Tuesday, January 30, 2007
22 January, 2007
We caught the bus to Whistler from the main bus depot and we slept the whole way but apparently the drive is meant to be very scenic. It was snowing the whole way and when my eyes eventually opened and focused there was snow and mountains all around. It was so pretty and we were so excited. It was a quick journey and we caught a cab from the tourist information centre to the Bed and Breakfast (Haus Heidi). The house was so covered in snow that we couldn’t find the path and therefore the front door. A little voice was shouting “why are you trying to come in through the garage”? We checked in to this gorgeous wooden house and Trudy and Jim and Jake (the puppy Alsatian) made us feel at home. We set out in the snow on a walk into Whistler Village which took longer than we thought because of the thick snow and slippery ice on the pavements. It was such fun and it wasn’t cold at all! The snow was piled up high on either side of the walking path and the houses were all covered thick in the snow. We browsed around town and stopped in to warm up at a Brewery, where we had a cider which cost an arm and a leg. Then…someone found us trying to sell us some timeshare. We had an idea what it would all be about and we signed up for it. We arrived at the resort at 16h15 and they told us to have a seat. We helped ourselves to tea and cookies and then were informed that there was nobody to talk to us. So, we got our $150 vouchers and off we went. That was a really good deal don’t you think? We bought a chicken take away at the grocery store, got back to the B&B, had a fabulous Jacuzzi and had an early easy dinner with some SA wine since we had a busy day tomorrow.
We caught the bus to Whistler from the main bus depot and we slept the whole way but apparently the drive is meant to be very scenic. It was snowing the whole way and when my eyes eventually opened and focused there was snow and mountains all around. It was so pretty and we were so excited. It was a quick journey and we caught a cab from the tourist information centre to the Bed and Breakfast (Haus Heidi). The house was so covered in snow that we couldn’t find the path and therefore the front door. A little voice was shouting “why are you trying to come in through the garage”? We checked in to this gorgeous wooden house and Trudy and Jim and Jake (the puppy Alsatian) made us feel at home. We set out in the snow on a walk into Whistler Village which took longer than we thought because of the thick snow and slippery ice on the pavements. It was such fun and it wasn’t cold at all! The snow was piled up high on either side of the walking path and the houses were all covered thick in the snow. We browsed around town and stopped in to warm up at a Brewery, where we had a cider which cost an arm and a leg. Then…someone found us trying to sell us some timeshare. We had an idea what it would all be about and we signed up for it. We arrived at the resort at 16h15 and they told us to have a seat. We helped ourselves to tea and cookies and then were informed that there was nobody to talk to us. So, we got our $150 vouchers and off we went. That was a really good deal don’t you think? We bought a chicken take away at the grocery store, got back to the B&B, had a fabulous Jacuzzi and had an early easy dinner with some SA wine since we had a busy day tomorrow.
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