Craig and I left Vancouver bright and early to pick up our rental from the Vancouver International. The discovery of "hidden fees" for the hire of their GPS system AND a one-way drop off charge of $300 was not a good start at all. Needless to say, I will be having some words to our travel agent when we get back...
Anyhow, driving on the right hand side of the road was very disconcerting. It's amazing how subconscious the urge to drive on the left hand side is, or how your entire spatial resolution is tied up with driving on a certain side of the road. Everything was flipped backwards so that took some getting used to. There were a few near-misses and some odd looks when Craig forgot himself and drove on the left hand side. Yet it seems Canadians are pretty forgiving of foreign drivers, so long as it's done on a small road and not say, their main highway! Anyhow, we're getting the hang of it.
We arrived at Whistler at around 12pm and found ourselves the most gorgeous little bed and breakfast, called Chalet Louise. It was absolutely gorgeous! The weather was kinda drizzly and I feared we would have to hide indoors but it turns out that we arrived during the International Ski and Snowboard festival. So we went down to Whistler village where there was plenty of music (even an Irish shoe-tapping Celtic band was playing!) while we enjoyed a good feed at the Amsterdam bar. I was all nice and warm in layers upon layers of clothes but it turns out that Craig has some bizarre genes which allowed him to brave the cold without barely any layers. Must be that dutch heritage... meanwhile, my Irish genes were nowhere to be found! Goddamn.
After some fun shopping (I found a cute beanie and Craig got a bargain at Foot Locker's), we went back to Chalet Louise to enjoy the hot tub. Yes folks, they had a hot tub! It was heaven. After a cat nap, we went back into the village for a typical Canadian pub dinner (Craig tried out some Red Trucker's ale) and then we watched "Clash of the Titans" at their local cinema. All in all, it was a very fun day at Whistler!
Anyhow, we're heading this morning to Kamloops. Gonna take it easy as there are reports of an avalanche currently blocking Highway 99. Hopefully it'll be mostly cleared up by the time we get there.
Until then, take care of yourselves.
Lots of love,
Demi & Craig.
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