Up early yesterday and off to the Vancouver Island ferry (Tsawassen to Swarz Bay), which runs through some pretty small passages between some really pretty islands. Victoria feels a lot less American than Vancouver, although the diner we hit for lunch had enormous portions. And a waitress wearing not much. And a menu item called The Mahoney, which the menu described as "Whatever the chef feels like cooking for you" and cost either however much the meal cost or double or nothing depending on the outcome of the coin toss. The chef felt like cooking an enormous, delicious omelette. We lost the toss, despite flipping with the NZ10c piece.
First hockey game on TV was a win for the Vancouver Canucks (yay!) over the evil Chicago Blackhawks (boo!). I'm looking forward to watching my first hockey game on a TV large enough to render the puck visible, as I'm told that helps with figuring out what's going on - last night seemed a lot like a bunch of guys skating around shoulder-charging each other and hitting each other with sticks. Kind of like pro-wrestling on ice, but with a less-coherent plot and less visible undies.
Tomorrow we head north to the Nanaimo-Horseshoe Bay ferry, then it's bike- and van-buying interspersed with hockey games and dog-walking. And driving lessons, which should prove interesting. I'm still looking the wrong way before crossing the road. No incidents yet, but it's early days...
dude - its easy - i just did a week in hawaii on the wrong side of the road
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jeff
haha yeah crossing the road can be quite difficult to start with. I find that the Canadian drivers are super cautious about running you over so they will slow down and stop if you even look like you may be crossing the road sometime in the future.
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