Gemmas cousin Kate was there to meet us at the airport with her husband and their 2 daughters Keira and Nia (who is only 2 weeks old). We went to te farmers market for breakfast and then Kate had a family BBQ and all Gems cousins and Grandma's brother in law came which was nice. The island is very nice and picturesque and hopefully the weather will be nice for the next week as they have a perfect sunbathing deck at the house thew next day we went to the waterfr...

13th Arrived in Montreal and got a taxi to the hostel. We were dreading being in a hostel again after the last few weeks but it was surprisingly nice and our 10 bed dorm only had one other person in it and our own bathroom which had a hairdryer etc so that was good. 14th The guy who is in our room didn't get back till about 1am and was up at 6am so it was like having our own room this morning which was good we just chilled out and had a not very nice ...

Arrived at Vancouver Airport and had my hand luggage hauled off the conveyor belt and promptly searched for explosives...which was a bit of a shock, especially when my tampax was thrown across the airport florr amongst other personal belongings that i wasn't expecting to share with Vancouver Airport. Anyway luckily they didnt find any and we went on our way. Watched "The Reader" on the flight and then by the time it was over we had landed and were bein...

Lindsay was waiting to greet us when we got off the plane…it was so nice to see her again after 2 months. We had both been starving in San Fran airport so Gem had bought a pastry and I had a subway sandwich, Then Lindsay announced her Mum was making us Eggs Benedict, so how could we refuse! We got to her house and all sat on the patio and had eggs and fruit salad and some cake. It was delicious! Lindsay took us to the Aquarium as they have a new Beluga Whale...

there is a nice bar across the road called the Barn Owl so we went there for happy hour and also free cheese and biscuits so we had a couple of drinks Its pretty hard being in hostels again after having luxury for so long. We are in a 6 bed dorm with 4 friench people, we have our own area though with bunk beds so it isnt too bad and the rooms have 2 bathrooms so there is plenty for us to share! We got up earlyish and planned our sightseeing for the day. We hav...