a hotel for one night) is about the same as
 JW> one airplane ticket but cheaper than two tickets if my wife is with me.

I see.

 BF>> And it must take som time........

 JW> Sure. At least 16 hours, usually split over two days. When i was younger I
 JW> would drive it in one day.

You have done that? Without any sleep?
Must be a dangerous driver after 10 hours behind the weel.

 JW> But my wife has relatives living in many small towns between Yellowknife
 JW> and Edmonton, so we often stop and visit. If they put us up for the night,
 JW> there's no hotel bills either.

It's very hars for me to imagine the distaces you have.
I can drive to Paris, Berlin, Munich, Prague, Warsaw, Italy and Vienna in
shorter time
then you drive to Edmonton.
Talk about a big county you have.

//Bj”rn

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