Day 6: Walmart & Burlesque.

This was my last full day in Vancouver. Ange picked me up & we headed to the Templeton diner for Breakfast.I was pretty stoked as we got to sit at the Elvis table :) we both had the big ass breakfast while I subjected the other customers to the stray cats, coasters & simple minds on the jukebox. He he.
We then headed outta town into the burbs to go to Walmart! Holy cow that place was big!!! I bought a few bits then we headed to Daisio: The Japanese dollar store. I could of spent waaaay more in there than I did.
Homeward bound I went to Earls for dinner, had a pizza, chocolate toffee pudding & rum. (Rude not to at $4). Then Ange picked me up & we headed to The Keefer bar for some Burlesque.
It was much fun, besides the dickhead executives standing up ruining our view! But we still saw enough.
Hotel bound I've had a fight with my suitcase as I bought a few bits... I'm getting the train to Edmonton tonight so I had to pack it all up!!!
Just waiting for Ange & I'll check out. Think we are going to science world to look at Lego.
Its been massive fun, so thanks Vancouver!! :)
Until next time I find some free WiFi.....

Day 5: Capilano Suspension Bridge

Day 5 began with cinnamon sugar crepes with eggs & bacon. I had a wonder around bought some gift crap & a new rucksack as the handle on my bag broke :(
Then Ange got me & we headed to the Capilano suspension bridge.
Holy f*** it was far up! You walk across the bridge first which sways as you walk & I have no idea how far down it was. You then walk around various trails with more little suspension bridges in the trees. Its epically beautiful and I'm sure I would have appreciated it more if I wasn't a) terrified & b) so incredibly unfit.
We made it around the trees so rewarded ourselves with coffee and a Canadian treat that I can't remember the name of. Then we went on the cliff walk. That was fairly scary too. You've probably seen the pictures on Facebook of me not wanting to walk on see thru metal or glass panels....it was fun though!
We had a little trip to Sephora & I treated myself to lipstick & eye-shadow.

Ange's Dad isnt doing too good so she had to stay in, but I headed out to see a band called The Revellers at The Revel Room in Gas town.
I walked cuz it didn't look that far. It was quite a walk!!! Anyhoo I sat at the bar & ate tacos & drank beer whilst watching the band.
The bar staff were so efficient & hot. You'd barely finished a drink before another was waiting. Awesome service. I met an old dude called Gordon & a 42 yr old restaurant owner called Can who bought me a shot of Whiskey. He was cool, but married & kept me entertained. It was a fun evening. I'm glad I braved it. I got a cab home, got snacks & watched Boy Meets World before I fell asleep.
Good times :)

Day4: America

Day 4 began with a trip to Denny's. Damn this place is awesome. The lady who served us was so damn nice! I've never had my coffee refilled so much. I had sticky bun French toast with eggs, bacon & grits. I had no idea what grits were so figured I'd try them. Yeah, I wouldn't bother. They are kinda like semolina meets mushy rice with no flavour. Grim. However the French toast was divine.

From Denny's we headed to the border where you have to wait in line in your car, we got to the hut & had to go into border control as I'm British. We waited an hour to get checked through & then the guy thought it was crazy funny that we were pen pals. At least he cracked a smile. So we headed to Bells fair mall.

The mall was kinda big. We went through Target and the plus size sucked, so went to Lane  Bryant & got me some underwear. Then I got a little over excited in Hot Topic buying some rad skull slip ons, a 16 candles bag, earrings & 3 bottles of manic panic hair dye!!!
We stopped for lunch at the food court & it seemed only right that I got food from Panda Express! It was pretty good actually.
Forever 21 was next, but again the plus size stuff wasn't awesome. Finally onto Torrid where they had loads of buy one get one half price deals & buy one, get one for $5 deals. I ended up with a rad dress Angela found, a skulls & roses shirt, black trousers and a leopard print Cardigan. Good shopping!!!

Homeward bound, I then found a liquors store, bought some cider & a burrito & settled in to watch agents of SHEILD. I did not see that coming! Eek!
Anyhoo another fun day was had.
We're off to the suspension bridge today so if you don't hear from me again, I'm probably stuck midway!!!!

Day 3 Aquarium vs Ice Hockey

Day 3 began in a quest for food, so I wandered around off Robson street and found a Tim Horton's. I'd heard great things so figured I'd check it out. I don't know what all the fuss was about. It was just
Like McDonalds except the donuts....

After thge not so tasty food i headed back to the hotel where a

Ang & John came & got me. We drove to the Aquarium. Now yes, I live on an Island but we really don't have much sealife! This Aquarium was soo cool!!!!

We saw loads of Jellyfish which were rad. I found Nemo & Dory too and we eventually found the octopuss. It was hiding!

We watched the 4D show which was actually a BBC film- what are the odds!!! Then the dolphin show which was amazing! We saw the otters & the Belugia show. We sat in the splash zone & thought we couldn't get that wet...ha ha we got pretty drenched by the beautiful belugia... It was massive fun though.

John & Atticus came & got us & we headed through the park to Granville Island. Wow, this place is so cool. Its got all these cute markets & I had the best Mocha with Almond milk.

I also got possibly the best thing in the world. A collectors edition Elvis Pez set!!!!

Then came the Ice Hockey.

Man- this hockey game outs the raiders to shame! The stadium is so big & lit up and just incredible!! Shame the canucks sucked. The Ducks beat them 3-0. We were sat next to a really funny Finnish/Canadian guy. It was his kids first game so he was waving the flag & ended up getting our faces on TV!!! 

It was a great experience & Im so glad i went!

It was such a fun day. We're hopping the border for day 3 for some shopping!!!  

Sorry about the lack of photos, the app won't let me upload them :(.

Food scavenger hunt

SoSo Day 2 involved me getting up at about  think the Jet Lag is evening itself out now! So after writing my blog I headed to Starbucks and had coffee and a cookie

I wrote in my journal and then went for a wander down Robson Street. Nothing was open at 8am so i figured id check out Victorias secrets & forever 21 later. I headed back to the hotel & Angela kiked me asking if i wanted to go for Coffee. Of course! So we headed, well i have no idea where, it was probably main street of some sort! Anyways we went to this neat coffee house that sells epic donuts. We shared 2 donuts : Apple maple glazed bacon (yes, bacon in a donut!!!) And a PB &J one. Now im a fan of bacon and it was good, until the PB&J touched my lips. Damn it was good!!!

We then to Michaels which is a hugfe craft store here, kinda like Hobbycraft but cheaper & better. I got some rad flowers to play with as well as sone leopard print duck tape!!!! Then we headed to Assembly of text which was a cool shop with vintage typewriters & lots of lovely notebooks & things. I got some fairly awesome postcards as well as a badge with a mountie on! We headed to JJBeans for some more coffee- i had an almond milk espresso macchiato & Angela had a London fog.

From there we went & picked up John & Atticus to head to xoxolat (sho-sho-lat) where the food scavenger hunt began. We were joined by Johns brother Ben. We had a taster of the blue chip & lime dark chocolate which was cool. Then jumped in the car & went to a wine shop Where we tasted spme red & white wine. Next we headed to a cute jazz resturant where we sampled some tuna cone thinf & some beer. From there we headed to the seafront where we had pancakes bacon, cheese & maple syrup with some pink lemonade. We also had ice cream, pizza & beer, macrons & tea in the following places. We headed back to xoxolat with our task lists but she said because i hadnt uploaded the pictures to instagram we were disqualifed. I pointed out how much it would cost me to do so but she wasnt interested. Mean lady!

So we headed back to the car where Atticus gave me a bar of chocolate. What a cutie!!

They dropped me back to the hotel, so i went for a wander to forever21, but they had no plus size in store. Victorias secret was tge same stopping at a 38 back, so i was massively unimpressed by those stores. 

I was still full from all the treats so i ended up getting some crisps from London drugs.

And that my friends was day 2.

Sorry about the lack of photos but im having uploading issues

Day 1- I'm here.

My day began at 4am with my mom kindly calling me with a wake up call, it scared the crap outta me as the severed limb were suddenly playing really loudly in my hotel room.
So I got up & ready & out & caught a bus to terminal 4 the bus driver last was really sweet so that was nice. Terminal 4 was a little chaotic but a female employee did a stellar job of reworking the queue. I got through bag check & security (I got scanned!) So went in search of food!
I had a lovely Lebanese breakfast consisting of toast, avocados, feta, black olives & humous with a pot of rose mint tea (delicious) plus a maccedo (poor coffee spelling-sorry) and some baklava.

First flight to Amsterdam was so short, got fed a cheese sandwich & spoke to a student about films & theme parks. Off in Amsterdam airport for a wander around then off to departures for the Vancouver flight. The flight was full, so my ass was crammed in a seat. I swear KLM are feeders. I have never eaten so much in a flight in my life. It started out with a drink: orange juice. Then another drink: black coffee & almonds. Then lunch: chicken, green beans & wedges, salad, cheese & biscuits, cheesecake, water & wine.
A little break then ice cream or chips & by chips I mean pretzels. At this point I was wondering if I'd ever get out of the seat. Then about 2 hours from our destination more food! Pizza slice, pasta salad, fruit salad & mini waffle biscuits with more juice & water.
That is a lot of food even by my standards.

Finally after watching 3 movies ( The Way Way Back, The Butler & Twenty feet from being famous) plus a little knap I arrived in Vancouver airport.

I got the sour faced customs dude who didn't crack a smile the whole time as he quizzed me on why I was coming & who I was meeting. Thankfully he believed I was meeting my penpals from interpals.net.
So I went to the info desk to find how to get the sky train downtown as Angela said they couldn't get me as they were having a surprise birthday dinner for John. So as I'm asking the guy for a map I look up and see Angela waving at me!!!
That little trickster ;) how cute!!! So I met her family: John her husband & Atticus her cake living kid! We drove through town & the even drove me to the rainbow crossing which was cool- John came out in the rain & took my picture for me! (It should be attached but I'm using the blogger app on my tablet so not sure how that will pan out)

We dropped my stuff off at the hotel, OK sized room for the money, then back to theirs as they needed to get changed before dinner & the symphony.
We went to dinner at The Legen (wait for it) dary wight spot where I popped my Poutine cherry with bacon on it as well!! I met Johns mom who was a lovely lady & actually heard a guy say 'Aye' awesome!!! Ha ha.

They dropped me off at the hotel so I went I'm search of drugs (I'm a snot fest) and make up apparently. I fell asleep at around half 9 & have woken at 6! So as I'm sat in my jimjams writing this I think I'll go get some Starbucks (no kettle in the room) and get ready for the food scavenger hunt. I'm sensing a theme here....

So kids, until next time!

3 days

Holy f**kcakes Batman, I'm only going to Canada in 3 days!!!!
Where has the time gone?! I am one very excited gal to be flying to meet my pals. Everyone is being lovely & wishing me a  great time away, so thanks all of you for that. I fully intend to have the best time ever.

I have to take a picture of bears & Mounties apparently. I'm not sure if I'll find any, but I'll try my darndest.

Apologies in advance if I suddenly become very British whilst in Canada. I'm more talking the accent than missing the UK, I'm already covering everything in maple syrup....

So. I'll keep you posted of my escapades. Watch this space.