Day 2. Today we spent the day in Vancouver. We only have the 1 day here at the beginning of the trip, but will be back for more time here at the end. Vancouver is a really lovely city - it has a really nice lively atmosphere, and everyone is so friendly! Since we only have the 1 day, we walked from the hotel to downtown, and ended up at Canada Place. Then we decided to take the Big Red HoHo Bus. First we just did the full loop of Vancouver, and listened to all...

Day 1:Well, what a day! I know I have always thought having more hours in a day would be great, but having just had a 32 hour day, I think I like the whole 24 hour concept!We arrived safely at Sydney ariport, returned the car (a neat little i30, which might end up being my next car.) then made our way to check in. Air New Zealand does not have online check in (sad, in this day and age!), so the line was decent, but moving quickly. All good to go, so we got our bo...