La Grande Residence At The Sutton Place Hotel Vancouver

... all the fruits. I had a fill of latundan (a kind of banana that's more silky than bread-y) as well and papayas, of course. Because the chico tree is somewhat dwarfed and within my reach, I couldn't stop working at the fruits--eating--yes, I did that, too.

Have you had a chico ever? It's a brown fruit sometimes roundish but mostly in the shape of a fat heart that ripen in clusters. It is usually sweet but some harvests can be bland ...

... same time.

We walked back home and did research on the computer, read and just enjoyed the views, along with the cooler weather. I walked over for a soda at the convenience store, and then later walked up to Davie Street to pick up some fresh basil and mint at the produce shop. I repeated our dinner of Friday night--salads, cheese and salmon burgers ...

... travellers on the trip, 3 of which will be celebrating birthdays during the tour which is a good sign for immediate group bonding. They seem young and well travelled. I hope we all get along half as much as my amazing group from last year. One of the girls is from Kelowna and we are on the same flight out of Vancouver, via Montreal and Paris, to Cairo and will return together from Amman via ...

... we went to Burnaby to the DVD warehouse where Chris had found the "Intelligence" first season that we had just finished the night before. Although they were pricey, selling new DVDs at retail pricing, they had a great selection. We kept our purchases at strictly the next season of "Intelligence", as the worker said that on Monday, which is B.C. Day, they would have a store- wide sale. So most of the time we spent there was for scoping out what we ...

... called her superior. They huddled behind the counter and then flat out told us we couldn't board the plane because of the whole swine flu scare. I tried to keep my cool but neither employee at China Eastern Airlines could give me a straight answer (turns out this is a common occurrence in the Chinese culture). She asked me to take our things and go talk to the supervisor. Great... I thought. At that ...

... funny? My toes are already frozen (I'm wearing the airplane socks) and they're mouring the lack of shoes but I'm going to enjoy this. Especially the Christmas feeling that really wasn't happening in gorgeous 25C sunny New Zealand weather. Bring it on Santa! I haven't touched it yet but as soon as I see a fresh chunk, I'm going to stick a handful of snow in my mouth. I can't wait. See you in the blink of an eye Calgary! xox K

I am at the airport, waiting for my plane, and wouldn't you know it, the guy sitting next to me in the lounge is from HSBC! Too funny. He said small world. I said, yes, especially with HSBC. This was mostly to test out that this bog is working. If anyone does not want ...

... participated in them were teenagers, so we decided to pass. Before leaving back to our hotel, we noted a place selling "Falafel". I was curious, so I entered this place and ordered a "Vegie Falafel". Then, a young guy entered the place and said "this is the first time I am here, but I like what I see and I want to eat something with beef. So, I guess I'll order a 'beef Falafel'?" he then turned to me and said "Falafel... where did it come from? Is ...

... need to jump on the step of a Vancouver bus to open the door...preferably before everyone on the bus shouts "Jump on the step!"; walk on the right hand side of the footpath; you can survive without alcohol...the need to consume it is closely related to the hours you spend at work; Youth Hostels are invigorating...hanging out with people the age of ...

Der letzte Tag in Kanada. Das Ticket in die USA fuer morgen ist schon gekauft. Die letzten Kanadischen Dollars werden ausgegeben, und: Ein letztes Mal im "Tim Hortons" einen Kaffe trinken gehen. Das ist Kanadas Starbugs, aber natuerlich viel besser und viel cooler!