back to the USA
hi alli know i'm getting more and more slack with the updates here, but there are reasons. i mean, i am on holiuday so don't spend every waking hour online anymore. it's been a pretty busy week or so (well, two weeks from when i updated) so i'll try to give a quick update as to what i've been doing.
i guess last update i was still in toronto. i am still getting over the flu that i had there, thou thankfully it's almost gone now. it got worse when i left toronto for vancouver - when the plane took off, the pressure in the cabin made something weird go in my head, and i had this awful sinus headache for about 2 days. it came and went over the next week but i think it's now (finally) subsided.
so i got to vancouver, and my friend brenna and her bf mike picked me up from the airport. we hung out for the next few days, drinking a fair bit, driving around during the day, watching some tttvvv -- relaxing basically. i was in surrey which is about 35 minutes outside of vancouver so we weren't in the heart of the city.
anyone who's been travelling has heard that BC is well known for one thing. having been in BC for over a week i can say that the rumours are true and we sampled some of the locally grown produce.
i spent about 4 days with brenna and her family, before heading into the city to stay a few days with another friend of mine - sheila. she and i met way back at the start of my trip in july 2003 in berlin. we some how kept in touch, and she offered her couch to me for a few nights to crash.
i had my birthday on jan 21st - my 24th. the night before my bday there was the opening of a play called the village of idiots - it's a hillarious show. being the opening night, there was, of course, a party or two afterwards - and we went along, had far too many drinks and ended up crashing back home at around 6.30am.
on my bday itself, she and i went to see 'sideways' at the cinema, then headed to DV8 for some wine and food. i think it's true to say that i don't want any FUCKING merlot...go see the film, it's hillarious.
we walked from town over the bridge to another bar where she's friend asia works. another bottle of red, a few cocktails, beers and shots later, i think we ended up drunk and sleepy by around 2am.
the rest of my time in vancouver was spent watching some movies, wandering around town and pretty much just relaxing. monday saw me crossing the border back to the US and into seattle where i'm writing this. tomorrow morning i have to head to the train station to take a 24 train ride down into california to san francisco. i'll probably stay there for 3 days, then hopefully i'll head to vegas, LA, and then maybe houston (LA to houston is 34 hours! eek).
i have about a month left of this trip before i'm back in the UK so i have to make the most of it. i'll try to update from san fran if i can. hopefully there's not too many spelling mistakes in this post - i am trying to check... :P
until next time...
mike
one last thing...HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY! january 26th marks the australian national day so be sure to have a VB and smile into the sun!
