Today has been another relaxing day. We got up fairly early and skyped with the family! Then set off to explore Stanley park. It's a huge park with very pretty trails throughout and a beautiful walkway along the seawall all the way round it. There are about three beaches there too, and amazing views across the water, and totems there which have interesting stories! We went to Beaver Lake there, but didn't spot any beavers sadly! We also took the car for a dr...

Today has been the best day, weather wise - so beautiful and warm! We walked to Waterfront station to get the skytrain to 22nd Street, then a taxi to the auto sales we bought our car from. We sorted the paperwork and were handed the keys to our lovely Ford Escape! We're very pleased with it - it drives well. We stopped by at a nearby Walmart to buy a satnav to take us home - so we are now equipped for our road trip to Jasper on 28th! We got home around 4pm, qu...

Today has been a chilled out day. The sun was out to greet us but then the rain came - and now the sun is out again! Had quite a slow start to the morning, got to skype with Mum and Clint which was good! Then we headed to Downtown, where we got to see the last batch of people running/walking the 10k Sun Run. It was the 29th annual run today, and the majority of people wore yellow and blue to show their support for Boston. After watching the run for a bit, we had...

We made it! :D Landed in Vancouver at 11:30am (7:30pm UK time). The flight was mostly smooth. Had a bit of a hiccup before we even got to border control this side though, my passport somehow crept its way out of Jacobs bag and got left on the plane! I had a moment of panic, but luckily an air hostess found it and handed it in. (Not such a good start to our adventure, hey!) Nevertheless we got through immigration within an hour which was good and made our way to o...