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29/4: That I just happened to end up couchsurfing with a couple who were these huge Game of Thrones fans must have been fate. Every Sunday, now that it’s running, they have Game of Thrones night, showing the latest episode as soon as it’s reaches cyber space. People gather from all over, and everyone snuggleContinue reading “Chapter 118: I’m sorry, Natalia, I’ve been unfaithful”

29/4: According to my plan, I was supposed to stay with a guy close to Downtown my last two nights in Vancouver. But a combination of circumstances (forgotten e-mails, tight schedules, tempting invitatins, laziness) lead to me ending up in Kits again, on Elise’s and Jeremy’s couch. The main reason for this was, without aContinue reading “Chapter 117: The seasoned surfer – Kits the sequel”

Sunday (29/4), I woke up far too early, considering how late we came back from the BBQ the night before. But my days in Vancouver were rapidly running through my fingers, and I still had so many things I wanted to see. So I ate my bagel with cream cheese and walked down to BroadwayContinue reading “Chapter 116: Vancouver day III – UBC”

Well, there is this movie called Juno. And right in the beginning of that, the main character, Juno, walks into a convenient store with an empty jug of Sunny D. She asks for a pregnancy test and the keys to the bathroom. When she walks to the back of the store without paying, the manContinue reading “Chapter 115: Mr. P has a jug of Sunny D”

28/4: While walking along Main Street on Saturday, it started raining. So I went into a coffee shop and bought a long ‘Death by Hot Chocolate’ with whipped cream. I probably seemed a little bit confused, as I usually do over here, so as an explanation for my strange behaviour I said that I wasn’tContinue reading “Chapter 114: The coffee shop swedophile”

Saturday (28/4), I walked to Commercial Drive. According to the guidebook, that’s where all the bohemians and hipster kids hang out and shop. It’s a little bit off, not really close to Downtown and even further away from Kitsilano. Conveniently enough, though, Scott lives just a healthily brisk walk from the Drive. So, after breakfastContinue reading “Chapter 113: Vancouver day II – Commercial Drive & Main”

27-29/4: What I realised when I started to look for Couchsurfing hosts in Vancouver, is that it requires a lot of planning and fixing and scheduling. It’s not as easy as just sending a message to someone, asking if you can crash on their coach for a couple of nights. Especially in Vancouver, the hostsContinue reading “Chapter 112: My second night as a couchsurfer – East Vancouver”

Friday (27/4), I walked all the way from Kitsilano, through Granville Island to Canada Place and Gastown, which is downtown. And for all of you who are not acquainted with the geography of Vancouver, that’s quite a walk. But it was beautiful, too, and totally worth the sore feet. Because Vancouver is a city whereContinue reading “Chapter 111: Vancouver day I – Kits, Granville Island & Downtown”

26/4: The first couch I ever surfed on was in Kitsilano, Vancouver. Elise, the host, had given me directions for how to get from the Greyhound bus station to her house, and somehow I managed to carry my huge green backpack through the rush hour human traffic and two different city busses without hurting anyone.Continue reading “Chapter 110: My first night as a couchsurfer – Kitsilano”

So, since I left Time Out Farms, I haven’t had time to write anything at all. I’ve been to Vancouver, Victoria and Ucluelet and I’ve been busy experiencing so many cool and exciting things that I simply haven’t had time to write it all down. But I have so much to tell, and I’ve keptContinue reading “Chapter 109: Just a heads-up”