Blogs from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 167

heyaz! So these days have been fun. I've been doing exciting things like getting subscription drugs, packing up my apartment, getting things ready for Chicago afterwards, getting my travelpack set, getting my slides ready, as well as getting some rough plan about what I'm up to. I just came from the Cambie from my leaving drinks. I love that place! $8.25 (Canadian!) pitchers of classy beer with completly unclassy service. Rock. But everyone who is amazing showed up and it was a nice send off. I'm going to miss people here. But I know I'll be back. I hope they realize/remember it! I have very little packing that remains tomorrow but I'll be spending a lot of time at school to finalize my slides for the conference (boring!).... speaking of which... I'm presenting in two workshops ... read more

Started the day with great excitement at the thought of seeing pods of Orcas, followed by great disappointment at our breakfast! Our hotel claims they provide a free continental breakfast, and when we checked in they informed us that we would need to collect vouchers; however we didn’t think too much about that at the time. At reception we collected our breakfast vouchers which turned out to be Mc Donald vouchers for a free coffee and muffin!!! Continental breakfast my foot! I guess we will be frequenting the neighbouring Mc D’s. Liisa nipped in to collect breakfast, orange juice and fruit and fibre muffin, then we made a swift departure and drove to the nearest camera shop 30 minutes away so Gail could buy a new camera lens cover! As Liisa hopped out the car, her ... read more

Hey Everyone, Well so much for me trying to do this regularly and keep it up to date and all. But seeing as i'm staying here for a bit longer now i figure i'll start now and make more of an effort to do it. So first to catch up on the last 4 months. Getting Here So everything was pretty uneventful on our flight from Brisbane to Sydney, and after being in Sydney for around an hour or so we were off to LA. We managed to get emergency exit seating thank the lord, with Matt and Toby both being 6'4" they were pretty happy. We arrived in the US and after getting though customs, which involved me leaving every jumper I owned on the plane and Matt and Toby nearly getting arrested by a ... read more

I have in my travels come to appreciate the wide and varied world of Tim Horton's doughnut menu. I have decided the chocolate glazed is my favourite - its like cake and doughnut combined into a wonderful disc of happiness! I am still on the search for a bear-claw but doesnt seem to be as common as I expected... still there is plenty of time and plenty of tim hortons across this great country! UBC & Kitsilano Beach Did a massive walk along the waterfront from the University of British Columbia (UBC) all the way along the 'beaches' back to Granville street. I think in total it took about four hours. I didnt start out to do it all by foot but kind of lost my way off the main road and couldnt find a bus ... read more

Vancouver is a beautiful city! Sprawling, clean and surrounded by snow covered mountains - so different from home! Its took me a little while in the first few days to get used to being on my own and that I am here for a while - it still feels like I am on holiday and will be back home in a couple of weeks. I booked into the H.I when I first got to Van. It was a nice hostel and they put on free breakfast every morning but it was much quieter on the social side of things so later on I moved to the Samesun across the road. At the HI I was sharing with two english girls who were really nice and a crazy bag lady we called Margerie. first doughnut Did Grouse ... read more