Well it's been 5 months - 155 days to be precise. I've been to England, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Sweden, Norway, Scotland, the USA, & Canada…16 countries all up. And 31 cities: London, Paris, Blois, Bruges, Brussels, Barcelona, Nice, Cinque Terre, Rome, Sienna, Positano, Chamonix, Interlaken, Munich, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Split, Dubrovnik, Stockholm, Oslo, Milan, Padracus-B...

My last full day in Vancouver was pretty much as good as a day in Vancouver gets…I went down to Main St in the morning to have a cup of tea & check my emails, the people at the Main St Starbucks now know my order off by heart so I'm practically a local :P Then I went down town to meet Briony for a ride around Stanley Park. We hired super cool blue "cruiser" bikes (one-speed, back pedal breaking, seriously basic) from the Ezee Riders store on Robson & ...

OK…so I think I might definitely be cursed. As I previously noted, shortly after leaving Oslo it was bombed, then right after I left London the riots began. NOW it's been a little over a week since I left NYC & there's a hurricane!!! Are you guys really sure you want me to come home?? I seem to be kinda a danger to any city I pass through at the moment…Heed this warning: Do not go to Vancouver any time in the next month! :P (Seriously, who knows what co...

Friday morning I took a walk out to Lost Lake, which is a couple of Kms out of Whistler village. I passed a guy who said he'd seen a bear a little further along the path so I hurried along, keeping my eyes peeled, hoping to spot one, but no luck! Still it was a lovely morning for a walk around Lost Lake, so called because, despite it being relatively close to the village, you feel like you're right out in the middle of nowhere. Jess managed to get back from ...

Thursday morning I wandered through the village again & spent a good hour or so reading in the sun down by the Olympic Plaza. There's a sort of park area with a playground for kids & a grassy amphitheatre around which they've set up dozens of big, comfy, reclining wooden chairs. It's a popular place for people to sit & read the morning papers, so I was lucky to snag a free chair. Then for lunch I made good use of the value for money at the Old Spagh...