Executive Plaza Hotel Coquitlam Vancouver

... did the
'tourist thing' too; visiting public markets, having a ride in a little
tourist train up the hills in Santa Susanna, walking to Malgrat de Mar,
and of course we spent one afternoon on the beach. We stayed for one
week in Hotel Royal Le Sun, with entertainment shows at night such as
flamenco dancing, Brazilian nights, etc. On September 12th we left for
France, in my dad's van. Another week vacation, having more family to
join us.

... to add a kind of luxury package on our Air Transat flight. Optionplus includes:

• Seat selection (roundtrip)
• Priority check-in at a dedicated counter
• Priority baggage handling
• Priority queue at security checkpoints (Montreal and Vancouver)
• Priority boarding
• Supplementary baggage allowance up to 10 kg per flight segment
  
• Headsets

• Snacks from the On board ...
  Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada visserfraess

... hours straight to Sonoma and Ill be going straight to work since my winery harvested Pinot Noir today (the first in the state) and someone has to crush it!

To all our Californian friends: You make the pancakes friday morning and we'll be there with the icewine and maple syrup to pour over them.

This is dre.. over and out.

... WILL NOT MISS THE PRE-HARVEST BBQ!! That’s where everyone gets to know each other and if I don’t go I’m just going to be “The Canadian”.. well I’ll probably be “The Canadian” anyway.. But I definitely don’t want to be that girl.
Just to get off topic for a minute.. I hate driving around BC with Ontario plates on my car. Whenever I make the slightest error on the road I feel like EVERYONE is looking at me going.. “stupid Ontarian ...

walked to The Chinatown night market on friday night,browsed... listened to street kareoke, bought a Jade bracelet. saturday: Milner Downs, in Langley for the Grande Prix.I enjoy whatching horses jump. Golden Ears shineing in late afternoon. This has to be the most beautiful equestrian centre.

... Stanley Park to view all the totem poles.  I remember making totem poles in elementary school and these were the first 'real' totem poles I had ever seen.Later Saturday evening, I hopped on my first Amtrak experience to travel to Seattle.  It was strange not to have your luggage scanned prior to stepping on the train, continuing to use the cell phone while traveling and also ordering food at the bar.  I fly to much!

We're back in Coquitlam for one last night. We got back from Gibsons two days ago and spent a day running about getting Simon's passort, international driver's license and Hep B jabs. We also managed to swing by International Travel maps in Vancouver. That was an experience in itself. Imagine if you will a bookshop of average size, but filled with shelf upon shelf laden with every map and travel book ...

... are an endless number of interesting presentations. You may want to try posting there yourself. Speaking of technical problems, if the link to Slide Share does not act like a hyperlink, as it often doesn't in the TRAVELPOD website, copy and paste it into the URL address line of your browser. www.slideshare.net/lobo2007

Date of Trip: August 17 - 18. 2007 Date of Blog: Sept.2, 2007 Vancouver - The Best Place to Live? Part 12 of 12 In a recent article, The Economist named Vancouver as the Best Place on Earth to Live! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/43 06936.stmagain) Agree or disagree, it is a spectacular city as my Entry: Vancouver: Blogs 1-5 attest. Our first order of ...

... br>There are plenty of cultural experiences to be had, from a performance by the Manitoba Theatre Company, to a high school production of......High School Musical! Thanks to Jen, we managed to catch a hockey game (ice, obviously), that was absolutely awesome, so much better to watch live (as these things are), plus it was so much easier to follow than when its on the telly.
The zoo was fun too, there ...