It feels good to be back in Canada and heading home, with a better appreciation for all that we have in this country. Albeit wishing that it came with warmer climes! The jet-lag has been far worse than expected, and personally I've learned that I didn't really know what it meant before. Adjusting to a few hours gained or lost is much different than having to repeat the same day twice with little sleep! The Fairmont airport hotel was great - we had a good (and...

We've had a couple meals and a quick nap here at the Vancouver airport and are ready to board for the long haul flight to Tokyo. We're feeling the 2hr time change to Vancouver; I can't imagine what we're going to feel like after a 10 1/2 hr flight West to end up 17 hrs AHEAD of Vancouver time!!

Happy Valentine's Day!! We're down to the last couple of days of work, Friday is set aside for last-minute errands and packing and then we're off first thing Saturday morning! I'm happy to say that the dogs (including little Tulie) are so happy to have Mumsy here that I doubt they'll even care that we're away. They couldn't be in better hands than those of our own animal-whisperer Mom. For anyone not familiar, the pic posted here is of a long tail boat, whi...