Feeling a little patriotic… or just needing an excuse to head out to the pub for a drink, Tash and I decided to go to a local Aussie pub called “Mooses Downunder” to celebrate Australia Day. Even though we were 15 hours or so behind the actual day, the 200+ Aussies that gathered at the pub were definitely [...]
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On Christmas day we drove up to Billabong Lodge to join the Tavakoli family (my brother in law’s family). They have a log cabin in Hope which is about 2 hour drive from Vancouver. It was a little hard to get up early in the morning after the dinner (that involved a bit of boozing) [...]
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So much for worrying about being lonely this Christmas as both of our families are in Australia and probably were having a shrimp on the barbie with nice cold aussie beers…
Thanks to my dear friend Marina and her family for inviting us to their house on Christmas Eve. She came up to my [...]
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Season’s Greetings to all our friends and family including those back in Australia… while you guys are sweating your asses off in 38 degree heat we’ll be doing snow angels in 2 feet of snow…! We miss you all and would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and have a safe new year…
…you all better [...]
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On Friday night, Saj surprised me by taking me to “Bright Nights” in Stanley Park. It is basically a charity event that is funded by Vancouver Park Board and BC Fire Fighters to help the burn fund and the burn survivors with their families. More than a million beautiful twinkling colourful lights brighten up the [...]
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This Labour Day long weekend Tash and I decided to do a spontaneous trip to Seattle to unwind after a stressful few weeks. We left early in the morning after dropping the dogs off at the kennel just to make sure we didn’t get stuck at the border for 4 hours! Our timing was great [...]
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At the start of this month we went out to Cyrus’s family lodge that has been named “Billabong Lodge” which is located about 2 hours east of Vancouver in Sunshine Valley. The hand built Morgan log cabin can be hired out and is the perfect holiday retreat… Cyrus’s dad has spent a lot of time renovating the basement and the interior. I couldn’t [...]
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