Bon Voyage!

It is certain that blogger hates me, just this blog though because Mayoress seems fine. Again, I can't upload any pics but I'll give it another go after lunch.

Our Van time is coming to an end which is a bit sad. A part of me wishes we spent less time at the snow and more time in Vancouver, which is a massive statement if you know how much the snow means to me.

The time we've spent here has been fantastic and quite unexpected. This is the kind of growth that you're meant to get on your gap year, when you're 18, traveling, experiencing new stuff and making changes in your life. I think I speak for all of us when I say that seeing our friends here being so successful and working so hard has been an inspiration. We're all coming back to Melbs a little changed for the better, we're going to work a bit harder - 2008 is going to be a big year.

I'm going to miss Van heaps - the homeless guy out the front that asks if we have mail and lets us know he's looking out for it (people think we are living in the building now...if only), the guy at the coffee shop that pretends he's going to steal my coffee, seeing the mountains towering over downtown, crackies singing to us on the street (it's not like the angry icies at home), Gastown, the corner of 12th and Granville, sweltering 9 degree weather, CHEAP cab rides - cabbies that know where they're going and will be delighted to pick you up even if it's a tiny fare, snowfalls in the city, Environmentally aware people - they recycle like mad here, Gas town, Boneta, Chambar and especially our old and new friends that we're leaving behind. Most importantly, Sopho, Josh, Anna - thanks for having us,  putting us up and putting up with us. Brand, Nico, Rhek and the Boneta crew, we'll all be taking a little piece of all of you back home.

I won't miss - OK coffee and the dark side of the city that was so desperate to have the 2010 Winter Olympics and are busting to put up new condo's and all sorts of other infrastructure but refuse to house the 11,ooo homeless, most of which sleep outside in downtown Van.

We'll see you guys soon...anyone heading to the Dunk launch at Provider on Tuesday? Gimmie a call, I'll let you know if the jet lag allows us to head out.

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