Best Western Chelsea Inn Coquitlam

Its already two weeks ago that we came back from our Europe trip. Coming<br>home in Vancouver with temperatures around 30 C that was really NICE!<br>That was even better than the last days in France where it started to<br>cool off. It makes it a lot easier going back to work and normal daily<br>life.<br>I have almost 1100 photos on memory cards, most of it is<br>already edited and published on my photo galleries on Flickr and my<br>website. In Spain we ...

Phew....it's getting closer. I am officially off! My next working shift<br>is scheduled September 26th, YEEHAA! Still have to do a few insurance<br>renewals for my customers but hopefully I get this all done in one day.<br>Today is my 'outdoor' day, getting groceries, extra dog food, euros,<br>and a few more items, just the running around.<br>Tomorrow is the day<br>to finish it all; yes, the 'indoor' day, having all ...

... about the country or speak the language. I have been in France, many many times. I was twelve years old when my dream (then) came true, to visit Paris and be on the Eiffeltower.<br>The book will be great, because i also I love to cook and read the story about Julia Child. No, we haven't seen the movie yet.<br>OK, back to our trip. I already got my mini laptop, now we only need to find a little travel Scrabble game, which we love to play. Seven more sleeps....<br><br><br>

... another 45 minutes or so Young cheery guys comes back with a smile on his face and tells us &#8220;Sorry guys, but you won&#8217;t be entering the US today&#8221;. WHAT!?! Apparently according to young smile face the TN Visa isn&#8217;t for us and we have to go to the consulate in Vancouver and reapply for a different type of Visa. Sounds easier that it actually is since well it&#8217;s the weekend and regardless that is NOT an overnight process. I&#8217;m not going to even both getting into ...

... After trying out different bikes for nearly an hour, I settled on a light blue bicycle. The parking lot is relatively small, so make sure you get there early to find a parking spot. It is open Mon-Sat 9.30-6 and Sun 11-5. After purchasing the bike, we visited the 'Han Ah Reum' Korean supermarket. My Korean friends had been raving about this supermarket for a long time. Although ...

At the end of last month we went hiking at Lynn Valley, just above North Vancouver, with Taryn and Simone. We had only planned to do a fairly short loop along the river but it didn't take us long, so we ended up hiking to Norvan Falls, a round trip of about 16km. It was a beautiful hike, right in Vancouver's backyard!

Today has been a pretty full on day of exercise for myself and Peter, we proceeded to walk around the CBD, down to the Waterfront and along to the start of Stanley Park, which is something that everybody visiting Vancouver has to do atleast once. We must have walked a good 10km plus today, and feel very good about it, got to see the waterfront, we actually had been going to go and visit the Art Gallery but when they are ...

With a cheap flight booked from Vancouver across to Calgary it was time to head back across the border. I wasn't exactly relishing the prospect. Not that I had anything to hide other than the usual guns and drugs, but for some reason you always feel like you're a little bit guilty of something when you're being interrogated. It's also a tricky balancing act between telling them the whole story, which inevitably leads to ...

After a late morning start we have finally started our road trip to Mexico. For those of you who don't know our intended route here it is. First we will make our way to Vancouver to visit some close family friends. After that travel down the west coast of United States. We hear the Oregon coast is very pretty and the Redwood forests in Northern California are high on our places of interest list. North of LA we will cut ...

... later) Geo-------------USA - Trek Leader Our first day was mainly driving down to Washington DC. Once at our campsite just outside of Washington DC we all got shown about setting up the campsite and tents etc. then went for a drive into Arlington Cemetary. Mostly known as the burial place for JFK. Then drove around the center of Washington and got shown which places we could visit the next day. Back at camp we all helped prepare and cook dinner for that night ...