Settling in

So we've been in Vancouver for over a month now, and beginning to settle in. Our apartment is pretty much all furnished now, with Andrew satisfying his technology craving with the purchase of a 40" tv, home theatre speaker system and a Playstation 3. We've also bought a new bed - king size, which is the same size as a super king at home - which is amazing, and lovely to finally sleep well. We also finally got our cable, internet & phone hooked up - so I'm loving the tv selection and trashy girly reality shows. Yay!

Vancouver, being on the west coast, is home to some gorgeous sunsets - and when the clouds are right, they can be just stunning.

Work is going well for both of us, and we're getting in to a routine now - although now with everything pretty much set up, we're looking forward to using our days off to relax and explore, something we haven't had a lot of time for since we got here. It won't be long before we get endless rain and freezing temperatures apparently, so we should make the most of the next few weeks. We're aiming to go to a (ice) hockey game in the near future as well. We're also off down to Seattle at the beginning of November - I have a ticket to the Billy Joel & Elton John concert, which I'm very excited about!!

The sooner I pick up the accent over here, the better - I have a tough time talking to clients on the phone sometime, some of them just have no clue what I'm saying, which makes for interesting conversations! Face to face it seems to be fine. Mind you, there are some funny Canadian ways of saying things - "rule", "cool" and "school" often become two syllable words - "roo-all", "coo-all" and "skoo-all".

Highlight in the newspaper last week - the name of a Mountie chief superintendent - "Dick Bent". What were his parents thinking??!!