Day 254, 15 March 2012, Farewell Kelowna, Hello Vancouver and WHISTLER! The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things. Mainly packing. Thats right, two weeks in one place means the exploding luggages have had more than enough time to spread far and wide, but we got there in the end, zippers zipped, albeit straining. We enjoyed a final feast with our hosts (the Hong Kong Restaurant in West Kelowna... does awesome Chinese food!) We ventured off af...

Day 253, 14 March 2013, Kelowna, B.C. Specifically, on the sofa. We had such a busy day yesterday (see picture - stunning view from our trip to Sparkling Hill). Trouble with busy days and shaking off a bad flu is it's two steps forward and one step back. We learned something interesting today, despite being on the sofa. It occurred to us to wonder what was the capital of Canada.... Not Vancouver... Not Quebec City... actually Ottawa, Ontario. But here's a qu...

Day 251, 12 March 2013, Kelowna, OK. Fine. We sit, stand and lie corrected. We woke up to snow this morning. Hmmm. Climate change I understand (more or less). Summer yesterday, winter today. Go figure. Finally feeling human again! Rumours of my demise have been somewhat overstated (though not by much). We are looking out the windows over the lake and the pine trees are heavy with snow. And it's not just us. We had an email overnight from our dear friends i...

Day 251, 12 March 2013. Urban Distilleries - Kelowna, British Columbia. We discovered our new favourite place in Kelowna completely by accident - we were at the Tree Brewing Co. picking up some local beer and they recommended we check out Urban Distilleries. So we did! We found the distillery and store on Bay Street Kelowna and for the first time ever did a "spirit tasting" session - Spirit Bear Vodka, Lavender infused Gin (wow!) - not to mention rum and whisky...

Day 249, 10 March 2013, Kelowna - The beauty of staying in a house on the shores of a crystalline lake, is doing nothing is a pleasure. So we did. Well I spent the day after the hockey outing convalescing on the lounge looking at the views and napping. James got into the kitchen and spent the afternoon whipping up comfort food - braised steak and onions, chunky rustic mash and mixed vegetables. Corrrrr. So by the time I woke up at 6 pm it was dinner time. G...