The 15-hour bus ride from Calgary to Vancouver seemed to pass three times as fast as a 5-hour flight ever could. I spent most of that time trying to find an adjective appropriate in describing the colour of the water at the base of the snow-capped mountains in Banff National Park. It was clearly cold, frozen at some points, rushing at others, sometimes so still as to perfectly reflect the leaves from the tree branches above.
Tinffany blue, I decided, and then immediately regretted my choice. Tiffany’s didn’t exactly conjure up images of stunning mountains surrounded by low clouds, snowflakes melting in the blinding sun. But it was Tiffany blue, I thought. Perfectly.
The scenery made the trip somewhat enjoyable, though by the time I had arrived at 9.30pm in Vancouver, British Columbia, I was so tired I couldn’t muster up any excitement of being in a new city. And this could be the city – the house and job and real life city, for a few months at least – so the pressure was on for it to be palatable. A new day would tell.
I woke the next morning to clear blue skies, not-so-cold temperatures and a boundless energy usually reserved for end-of-season sales. And Vancouver was beautiful. I walked from one side of the harbour, across the city, to the other, and window-shopped, explored and sat in the sun admiring the yachts, thinking that instead of a choice of which neighbourhood I did want to live in, I would be hard pressed to find a neighbourhood I didn’t.
Palatable? Definitely. The sister was arriving in two days, joining me for the last leg of my adventure, and I couldn’t wait to have someone to discover the city with. And slightly expand my wardrobe options too, of course.
-Sarah
Sarah
From kea:
Tiffany Blue?? Good Choice.. I congratulate you.. Oh and A Note to The author.. “The Sisiter” Is not the only sister.. haha.. i’m still here, I promise.. i’ll forgive you this time.. hehe
xoxo K
From Brian:
I’ve never been to British Columbia but I hear Vancouver is beautiful! I hope you and your sister have some adventures in your new big city. Enjoy!
From Loren:
Slacking off with the updates???? Perhaps you have found a new obsession??? could it be your plan to take over facebook has cancelled out the need to keep updating your adventures??? or is all we need to know about canada that it rains. ALL. THE. TIME.
xoxoxoxox
From admin:
You aren’t supposed to tell everyone I plan to take over facebook?! It is a stealth mission.
But yes, more updates on their way, just trying to think of a few more descriptive terms for the rain…
xoxo
From Loren:
sorry, i must be pinky and you must be THE BRAIN!!!
CBC sunshine, cat-and-dog weather*, cloud juice, cloudburst, condensation, deluge, drencher, drizzle, fall, flood, flurry, hail, heavy dew, liquid sunshine*, mist, monsoon, pour, pouring, precip*, precipitation, raindrops, rainfall, rainstorm, sheets, shower, showers, sky juice, sleet, spate, spit, sprinkle, sprinkling, stream, sun shower*, torrent, volley*, wet stuff*, window washer* – does that help?????
xoxox 😉
From admin:
Yes. Window washer. Yup, definitely. Thanks hon 🙂
xoxo
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