After a fitful night in the hotel ( cheap parking equals cheap mattress, obviously) we had an uneventful flight to Vancouver, with much excitement from Jon when we flew over Greenland and saw lots of icebergs. We've heard a few horror stories about Air Transat, but so far our experiences have been wholly positive.
It took a while to get through passport control but this meant that our bags were already on the carousel by the time we got there, and picking up the car was very easy once Jon had resisted all the pleas to upgrade, buy extra tyres in case we needed them, etc etc. We have a little Chevrolet Sonic which is brand new and perfect for our needs - even the mountain roads are so well constructed that there's no need whatsoever for any kind of all terrain vehicle here in the summer.
It took us awhile to find our way from the airport to our first B&B, Seaspray Guest House in Tswawassen, very close to the ferry terminal. We were recommended a very nice place to eat by the guesthouse owner, Jenny, but by the time we got there at around 7.30pm we were both aware that it was 3.30 am in the UK and it was a struggle to stay wake long enough to enjoy our meal. We were in bed by 9pm and Jon slept well....!
We spent a very enjoyable breakfast chatting to some other guests, an Israeli couple who were at the end of their trip around BC. He was flying home, and she was meeting their 2 daughters in New York to spend 10 days shopping. Jon found this hard to comprehend, but they were great company and we were sorry we didn't get to spend longer with them. We packed up and left quickly as we wanted to catch the 10.15 ferry across to Vancouver Island.More to follow in the next post.
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