Much needed update! DD in Tofino. Take a look and come visit!!

Tofino is a magical place, to escape the rain and grey skies of Vancouver and is much loved by locals. Tofino is the most westerly point in Canada, on Vancouver Island. It's about 5 hours from Vancouver - by ferry and car and is absolutely gorgeous!
Filled with kayaking, sunset gazing and hiking through old-growth rainforests, we had a fantastic weekend.
We stayed at a BnB (view from balcony is above) so compared to our first Canadian weeks of hostels, this was paradise!

Femke's Fantastic Photography

This is Femke - our new friend from Holland and I'm sure you'll agree after seeing these photos, a brilliant photographer. Take a look at these beautiful snapshots of Vancouver in February (all credit to Femke unfortunately!!) http://www.femkecc.blogspot.com















The Canadian Rockies




















Kitsilano 'Beach' - just around the corner from our house!!



































The seawall around Stanley Park - a great place for a stroll or for a rollerblade!!








































Kits Beach - Dan's favourite place to sit and sip a coffee















Giant fir trees - pretty common here





































Stanley Park




















The city through new eyes















Sculptures in the city




































Vancouver's famous steam clock (goes off every 15 minutes and lets off steam - pretty nice when it's -5 degrees!!)

Femke's photos continued

Gastown - a quirky little area of downtown

Vancouver "downtown" with reflection of Hotel Vancouver

Granville Island Public Market - such a great place to buy fresh Canadian salmon, fruit/veges, fudge for Dave, ingredients for home-made museli, the best roasted almonds...mmmm

Vancouver coastal mountains - a view from anywhere in the city

Beautiful city eh? ...

BLUE SKIES HIT VANCOUVER!!!

On January 30th, after months of grey skies and cloud (not to mention 27 days of non-stop rain) blue skis and sunshine hit Vancouver!!! It made the headline news, the entire population was out running at lunchtime and everyone wore a smile on their face. It's amazing what typical Aussie weather will do to people up here - scary really!


How gorgeous is this city WHEN IT'S NOT RAINING?!!!!!!!

So to celebrate, Dan did the very "Vancouverite" thing to do and spent the afternoon rollerblading around the 10km seawall in Stanley Park, just a few minutes out of the city centre.



After a rough start (taking off her rollerblades every 5 minutes to walk down the hills!) it was an amazing day. Can't wait 'til Summer!! Anyone have any annual leave in June?!


Lyons Gate Bridge



Along the seawall in Stanley Park.