First dayz...

Arrived to a crisp temperature and a warm welcome from my sis, complete with dodgy 'must have' donuts and ultra sweet hot chocolate. The drive into town consisted of pretty much one main road Granville St, and it still is my lifeline into town! Nat lives in 11th Ave off Granville and as you'd imagine it's only the equivalent of 10 blocks away (and a bridge) from downtown Vancouver :-)

The way to find your way to the city is to head for the mountains which make an impressive backdrop to the city with a smattering of snow on them still. There are 3 main peaks, Cypress is one of them and you can ski it, only 30mins away.

So first night was out into town, saw Nats office on Water St (very quaint pretty St and probably one of the most touristy ones), then across the road to a bar 'Le Magasin' where there was a young entrepreneurs networking convention on that we had tickets to. With much business card swapping and self promoting going on, Nat and her boss Darryl circulated and swooped like true entrepreneurial professionals and once they'd made some key contacts we left to go for dinner. This was at what Nats coins a 'she she fu fu la la' restaurant, or in other words 'posh'. But it wasn't really, it was very reasonable and I forgot you only need to order an entree to be perfectly over satisfied. Of course, the Canadians 'entree' is in fact a main, if it's good enough for the rest of the world then it's not good enough for these folks. Darryl and I indulged in a Lagavulin to wash down dessert, mmmmm.

Today was a leisurely start, wandered around the shops near Nats place before walking over the bridge and downtown. Took quite a few pics too, however when I got to Nats work she thought the memory card would fit in the over sized slot that I warned her wasn't the right one, and it wasn't... and now it's stuck. Many tweezers, nails, baby screwdrivers etc have been used to try and wriggle this sucker free but to no avail. So off to the shops I go tomorrow to get another :-)

Ate at home tonight, stir-fry alla Natalia, and then off to the indoor climbing wall with Malcolm. Lots of fun, arms feel like lead weights and I'm dragging my knuckles along the floor but hey, it was worth it! Now I'm going to drag my sorry body to bed.

Over and ouwt aye.