Vancouver has a nickname Raincouver and I got to experience exactly why in the last two weeks!! After coming from good weather I didn't mind a day or two of rain but on day three I was like come on!! In between the rainy days Vancouver is full of adventures to have. The usual for a new place, I walked the legs of myself (and my friend, sorry!) for two days getting to know the town and discovering new things. The city is full of high rise glass buildings (I won't be hanging around here when an earthquake hits!) overlooking an activity filled waterfront. There are plenty of tourist activities in Vancouver but a small bit of research and chat discovers plenty of free activities. Lynn canyon is one of them. A park with a suspension bridge, waterfalls, bridges and hikes. The beauty of nature. To get there you venture on the sea bus (no 51b around here!) and I was lucky to see seals playing in front of it on the way over.
There is a strong Irish Community in Vancouver and I got thrown into it with a weekend away to Whistler with some of the Vancouver ladies GAA team. The girls reminded me of the good reasons to be apart of a team sport, the banter, the slagging, the sharing of stories and the support. But for these girls it's different. Being so far away from home makes girls family. They are each other's family day in day out out here, for whatever someone might need. The thing that connects them is their Irishness, and it was my pleasure to spend a weekend with them. We stayed in yurts, have bbqs, stayed up drinking and laughing until all hours (even ranger rick told us to keep it down...oops!) and on Saturday we did some adventure sports. We did some ATV bikes, and lucky enough my co driver was just as reckless as me! We FLOORED it in the words of Tommy Tiernan. This was followed by ziplines hundreds of feet in the air. The thought of this would normally scare the life outta me, but I had no fear left after the ATVs. A great weekend in the beautiful whistler, surrounded by unbelievable views (and it didn't rain! Yay!).
There is a strong Irish Community in Vancouver and I got thrown into it with a weekend away to Whistler with some of the Vancouver ladies GAA team. The girls reminded me of the good reasons to be apart of a team sport, the banter, the slagging, the sharing of stories and the support. But for these girls it's different. Being so far away from home makes girls family. They are each other's family day in day out out here, for whatever someone might need. The thing that connects them is their Irishness, and it was my pleasure to spend a weekend with them. We stayed in yurts, have bbqs, stayed up drinking and laughing until all hours (even ranger rick told us to keep it down...oops!) and on Saturday we did some adventure sports. We did some ATV bikes, and lucky enough my co driver was just as reckless as me! We FLOORED it in the words of Tommy Tiernan. This was followed by ziplines hundreds of feet in the air. The thought of this would normally scare the life outta me, but I had no fear left after the ATVs. A great weekend in the beautiful whistler, surrounded by unbelievable views (and it didn't rain! Yay!).
