Travelling supper

Last night we went to a "travelling supper", which back home is probably better known as a "progressive dinner"! "Supper" is what they call the night meal here... we call it "tea"... but here that would imply "tea and biscuits"... which they call a "coffee break"... and we call "smoko" or "morning/ afternoon tea"... are you keeping up??!!

The travelling supper was a three course meal, starting at 6:30pm, with each course at a different house. It was a very fun night - and delicious! Appetizers were at Tyson and Nicole's house (cheese, salami and crackers, kiwifruit and dragonfruit, mini quiches, bacon-wrapped scallops, and more), the main course was at Stuart and Rosanne's house (a bean salad, mixed baked veggies, baby roast potatoes, chicken skewers, and more), and dessert was at Andrew's house (a birthday dessert made for - and by - Myla!).

The photo below is of the main course in Stuart and Rosanne's apartment.
Clockwise from front: Andrew, Rosanne, Jolana, Peter, Hod, Tyson, Nicole, Myla, Shonna, Janelle, Stuart, Ben.
Missing from photo: Angharad (may be behind Stuart and Janelle?), me!


Today (Saturday), Ben and I went to the Outdoor Adventure Show at BC Place in downtown Vancouver. This was a travel expo with stands advertising various tour companies, Canadian towns/regions, mountain resorts, whitewater rafting/ kayaking/ hiking/ snowsports and other adventure providers, as well as health food, workout machines, clothing, equipment etc. There were also at least two stalls selling Aussie products - hats, oilskins, leather restorer etc - and even Intrepid Travel was there!

Anyway, it was a good opportunity to gather some inspiration and ideas for making the most of our time in Canada! We entered heaps of competitions so we'll let you know if we win any free trips to the Bahamas/ Vietnam/ Peru, skirmish for 10 people, etc!!! Also got some great freebies and lots of brochures (which I enjoy collecting and dreaming over!).

After a couple of hours at the expo, we drove through Stanley Park, a 1000 acre park in Vancouver, with lovely water and mountain views that we definitely intend to return to and appreciate in more depth (and on foot)!


This afternoon Ben went snowboarding at Cypress Mountain for a few hours with Stuart (wearing a green shirt in the travelling supper photo) - he enjoyed it! :)

And that's all our news for now... Goodnight!

PS. Happy birthday Mum!!!