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...

Day 248, 9 March 2013, Kelowna Rockets vs. Kamloops Blazers. GO ROCKETS GO! We rugged up and headed to the ice hockey arena tonight for one of the biggest games of the season - arch-rivals slamming into each other, chasing a small puck with big sticks, sharp blades and lots of protective gear - and doing it all at ferocious speeds on ice. And they really do slam up against the barriers. The most endangered species on the ice are the referees - no protective ...

Day 247, 8 March 2013, Kelowna. After a good day yesterday restifying while James ventured to Vancouver, I thought I was feeling well enough for an outing today. D'oh. Had a nice walk around the waterfront, enjoyed the views, had lunch at Rose's pub (which makes us almost locals!) Went home and collapsed quietly on the sofa and then into bed. Express relapse coming up! We have, however, added something to the "must do" list - taking a flight in an amphibious...

Day 246, 7 March 2012, Today, I James, the other half of Not Being Grownups, ventured into the big wide world and travelled to Vancouver to get a visa for Brazil, all by myself. Very big and brave. Kiwis don't need one so Viv held the fort. (Well, she held the sick bed and the fort.) The day started at 3.30 am, off to the airport, pitch black, no street lights at all, a left hand drive car, in the back blocks of vineyard country, West Kelowna. What the heck cou...

Day 245, 6 March 2013, Big squishy fluffy bed. Medication. Misery. Better than yesterday though. Got up and crawled around filling out forms on line and coming up with paperwork in order to convince the Brazilian embassy in Vancouver to issue James a tourist visa - Iguazu Falls, Brazil, here we come. Fingers crossed anyway. James is off to Vancouver for a day trip tomorrow - updates to follow. (Pictured - Quails Gate Winery, West Kelowna - Lucky we took so m...