27th August 2008 Well it's the night before I move on campus into my new home for the next few months and I'm celebrating my sitting out in Jan Louise's garden with a glass of wine, enjoying what I'm sure will be very rare fine weather for the rest of my time in Vancouver! We had a great time over on Vancouver Island visiting the Butchart Gardens, which are over 100 years old and really quite amazingly beautiful (and I'm not even a garden person! Hehe). We got...

Well Contiki is all officially over and I'm missing my Contiki crew already!! =( Fortunately there's quite a few who'll be staying in Vancouver for at least a little while longer, and some who will actually be around for the next few months. Karaoke the other night was absolutely awesome - I felt the highlight of the evening was Daniel performing "Baby Got Back" not having to look at the words on the screen once, complete with ass-shaking dance moves! W...

Well I can honestly say my ass has never been quite so sore in my life! Between horseback riding last night and ATV riding today (with several hours of dancing in between) my poor behind is in much need of a rest haha Well worth it though - the horseback riding through the Banff Mountains was amazing. There was huge long line of us, most wearing cowboy hats, some with crazy bear and moose hats! I had a beautiful black horse called Stealth that was very placid and...

Well I can honestly say my ass has never been quite so sore in my life! Between horseback riding last night and ATV riding today (with several hours of dancing in between) my poor behind is in much need of a rest haha Well worth it though - the horseback riding through the Banff Mountains was amazing. There was huge long line of us, most wearing cowboy hats, some with crazy bear and moose hats! I had a beautiful black horse called Stealth that was very placid and...

Day one in Banff and it's definitely another one of my favourite places so far. We're staying just a little bit out of the centre of town on Tunnel Mountain in cute little mountain cabins that have a lovely view down through the woods. Last night we all went into town to have our group Contiki photo taken before heading on to dinner, which was by far the best meal we've had yet - buffet style with a giant serving of cooked veges…I've never eaten so many beans a...