Vancouver : Big and Wild

So we packed up our things early and got out of San Diego round 12PM. the funny thing was we decided we couldnt make it down to the convention on the last day to see the Supernatural presentation due to time constraints, but upon arrival at the airport and boarding of our plane to Vancouver, who was in business class? the two guys from the show, somehow they were shipped in and out of Comic Con so quick they could make it back to Canada for filming the rest of the season.

Yeh thats the funny thing you learn, most of the hit TV shows you all love (and movies including the new Watchmen) are all filmed in Vancouver BC. even the great X-Files. i think its all about the cheaper costs north of the border etc etc but it kinda made it feel like we were flying back to "movie town" lol

Canada Airlines, hands down the best we have flown so far, apart from the in flight movies which seem to skip and become unsynced in audio. kinda sucked, but we landed safely and got a shuttle to the hotel which was fantastic.

Ok here comes the bitch about Vancouver so far. the bloody weather, its been so good to us all holiday, never messing up anything to badly, but upon arrival we hit a winter weather patch in the middle of summer. yup you guessed it, rain, overcast and cold conditions. the month before and days after we leave its gonna be 30C and hot ... the week we are here we are hit by crap weather. this would also pose a hindrance in Whistler as will later be mentioned.

Never the less this place is just so beautiful and connected. 20 mins from downtown you've got the airport and the other way are mountains bordering North and West Vancouver, a energetic harbour and a nature reserve in Stanley Park that rivals our city center for size. amazing place, so bare with the pics, i tried to capture a few between the sunshine on our second day here, which gave us some time to sight see. oh did i also mention this place has the 2010 Winter Olympics. might be back for that.