Afloat Again
Well here we are, back on board our home. Ty Dewi arrived, safe and sound on Tuesday afternoon. We were even there to see the ship pull into the harbour, having driven down to Nanaimo that afternoon. Unloading wasn't till the morning, so we went and stayed in the now famous Painted Turtle guesthouse, and […]
Place we like….
So having done some touring, we had been planning on continuing to explore by boat and see what other coastal communities are like. And we will still do some of that, but we think we’ve found the place we’d like to live. It’s a small village called Cumberland just outside Courtenay in the Comox Valley. […]
Places we’ve been…. (2)
Comox is a coastal town about halfway between Nanaimo and Campbell River. It is almost joined to another, slightly larger town called Courtenay, which is a touch closer to the main highway. Comox downtown is very pretty, it is neat, tidy, clean and full of nice little stores. It is clear that this is a […]
Places we’ve been….(1)
As you may recall, part of the point of this week ashore has been to get in the rental car and go look at places we might think about settling down, as well as just getting a feel for this part of the island. So here are a few photos and thoughts about where we’ve […]
Issieism
Issie is using her new wristwatch to learn to tell the time. It’s working pretty well. Down on the beach in the morning, I say it’s time to go back as Mummy will have got everything ready to go out. ‘No Daddy, Mummy said we had to come back at 10:15’ ‘Well, what time is […]
Maxism
Max is learning to read and is at that point where he reads signs to us, sometimes right, sometimes not so. We are driving around the island and he is looking out of the window. ‘Why are there so many signs saying ‘don’t marry’? We are puzzled, we haven’t seen anything exhorting us to avoid […]
Small world
Sometimes the strangest coincidences bring us together. Yesterday we were in Nanaimo to look around. We also wanted to find a hotel for the night before Ty Dewi turns up, because we have to be there at oh-early o’clock in the morning. I was going to look into the standard cheap-o lodges on the edge […]
Instant eh!
Thus proving that someone in the Canadian Immigration Service has a sense of humour, this advert made me laugh. You have to know that Canadians are often teased for adding ‘eh?’ to the end of every sentence.
Calgary
In Calgary we stay with friends we made in the Caribbean, last seen on Statia and Saba where we hiked mountains and ate chinese food. Back in Canada they have a beautiful home filled with lovely art and, more importantly for some, a den with games and big screen tv. We relax and feel very […]
Edmonton travels
Up in Edmonton we spent time with our dear friend Ian, and stayed with friends just outside town. We played in the local playground, and took a trip up to Elk Island Provincial Park where the bison roam free and spring was trying ever so hard to spring. The kids couldn’t believe their luck that […]