McDonalds Reunited in Canada For Christmas!

What a week this has been! My mum and dad came over from Bradford and brother from Saskatoon for Christmas. I’ve just had to say another emotional goodbye, but we’ve had such an amazing week in Whistler and few days in Vancouver!

So my mum and dad flew over on Friday, after a hectic day at work I met them at their nice little apartment in Whistler village (courtesy of airbnb – highly recommended!). Straight to the pub for a beer we went, in true McDonald / Whistler fashion!

Luckily we ha a bit of snow the night before they came so Whistler was all pretty and snowy again! I had quite a few shifts at work, so tried to fit showing them around and doing touristy things between that. We went to lost lake and Alta lake which looked very different to how they did a few months ago, with all the snow on top of the now frozen water. Cue pictures…

Hello Canada!

We’ve now been in Canada for 5 days… I’m already rubbish with keeping up with this blog but it’s been a mad few days and Vancouver is amazing!

Vancouver is the nicest city I’ve ever visited (in my small life to date but it will be hard to beat!). It’s got everything in one place: skyscrapers, shopping markets, sea, beach, mountains. So far we:

– Went on a bike ride around Stanley park (not just a park, see pictures!)
– Went to the Capilano suspension bridge
– Done all the grown up things like opening a bank account, get our national insurance numbers and got a Canadian number
– Bought all my snowboard gear
– Drank lots of beer
– Spent Halloween in Vancouver. It is mad here bigger than New Years.
-Tried Poutine (chips, gravy, cheese curd – a strange Canadian thing)