Now, I've been to Vancouver before, but that's a whole story in itself that involves a road trip, a leaking ice chest and horrible border patrol, so suffice it to say that I felt like I was visiting Vancouver for the first time ever.
Since AJ forgot a dress shirt, we went to a Nordstrom's in the downtown to buy one for him.
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| I like the skyline image on the street signs! |
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| Vancouver City Hall |
And then drove through Stanley Park to West Van, where we got delicious, abundant and cheap sushi!!
Then headed up to Whistler. The scenery was beautiful, but I did fall asleep after this, and then woke up in Whistler.
That night, there was a big welcome dinner for everyone, which was great fun, and AJ and I went out for drinks afterwards with some of his friends in Whistler Village.
In the morning, AJ and I got breakfast and watched the Portugal/Croatia game, and then went wandering abut the Village. The weather was divine!
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| Like right here! |
Afterwards, we went back to our hotel for awhile and went swimming! Well, I entertained myself in the pool and AJ read in the jacuzzi. The outdoor pool was incredible - it was amazing to swim and see the green mountains with snow topped craggy peaks all around me. It was so beautiful!
Then, the wedding was that evening. It was so beautiful!! The scenery was gorgeous, and it was right next to a river that was so clean and clear, it made bottled water look gross.
The wedding was fun, the food was delicious, and the speeches hilarious (and I didn't even know these people!) and the alcohol aplenty. AJ drank and a lot and wouldn't stop kissing me - I know it sounds cute but it was because he was drunk so it was a little annoying lolololol but I'll happily be annoyed by that - and taking pictures of me.
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| This was me telling him to come over to where I was, and he just stood there taking pictures of me lolololol |
And then the wedding really topped it all by bringing out the big guns... an ice cream bar!!!
I could have sat there all night eating from that huge big bowl by itself! The wedding went really late, there were glow sticks and lots of dancing, and then we made it back to our hotel to crassssssh!
In the morning we watched more soccer, packed up, checked out and then went to check out Whistler Village. It was warm, and beautiful, and we found an entire farmer's market where we bought fresh cherries, Whistler chocolate, and AJ had to physically stop me from getting a temporary glitter tattoo.
The way back to Vancouver was amazing, not least of all because it was sunny and clear, unlike the overcast way up. It was unreal how beautiful and clean and breathtaking the scenery was!! I didn't want to leave.
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| Indigenous languages get top billing! This linguist was happy! |
Back in Vancouver, we got even more sushi (mmm) and then had to return our rental car and get back to the airport. Despite being there in plenty of time, we actually would have cut it close had our plane not be delayed, since Vancouver is considered a US port of entry and we had to go through customs there.
Back in janky old LAX, we waited outside for AJ's mom to pick us up. He sat and read Harry Potter, and I was dancing and exercising on the sidewalk.
See that book sitting on the rail next to AJ? That's my GRE prep book and that's the last I'll ever see of it. When AJ's mom rolled up, Anana was hanging out the window and I got so distracted by seeing Anana that I just jumped straight into the car and didn't realize I left the book until I got home. Lost and found was no help, the airline desk we were in front of said they throw away "anything paper" so would just throw away the book if they found it, etc. Not only was I not done going through it, my notebooks of all of my notes since April was in there. I literally cried myself to sleep. I felt so stupid for leaving it. Sigh.
Summer is starting, and my vacations are finally over! Excited to finally relax - ha!
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