exciting, informative, snarky, and very likely fabricated tales of life as an american expat in london

in case you were wondering

by Jen at 4:56 am on 5.02.2008 | 8 Comments
filed under: travelology

so here’s some snippets of what we’ve done so far:

- arrived, checked in, wandered around, had malaysian seafood curry for dinner.

- walked around nearly the entirety of downtown vancouver in the rain, did some shopping, went to canada place and gastown, walked around some more, went to a fancy bar for drinks.

- went for a hike in snowy lynn canyon, went to lonsdale quay for lunch, did some more shopping, had thick juicy diner burgers and beer for dinner.

- went to granville island for saturday brunch, drove around ubc campus, had a long beach stroll, went to a fancy tapas place for dinner and drinks. drank some yummy yummy local wines.

- went for a long brisk walk around the whole circumfrence of stanley park. had yummy coffee while reading the paper. went to the pub to watch the superbowl – ate lots of nachos and drank lots of beer. was very upset with the ending. went to bed early with suspicions of cold coming on.

- went snowshoeing at the mountain for a few hours. played in the snow. drove out to lighthouse park and did some trails. had some more yummy coffe and banana bread. i’m officially sick with a cold, so went for a big steaming spicy bowl of veitnamese noodle pho to try to knock it on the head.

this place kicks ass. it kicks london ass any day of the week.

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  • 1

    Comment by Thomas Foolery

    6.02.2008 @ 02:26 am

    Yeah, well, I wasn’t wondering. Just jealous.

    I already knew Vancouver’s something special, dude. Wish I was there )

    It *does* kick ass. But it kicks ass for *different reasons* than London does.

    Sometimes people as questions like “why would you move here from there?” when I say I’m from Canada. And that’s the answer I give — London’s good, and Canada’s good too; but in completely different ways, that’s all.

    Anyway, very glad (and a little proud) that you seem to love it as much as I do.

    XOXOXO

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    Comment by nikoline

    6.02.2008 @ 13:57 pm

    very nice. i’m adding it to my list!

  • 3

    Comment by k

    8.02.2008 @ 05:42 am

    Sounds like you are having a FAB trip and enjoying all the Vancouver has to offer. Glad you got to Granville island; just loved this spot and lynn canyon. Vancouver is one pretty cool city!

  • 4

    Comment by Diana Banana

    10.02.2008 @ 22:25 pm

    Jees…you just now got your British diploma and already with the smack talk about kicking london ass! Glad you’re loving Vancouver, I’ve heard nothing but good news about that city. Have fun!

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    Comment by Thomas Foolery

    11.02.2008 @ 01:58 am

    Yeah, but what’s with the radio silence now?

    Did you both swear off earthly posessions and run off to Nelson, BC to join a commune?

    You Vancouver people are such hippies. I mean honestly. mrgreen

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    Comment by ErinOrtlund

    12.02.2008 @ 21:52 pm

    I didn’t know you were in Canada! Are you really considering Vancouver as a place to live or are you just imagining?

  • 7

    Comment by jen

    12.02.2008 @ 23:07 pm

    hey y’all – sorry so quiet, but been boarding our asses off for the past 3 days and the b&b doesn’t have internet.

    flying out tomorrow, so full updates soon…

    @eko – yeah we’re totally moving to van, been planning on it for about 3 years now!! )

  • 8

    Comment by ErinOrtlund

    13.02.2008 @ 15:34 pm

    Oh, how exciting! It’s an amazing city. )

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