Day 1: Going on a WALK

I guess it's too early for any of you to have read the post I put up this morning :( Read and comment people! I want to hear from you.

So I have some more photos to share with you from my adventure yesterday. I left the house around 11.50 and hopped on the bus which goes down Lonsdale Road to the Quay at the end. It's the only bus route I've tried so far. I got off after a couple of minutes and went into the Canada Trust Bank and went about setting up an account. It took about forty minutes to do it but all of the staff were very helpful and friendly. Everyone's like 'welcome to Canada!' I've heard that half a dozen times already :)

After the bank I went walking down the street to find a nice place to sit and eat the lunch my aunt made me. I know it's not particularly spectacular but it was good. Cheese and ham.

This is the park.

These are the delicious nerd-covered jelly beans that I bought for myself. NEW FAVOURITE THING!

 

And this is the change. I don't know what to do with all these pennies.



 

Then I went to the library and set up an account (no time wasted there) and picked up a couple of things at the local drug market (I couldn't bring moisturiser or body wash with me because it was too heavy).

The Canadian bus system is set up so that you buy a ticket, use it and then it stays valid for the next ninety minutes. It's awesome. I got on and off the bus all day. I'll have an unlimited pass when I start uni. Possibly before that, but I have to go in and figure it out. In the meantime the fares seem very reasonable here. So I went down to the Quay and found out about a night market that I'll check out after dinner tonight (I'll probably update briefly on that later) and then I went back up and sort of wandered round looking for a phone place. I don't know these stores, though, and I didn't have any luck. Eventually I sat down at the bus stop and waited for the bus to take me home. While I was there a girl walked past and complimented me on my skirt, and then an elderly lady came and sat next to me and started complaining about how loud and rowdy kids are in public places these days. I agreed. I mentioned that it was similar in New Zealand and she asked me how long I'd been here. I said this is day two, and she said she was so sorry for complaining to me on my second day in the country and she welcomed me to Canada, said my outfit was beautiful and let me go off on my bus.

Here's the skirt that everyone loved if anyone's interested :P


Later last night we went for a walk through a park called Mosquito Creek. There was an awesome scultpure there that I WISH I had taken a photo of, but it's okay, I'll go back there soon. We also went to a salmon farm, which was cooler than it sounds. They set it up so the fish have to jump over a bunch of tiny waterfalls in addition to swimming upstream, so only the very strongest fish make it to the end. They think they're going up there to lay their eggs, but actually they get killed and exported. Nature's exploited prolitariat.

I got a sim card today! You guys can text me if you want :P Although I'm betting it's not cheap.

See you guys later! Love you all!