Whoever made the statement that snowboard boots are more comfortable than ski boots is just a little bit wrong....they are NOT!! My third toe on each foot was numb after four hours of wearing the things and to make matters worse the cramp running up my right calf felt like little elves were hammering nails into my leg...pain!! My day of snowboarding started out on the magic carpet (the little escalator that takes you about 30metres up a little hill and then you ...

Seeing as I haven't written in absolute ages I thought I had better update you all on my travels and what has happened since my last blog. Leaving Seattle on the 12th of October I arrived in Vancouver via a (very smelly) Greyhound bus. Sitting near the back and having the toilet door opened often near me accompanied by the 'slosh-slosh' of the septic tank was not a pleasant experience at all. Needless to say there were many many holdings of breath that took place...

Halloween....Had such a fun day yesterday - Started out by going to gym at lunch time to do a class called 'monster step' - was really fun - 4 instructors took the class together and they all dressed up and played scary music. It was a good way to get into the spirit of things. In the afternoon we walked down to Davie Street to buy some glow sticks and rum for our strawberry daquiris - we walked past a daycare centre and all the kids were dressed up...so cute! Wa...

24th OctoberWe had our fingers crossed to check into staff housing earlier than planned due to the fact that we wanted to be together and be somewhere nice. We headed to the greyhound station and just before buying tickets Ben phoned HOUSE in Whistler and they said it wasn't possible so i decided to give it another try and phoned again and they said it would be okay if we got there before five. We bought our tickets and jumped on the 1pm Greyhound with 10minutes ...

Vancouver is beautiful - the streets are lined with trees and there is water in every direction. Our first two days consisted of bright, welcome sunshine but it has been raining non-stop since then. Vancouver decided it would be nice and ease us into the cold weather! Our apartment is really cute consisting of a kitchen, lounge, little dining room, bathroom and bedroom. I was originally in the bedroom but have now moved out onto the sofabed in the lounge as I was...