Canada Day BBQ

Canada day is one of those celebrations that, unlike St George’s Day for us English, is cause for a party among the expat Canadians hiding in our communities. Out with the red and white flags (maple leaves, not crosses) and fire up the BBQ.

This year, we combined our usual party with a nod towards my earlier birthday in June and opened our doors from 2 till late. FIFA had the good grace to organise the England match for the same day, so guests were pleased and dismayed in equal numbers to find that the big screen was on and England’s 2 hours of general underperformance against Portugal was on full display.

In fact, that was followed, for the devoted few, by Andrew Murray’s Wimbledon victory over Andy Roddick and then Argentina’s defeat at the hands, or feet, of France. A full sports-fest, although most of us preferred to spend some time in the garden enjoying the 30 degree weather, helping us to emulate those Canadians even further.













Did you know that the Canadian flag only dates from 1965, when it replaced the Union flag as another part of Britain’s empire cut the apron strings.