Day Five- Lazy Day

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Had a super relaxing day today. We set alarms for 9:30am to give ourselves a bit of a sleep-in, but it turns out we were super tired and slept through it. We have plenty of time in Vancouver to explore and have fun, so we figured it was okay to relax a little and catch up on some zzz’s. At 10:45 we woke up and made decisions. Adam decided to sleep some more, and I, worried if I slept too much it would ruin any chance of a normal sleep schedule, decided to go for a walk.

It was -7 outside and snowing but it was so beautiful! I didn’t even mind the cold, everything is just so much prettier in the snow. I went into a few gift shops that were pretty cute and also a bookshop that turned out to specialise in mental health and psychology textbooks. I was reallyyyy tempted to get a few (especially a colouring book where you colour in different areas of the brain) but they were pretty pricey, so I’m thinking about it.

Eventually I found a Tim Hortons, which I have been told is a Canadian staple (you haven’t been to Canada if you didn’t go to Tim Hortons) and got some coffee and doughnuts to take home for Adam. Side note, Canada is so inexpensive! It was $5AUD for a large coffee and two doughnuts. And it really helps having a similar dollar, currently $1CAD equals $1.11AUD, so it’s not hard to figure out how much will be coming out of the bank account. And most places don’t need a tip! So much easier.

I got back to the apartment at 2pm and woke Adam up with the (now very cold- didn’t think about the fact I’d be carrying them through snow) doughnuts. Anddd I gotta say, they were pretty good. Really good. So good that when we finally left for the day after booking some more things for the trip, Adam was super keen to go back. So we went back to Tim Hortons for some hot chocolate and more treats.

After this we felt sick (not surprising) so we went for another long walk. It’s always so nice to just walk and discover things in a new city. We found a big frozen park (where we had a snowball fight- clearly tourists) an international mall (where we had tacos for dinner) and a cinema (where we watched Jojo Rabbit- great film!).

We had no idea we’d walked so far until after the movie when we made the trek back home. We stopped at a Save-On-Foods (which is kind of still expensive, not really convinced that we’re saving much) to get shampoo, conditioner and body wash (these were provided at the previous places we stayed at, I promise we’re not that unhygienic) and I was also craving some fruit, so we got apples.

So there we are, walking down the streets of Vancouver in the snow, eating apples like absolute mad men. I’m sure people thought we were crazy. I thought we were crazy.

Quite a while into the walk when we were almost home, the cold got too much and we were desperate for a hot drink. I’m slightly ashamed to say we ended up back at Tim Hortons. Yep, I went three times in one day. To the SAME one. Just for tea this last time though. As if that makes it any better.

So, there you have it. A very lazy day where all we ate was doughnuts and tacos and all we did was walk and sleep. We were planning on going to the Capilano Suspension Bridge tomorrow but it’ll be about $55 each (AUD!) so we’re going to re-examine the budget in the morning and decide then.

After SUCH an EXHAUSTING day I am 100% ready for a good sleep. Thanks for reading, feel free to leave a comment! Shout out to Steven for your comment on the last blog, I can’t wait to hear what you think of Biscuit Bitch.

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[Melita Johnston]

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Just read your wonderful stories aloud to the Bribie holidayers. The person who actually laughed out loud the LOUDEST was Grandma! I swear hahahahahaha