Day 13 Vancouver & Seattle

The cruises last stop was Vancouver. Unfortunately we didn't get to really see any of the city because we took a taxi directly to the bus station to get on a bus to Seattle. We love Seattle (and still tak about moving there) so we wanted to visit while we had the chance.

We left our luggage in a storage locker at the bus station and set out to visit the market.

The Hard Rock Cafe opened the day before we got there.

I LOVE Chukar Cherries!!!

This is what I brought home with me...yummy!!

We stopped in a Beecher Cheese and sampled some No Woman cheese which was really really good!

This guy was pretty talented. And since I took a picture, we dropped in a couple of bucks.

O M G. If you ever go to Seattle, go to the market and visit Piroshky Piroshky. I cannot begin to describe the awesomeness of their food. You HAVE to go!

My fav, the beef and cheese!

When we were at Beecher's we picked up their mac and cheese. That was some of the BEST mac and cheese I have ever had!

Of course we had to stop back in to the 1st Starbucks!

Look how they spelled "Aaron"

This time I picked up a souvenir for myself.

Then it started to get cloudy and drizzly so we headed back to get our luggage and take a train to the airport.

Found this on the way to the train station.

We couldn't catch the last flight to Dallas that night (the downside of flying stand-by), so we stayed at the same hotel we stayed at when we were there last time. I haven't seen these chips in Dallas...they were wasabi flavored and gross. Aaron liked them though.

We overslept and almost missed our flight but I am so glad we did because otherwise we wouldn't have ran into Cord from The Amazing Race!!!

It was 5 am at the Seattle airport, we were late and went into the wrong entrance but that brought us right into him! I was so excited, I wanted him and his brother to win the show but they came in second.

So that was our vacation. It was awesome and we had a great time together. Aaron and I have been married for nine years now and we really love each other and are each others best friend, so it was great to get away from every day life and enjoy each other.

Now that I have got all of these pics up I will try to quickly get the blog updated and started back blogging regular again. Thanks to any of y'all that have stuck with me through my non-blogging.

Love y'all!

Day 11 & 12 Nanaimo & Victoria BC

Our first stop in Canada was Nanaimo. There wasn't very much to do there at all. I only have two pictures.

Here we are with a couple of Royal Canadian Mounted Police women. There were right at the top of the ramp when we got off the tender and were nice enough to take a picture with everyone who asked.

As we were walking through a small side street on the way to the library I saw this on the concrete and thought it was pretty cool. These are the only pictures I have of Nanaimo.

We did go back to the ship and get our dirty laundry and used the port laundry room (with permission first sine it's only for boaters) and saved ourselves about $75 in ship laundry fees.

The next day we stopped in Victoria, BC. It was a beautiful town. We rode a city bus into the heart of it and then got out and started walking. This city had so many beautiful churches, I loved it.

We saw this little entry way into what looked like a park, so we went in....

...and found out that we were at the historic St. Ann's Academy. The church was open so we went in. And just as we left, a bridal party was arriving for a wedding.

As we walked on, we came across this group playing lawn bowling. They were very friendly and more than happy to explain the game to us. Apparently it is popular in Canada, England and Australia. It looked fun and I loved how everyone wore white.

I'm pretty sure this was a hotel. I loved the ivy and the fact that across the street was water...I wish we would have taken a look inside. I guess we will have to next time!

Here is their Parliament building. This place was pretty cool. Did you know that the British still rule over Canada?

We walked around inside and even got to sit in on a (boring) session of government. Although it was boring, it was still cool that we got to witness it taking place.

I had to pick this up in Victoria. It's a Mars bar. I've had them before, they are just Milky Way's, but Aaron wanted to try it.

Next stop is the end of the cruise...Vancouver...but we don't stop there...