The Kingston Vancouver

... cost of the bottle. Luckily the lady put in that the bottles were only $15 dollars each instead of the 40+ that they really were. Still we had to pay $285.00 that we don't have in order to keep our wine. Now that was the best welcome home/birthday present I've ever had. eff.

Anyway.. Viktorija gave us her apartment for a few days while we sort our **** our and has hooked Rob up with an interview at her restaurant which would be ...

... a loopy period of about 20 minutes where the two of them could not stop giggling. And in case you were wondering, no, we did not play with the Canadian deck of cards. Good purchase on my part, huh?

On the train, we had tossed around the idea of grabbing a drink once back in Seattle, but we were all so tired by the time we pulled into the train station, we called it a night and headed back to the hotel. Our time in Seattle was quickly coming to a close…

Hello everybody!

Having just reread my last blog I realise its been a month since I updated you all on my life. My, how time flies! This means I probably wont be able to remember much of what has happened over the last few weeks, in part due to the amount of beer consumed, but I'll give it a try.

So my last blog ended just before TanTans party. Well, for a change, I got smashed! Remember very little and was in bed by 1:30am but I have been told it was a a good do. Played Beer ...

... of exercises waiting!

I toasted up some sourdough for breakfast and made some of our favorite organic Sumatran coffee (a Costco special). Chris was on the phone non-stop, so it was easy to do my cleaning and exercises without interruption, but by 11:00 I was anxious to get out and about. Fortunately, Chris decided to take a break as well, and we opted to go to Sophie's for lunch ...

Woke to full sun but the marine layer moved in and kept it cool. Picked up a coffee at Cafe Artigiano, then walked on to the visitors' center to pick up brochures and my favorite 3D map (I get one every year because I love seeing how it changes from year to year). While there I met visitor guide Dorothy from England (although she's been here since '67). She told me to be sure to sign up for the new Convention Centre tour, as it was fascinating and they only take 10 ...

... island, they sound a world apart and can offer the prettier terain we prefer. maybe vancouver would be a place to revisit after the olympics. I've tried to make vancouver look as good as possible by highlighting and exposing for some clouds! Over to Em...... We left Calgary at 6.30pm one night and arrived in Vancouver a mere 13 hours later! The Greyhound was great, but an all night journey is probably not to be recommended. Feeling a bit tired and jaded ...

... With just one day to see the sites, we took a walk into the city centre via Gastown. We went to the lookout which gave us a good vantage point of the city and the surrounding areas. Everyone we had met on the road told us to go to Stanley Park so we walked through town and experienced a very different Vancouver to the night before. Aesthetically, it's a nice city, there are people ...

... seen them anywhere yet here they were, probably because they are native here and not to Sydney, Australia but i don't care. These whales were awesome, especially from the underwater viewing window, they just kept on swimming past so lazily, without a care in the world, and there was none of that free willy nonsense with trying to break the glass, i mean who did that whale think he was, he had it made, fame and free food, but no he had to escape and then what does he go ...

... on the faces of my loved ones was worth every long bus journey i had made to date... the tears cried for me where over whelming and the laughter and excited screams were music to my ears!! The experience was 'surreal but nice'..... i certainly left with a sense of closure.... one which is hard to find in a bay jump 10 minutes after your final exam. What a difference a 100 people can make... the 'vibe' on campus was so different.... 100 ...

... However, an earlier call to United had resulted in our finding our that they had arrived in Vancouver that morning and should be delivered today. Shortly before 6:00 pm, there was a knock at the hotel door, and a bellhop presents us with all four missing bags! This was quite a relief, as I had inadvertently packed our cruise tickets in them! Our first outing of the evening was a ...