Travel

Well...we have made it. We are finally here. After many hours of travel we are glad to finally set our bags down and get some sleep. We left Canada on a very snowy day. We had to dig out the truck to get out of the driveway and it took us much longer than normal to make the drive to the airport. But we arrived and had lots of time. Our flight, surprisingly was not cancelled, although we did sit on the tarmac for awhile getting de-iced. We flew for 7 hours and Child # 1 cried a good part of the flight but we were very thankful that we were sitting with another mom and her child as well as a guy who had a small child at home and a nice elderly grandpa who did not mind, and in fact welcomed, having kids crawling on him and crying in his ear.
Flight # 2 was smooth. We all slept for the whole flight. We landed, paid for our visas had our passports stamped and got our bags. We had arranged for a local here to pick us up with a big van, so we got everything loaded and drove 2 more hours to get to the place we are staying. Both kids thought it was great to ride in a vehicle without a carseat. (they are not really used here so we didn't even bring them).
It was great to see T & R and they had supper ready for us so we had something to eat, let the kids play for a bit, gave them a bath and then we took showers and went to bed. It feels great to have a hot shower and lay in a real bed after being on a plane for a long time. T took Andrew out to the store last night so we could get toothpaste and deodorant after we couldn't find ours.

 The kids did pretty well. Slept until 1am and then went back to bed around 3am and slept until we woke them up at 9am this morning! Hopefully tonight is just as good or even better. We have not ventured out today. we have just been taking it slow and napping a bit. Tomorrow we have about 7 places lined up to look at for us to potentially rent, so we will get out and explore then. So far nothing has stood out to me to much. My first impression has just been like any other mega city I have been too, lots of people, lots of cars, and crazy driving. I'm sure we will have more to say on that once we get out in the city a bit.
Well that's about it for now. Its warmer here- feels like May in BC about 15 C today and a bit rainy.