Marriott Vancouver Airport Richmond

... Yep. Heatwave. Ok, so we weren't actually expecting warm weather in Vancouver and it hasn't actually rained either. But really, is 30 degrees really classified as a heatwave?

The flowers. It is spring so there are flowers. EVERYWHERE. Brad's like a kid in a candystore walking along identifying all the different flowers (FYI, his favourites here are the rhododendrons...huge. HUGE.) We'll be walking along and suddenly Brad will stop, pick a leaf ...

... still worried that I've made as many precautions as possible). Strange that I'd be bringing a bottle of ibuprofen, 16 x 400mg; think that's almost equal to the amount I've consumed all my life. Need to finish replying emails, notifying people I'm gone for the next two months, telling people to add this blog to their email. *Note to self: return library books tomorrow* Think that's it... now to go print out all my booking numbers.

... after the long day...but with smiles on our faces, we braved the strip one last night...!! So, it was off to the airport for me...and here I am now in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada !! No more fun and games...I'm all business!! I'm interviewing and job hunting like crazy...and hopefully that will pay off and I'll be employed soon!! I'll then be house hunting and setting myself up...wish me luck!! My Irish mobile ...

... raining but it was a nice walk. We got back to the hostel and got ready to go out for our final night together. We met Lucy an Bex and their moose group in my hostels bar (the Beaver). Will their driver was keen to take us to a proper Canadian bar. The girls werent sure as they had early flights to Toronto (another coincidence -Peggy happened to be flying to Toronto on the same day as Celene and Christie! so they are spending the next few days together ...

... at our passports and said, "you've been away for awhile"? "Almost a year", I said! With one more quick look at us and a smile, he said, "Welcome Back Home"! I said, "thank you"! After leaving the terminal with our luggage, we arrived at our car rental Hertz to pick up the Toyota Corolla that I reserved up-teen months ago. I have to admit, I was a little apprehensive driving in Vancouver traffic after driving in ...

... we did find. It was on the sandy, rocky beach with algae on the rocks. I decided to admire it from the sea wall, but Bernie went down. Another guy went and climbed on her and looked as if he was going to mount her! Bernie said it stunk and was slippery. (the beach, not the girl haha) I got the idea to get our picture taken with like poses. This was the little fun we had in the park. A British couple helped me pose to make sure my body was in the correct position! haha ...

... materials. Getting ready for the long haul home. Nice that our plane left on time and we were seating next to one another in a 2 seat row! After the first meal on-board, I decided to take a sleeping pill as did Sherry. One worked for her, but I had to take another to sleep, so was out like a light until about 1.5 hours outside of Vancouver. WOW!!! That's a first for me, so I know exactly what I'll be doing next time. Vancouver was cloudy, no surprise there, but it was ...

Ok ok.... on aurait peut-être pas du fêter hier.... mais c'était assez amusant!!! Maintenant la journée va être difficile... 3 heures de bus... 12 heures d'avion... OUTCH!!! Écosse nous voilà... J'ai tellement hâte de jaser avec des écossais!!!! Je vous réécris d'ici 2 jours, de Glasgow!!! d'ici là... une couple de gravol!!!! bizou xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx p.s. maman j'ai posté ta boite aujourd'hui!!! p.s.s. belle-maman j'ai aussi posté des papier importants pour vous!!

... 3, Vancouv** 1. We decided to get off in Stanley Park to sample some of the city's natural highlights. This gave Scottie and I a chance to re-live our Port Arthur umbrella sharing exp**ience. (In oth** words, an excuse for Scottie to link arms with me und** my brolly by pretending he was scared of the rain.) And just in case we w**en't looking circumspectly like a couple of 80-year-olds, we manged to get into the part good and prop** and decided to go for a nice ...

Once through customs we greeted Mom and Aunt Larraine with a Sunflower each, a smile and of course a hug. After ringing the husbands, we went outside to catch our limo back to the city, very exciting. This is what my mum had to say: Friday 8th Found case had been looking for it on the carousel but someone had taken it off around the other side to were I was stood & hadn't bothered to put it ...