Bendy Buses, Waffle chips, walkingwalkingwalking...

Wow, I've done a post a day. I'm quite impressed, I must say. But no promises this consistency will keep up once I start work.. ;P
Today was tourist day. We literally walked kilometres - I swear. I will add a map of Downtown Vancouver which is the area we are staying so you can see for yourself. We live at 1018 Granville St and [after starting off at Starbucks] we walked this morning over the Granville Bridge to 4th and Burrard [for some snow board gear shopping] then back up the Granville Bridge to Gastown [for a Peruvian themed lunch, souvenir shops and a ride up the glass elevator to the Vancouver Tower Lookout where we got to see cool views of the city] then along the Waterfront and into Stanley Island. [That is where my camera decided it didn't want to extend the lens out - I actually didn't know that the cold effects the working capabilities of a camera..] But!! We saw squirrels in the park! I was so super excited. There were two black ones and a few grey ones and they were super tame and let us get quite close. Of course and sadly, I have no photos to show you. We then headed to the Aquarium but they were closing as we arrived so we headed all the way back to Samesun. We left there at just past 10 and returned at 5, so we were pretty tired. But we still headed out at 7:30 to the Irish pub just around the corner for dinner with one of our girls friends who now lives in Vancouver. It was cool getting to met him and hear a bit more about Vancouver and Canada. We didn't get back to our hostel until 10:30 even though it is literally not even 100 metres from the pub.
I know that I have mentioned that we have eaten at pubs for every meal - so let me just clear up for you that we haven't been drink every night and getting drunk. They actually serve water with your meal so that is what we've been doing most of the time. It's cheaper and healthier and also - pub food is really yummy. So in case you were wondering; No, I am not turning into an alcoholic. Just thought I'd explain it.
There is a joke between us three girls and Matt [we adopted him today-he is also going to Sunshine] that I live under a rock because I had never seen a bendy bus until we came to Vancouver. Apparently the girls went on them as kids for school trips, but they are both from Auckland so I'm hoping that they are just up there.. Matt is from Dunedin, and he had never seen them either until he arrived. So each new thing I learn we put down to me living under a rock. Like me never having heard of waffle chips. I swear I have been reminded that I lived under a rock every day we've been here. But that's totally cool - it's been an awesome experience so far!
Cars here just come up on the side of the pavement and park. It's the oddest thing. And it's still weird looking at the moving cars and seeing only a passenger with no one in the drivers side seat..I still double take sometimes.
Well. I had better sign off now as it'll probably be midnight by the time I get to bed.

xxx