Day 286, 16 April 2013, Vancouver, B.C. Skytrain/Bus to Steveston Fishing Village, Davie Village - Indian buffet, Stanley Park and spring flowers. We had such huge fun with the travel pass yesterday that we bought another one for each of us and decided to take the Skytrain all the way to the end of the Canada line - a place called Richmond-Brighouse. Known for Asian food. Obviously going to have multitudes of sushi shops. We had just been discussing the hones...

Day 285, 15 April 2013, Vancouver, B.C. Skytrain to Yaletown, Davie Village, Robson Street Mall, Passport collection (legal again!), Lunch on the waterfront, Waterbus to Lonsdale Quay - shopping and tastings and the bus through Highland (North Vancouver), magnolias and cherry blossom everywhere. The best deal you can get in any city is quite often an all inclusive travel pass for single or multiple days. In Vancouver, where a single bus ride can cost $2.75 - $...

Day 284, 14 April 2013, Vancouver, B.C. Had a very slow start indeed today. Didn't get much sleep in the worst room in the hotel - right next to a fire door being opened and slammed all night and with a bunch of drunk blokes in the room next door getting back at 3 am and crashing about like a herd of elephants. If ever there was a case for justifiable homicide... Having put the fear of God into the Duty Manager when we dragged ourselves down at 8 am for break...

Day 283, 13 April 2013, Whistler, B.C. - to Vancouver - via the Sea to Sky Highway - wow! We did indeed wake up to a magical kingdom this morning - must have been a huge dump of fresh snow on the mountains - easily 2 inches at our place in the village. Glorious blue sky, sunshine, glittery air and crunchy underfoot. A beautiful day to be alive. A terrible day to leave Whistler-Blackcomb. A bit like swimming against a strong tide - everyone with any sense was ...

Day 282, 12 April 2013, Whistler, B.C. Packing Day. Cleaning Day. Did I mention it was Packing Day? We've been playing house for a month and the bags were well and truly unpacked during that time. We had thought about getting in a morning's skiing today... but lucky we didn't as the packing up and cleaning up took most of the day. By late afternoon, the laundry was finally finished and we were settled in watching a murder mystery and gazing at the snow that h...