So I am sitting in my sister's apartment looking out over what should be considered gray and dismal since the rain is actually coming down fairly well.....but since she lives in the West End of Vancouver, nothing is really EVER dismal! I cannot believe how much the skyline of Vancouver has changed in the last 11 years. Even more disturbing was when I realised it had actually been 11 years since I'd last visited!!!
We've been doing a lot of things....walking a lot! So funny the first day walking....my sister and I were joking about 'Rupert leg'. Something you get when you grow up in Terrace and go to Prince Rupert for the day. The entire city is built on a hill so you get to feel muscles you forgot you owned! Same thing in Vancouver after Winnipeg let me tell you!
There is a lot to see in Vancouver for little or no money. Just showing Samuel Vancouver has been great. Patricia, my sister, took us out on Saturday and drove us around the city so Samuel could see where we lived when we moved here in 1968 (Jericho Beach) then up to Spanish Banks and UBC then along SW Marine Drive. All the nice houses between Granville and Oak....including Angus Drive. Cha ching!
On Tuesday we skytrained it out to the Lougheed Mall and my girlfriend Carolyn picked us up and we spent the afternoon with her and her beautiful daughter Courtney. Yesterday we went to meet my friend Maria for lunch and then walked around the Granville & Broadway area where I used to live. Wow.....things they are a changing!
Tonight is going to be wonderful. Another good friend (I am SO blessed with friends!) Gail is hosting a casual dinner in her home for us and some girlfriends from school back in Terrace, which will include Carolyn & Maria and a few others. I don't think Carolyn has seen anyone since she left Terrace in early 1977.
Anyway, that said I should go and get my butt in gear to do the things I need to do before we leave.
Oh....but quickly, if you ever want to talk about a vestibular injury nightmare it's the SkyTrain. OMG......I think I was actually green by the time I got off! Then once you are off it is either stairs or escalator.....both of which send the vestibular thing totally off the rails! Eeek! BUT, I figure that it is good to do those things because I'm not seeing my vestibular physiotherapist while I'm on vacation.....Yay!
Now the raining is absolutely PELTING down and I'm hearing thunder.........I'm sure there's lightning but it's too gray to see it! lol
Have a great day everyone!
Barb
We've been doing a lot of things....walking a lot! So funny the first day walking....my sister and I were joking about 'Rupert leg'. Something you get when you grow up in Terrace and go to Prince Rupert for the day. The entire city is built on a hill so you get to feel muscles you forgot you owned! Same thing in Vancouver after Winnipeg let me tell you!
There is a lot to see in Vancouver for little or no money. Just showing Samuel Vancouver has been great. Patricia, my sister, took us out on Saturday and drove us around the city so Samuel could see where we lived when we moved here in 1968 (Jericho Beach) then up to Spanish Banks and UBC then along SW Marine Drive. All the nice houses between Granville and Oak....including Angus Drive. Cha ching!
On Tuesday we skytrained it out to the Lougheed Mall and my girlfriend Carolyn picked us up and we spent the afternoon with her and her beautiful daughter Courtney. Yesterday we went to meet my friend Maria for lunch and then walked around the Granville & Broadway area where I used to live. Wow.....things they are a changing!
Tonight is going to be wonderful. Another good friend (I am SO blessed with friends!) Gail is hosting a casual dinner in her home for us and some girlfriends from school back in Terrace, which will include Carolyn & Maria and a few others. I don't think Carolyn has seen anyone since she left Terrace in early 1977.
Anyway, that said I should go and get my butt in gear to do the things I need to do before we leave.
Oh....but quickly, if you ever want to talk about a vestibular injury nightmare it's the SkyTrain. OMG......I think I was actually green by the time I got off! Then once you are off it is either stairs or escalator.....both of which send the vestibular thing totally off the rails! Eeek! BUT, I figure that it is good to do those things because I'm not seeing my vestibular physiotherapist while I'm on vacation.....Yay!
Now the raining is absolutely PELTING down and I'm hearing thunder.........I'm sure there's lightning but it's too gray to see it! lol
Have a great day everyone!
Barb
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