Does everybody remember the other day when I complained about it being -2? Well put your hands up, let me hear you say -30! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!! That would be because your teeth are chattering too hard... It's actually not that bad. In theory it sound horrendous but it's kind of comparable to standing in the maccas freezer pulling out the food for open. Except I'm wearing thermals and a down jacket as opposed to a khaki coloured shirt with a navy vest. i.e. it's va...

The bluest skies you'll ever see are in Seattle... No rain at all today! No clouds even- very, very lucky for this time of the year. I think the maximum temperature for tomorrow is about -2 or something ridiculous. Today it was about 6 degrees I think, which sounds freezing but it was actually really nice. I didn't end up going to the dead bodies anatomy display thing, because I figure I see enough of them without having to pay $20 to do it, so I went up the spa...

Snow was witnessed for the first time yesterday! I somehow managed to haul my body out of bed at 6am, totally missing the free hostel breakfast because I was that early (bummer) and get down to the sea bus by 7. The sea bus, which is a type of ferry carted me and 400 other freezing Vancouverites to North Van, where I proceeded to board the #236 bus (I'm like a local with the transport there, it's amazing) up to Grouse Mountain. The gondola from the base of Grous...

Hey Australia, do you miss me yet? So I've been in Vancouver for about 24 hours now and I think I'm already in love. It's a toasty 3 degrees outside, but it doesn't feel cold at all because it's very still and cloudless. Apparently I've been very lucky with the weather, it's supposed to be raining all the time! Lucky I brought an umbrella.. If you'd like to imagine me sprinting like a fiend through Sydney's international terminal a couple of days ago, that's ho...