Okay, so I figured although i’d contacted most of you previously, I should still write a general blog about my first few days experience here.
At first it was a little hard to comprehend everything. The advertising everywhere seems so cheap and cheesy, like what you see on a bad sitcom, but I guess it has to be based on something! As you may have seen from a couple of photos I uploaded earlier in the week, the wildlife here is different to home. I had such a thrill seeing a Squirrel run past me in the park, it must’ve seemed strange to others as to why this guy was photographing a rodent. Screw em though, I like animals, and id never seen one of them before.
I took the SkyTrain into the city today, and just spent my time wandering around. It was quite interesting walking past the Vancouver Canucks hockey stadium. They embrace Ice Hockey like we embrace Footy, so if i’m gonna be spending any prolonged amount of time here, I think i’d better get into the sport. It’s not that I didn’t like it before, I just don’t really know the rules or really have any interest in the game. Now though, I guess i’m a Canucks fan from here on out. The other thing that is very apparent (Which you will understand when you see the photos) is how massive their stadiums actually are. The Hockey and Football stadiums are right next to each other, and I guess it’s to compensate for the larger population. There’s also another place I wanted to check out, it was called ScienceWorld, and i’m gonna head over there tomorrow, before moving to the Hostel on monday. I havent sussed the CC Factory out yet but its on my list of things to do - If its within a reasonable distance from where im staying.
One other thing I learned today was this: In movies, I could never understand how when a person was in the rain, they’d be completely drenched in about 2 minutes. Spending 2 minutes in the rain in Vancouver today, I can understand it rather well. I can almost guarantee it doesnt happen like that at home, but here, even when its only spitting it seems to drench you.
With that said, im going to go dry off, put on a clean pair of clothes, and sit in bed. I finally slept reasonable hours last night, so I hope now my pattern is finally on track.
Hope all is well back in the A-Town,
NikoLai
