Sunday, October 17, 2010

Cycling adventure #1

Leanne was in training for the Victoria half marathon in a few weeks time, so I accompanied her on a 12 km run on Susannah's bike. Being the accident prone person that I am, I had a mishap before I had even got on the bike. I managed to drop the bike while trying to keep up with Leanne running across the 'crosswalk'. Once I'd manage to get myself and the bike up off the ground and out of the way of three lanes of scary looking on coming traffic, we were off to run/ride around the seawall. Sorry Susannah's bike! I hope the bike shop can check you out to make sure you are working okay soon.

The seawall is beautiful. We went as far as Kitsilano Beach, or 'Kits'. There were lots of interesting views, gardens, sculptures and other things to look at, but I managed to stay on the bike and keep up with Leanne for the rest of the run/ride. Cool fun, even in the rain.


Saturday, October 16, 2010

Meet the gorgeous boys

Introducing Leanne's two beautiful black velvet cats.

White Spot...

White Spot

...and Rudi.
Rudi
Both White Spot and Rudi made friends with us after a few days. White Spot slept at the bottom of our bed, and Rudi would wake us up with his scratching and/or crazy running about the apartment in an attempt to get fed, which at 5am or earlier, usually worked!


Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Day one in Vancouver

Me with my sis Leanne in the beautiful city of Vancouver...catching up after a few years apart (too many years!) on a post long haul flight walk around the Vancouver seawall.

Me with my sis Leanne
Leanne with her bro in law, Hamish
Susannah cooked us a lovely welcome to Van BBQ dinner, accompanied by a very nice Gray Monk, BC VQA, Okanagan Valley, Pinot Griggio. Delicious!

Susannah - chef extraordinaire