[Lanny_MacDonald]

Originally Posted by Mango

While I was in Croatia, I had a small Canadian patch on my backpack. Although I was speaking Croatian while going through many of the cities, people would talk to me in English. One particular vendor in a street market said, "You come from a good country." I never really understood what being Canadian was until that moment. It was something so little, and yet, it impacted me a great deal.

When I hit Canadian soil again, I thought "Here I am. This country is who I am." Being Canadian represents patience, diversity, compassion, but above everything, tolerance. There's all citizens are very Canadian-esque and it's not because we say "eh" .

Where is the hand-clap emoticon??? Great post. Thanks Mango!