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AMY’S TRAVEL ADVENTURES!

 

Kelowna!

So last night I spent the night in Kelowna. One of the girls, Ashley, that i work with lives down there and said me and Andrew (housemate) could crash at hers. I desperately had to do shopping! There’s a staff shuttle that goes from Big White to Kelowna every night then back in the morning.

Shopping was funny, we went to Canadian Superstore and that place is a bit crazy! Everything is in JUMBO sizes… and as I haven’t done a shop since before Christmas I had a bit to get! I think i have enough to last me most of the season now!! Craziness - I bought like 10kg of frozen vegies and a bunch of sauces and stuff - Mum sent me a stirfry cookbook so I’m going to try be healthy! w00t

This is the Canadian superstore …bw01.JPG Jumbo is the way of this store! haha we spent like two hours in there! Shopping has never been so fun!

So… we also used a drive through ATM! How exciting was this check it: bw05.JPG
Ashely was super nice, picking us up and cramming all this stuff into her car (we bought two trolleys worth of stuff - it barely ft!) Anyway, she took us out to Rose’s pub which was cool! We hung out there all nigth and met some of her Canadian mates. Was really nice to be somewhere different and it seemed so cheap! drinks were flowing ’cause we’re so used to the Big White prices!! Craziness!
One Tequila...An array of drinks...Buddies!
So there you have it! My night in Kelowna! The bus ride up at 630am was crazy!!!But we made it safetly!!
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By Amy
On Sunday, January 14, 2007
At 8:49 pm
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Now, I mean business :)

Woo! What a day!

I got woken up to a phone call sayin’ a had a ride to Kelowna (this is like a dream come true for people up here !!!!)
So i rugged up (’cause I’ve been sicking - I’m trying to keep warm and dry) and ran all the way to Trailside (which is like the bottom-ish of the village). Anndd we went to town!!!!

I bought gloves (thermal and waterproof), a head scarf, a new beanie (its so cool - its like a proper one with ear covers and its wool with a thermal layer and has blue & green stripes on it) and I bought goggles!
So now I’m all set!!!! yayayayay I may be *totally* broke but I’ve got everything I need to slope my winter away! I’m so excited.

Problem: we’ve had NO snow for like four days AND the mountains looking like it wont open on time :( Sad Days. This also means my hotel is going to have customers, with no lifts (uh - oh!). So this will be intersting :)
So i’ve done another big shop! And I’ve even bought myself a book. The days can be a bit slow going so I figured I’d get some reading in and keep all those ’skills’ up or something. I just wanted some light reading… and something cheap! So, I ended up with a new Robert Fisk book which is MASSIVE its like 4cm thick and it’s the most amazing story. The preface I could’ve used in my honours thesis - so it’s not exactly easy reading but it’s REALLY cool!
So today is also Nomi’s birthday today !!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY <3

So yeah, i’ve just shopped today, read my book (it’s very cool) and wondered around Kelowna. It’s nice to get down the mountain.
Well yes, that is all for now! Tomorrow is the offical ‘Big White’ Orientation and we have a 3hour motivational speech! Not too exciting but should be intersting :)

That is all for now!

xoxoxo

Filed under : Kelowna
By Amy
On Monday, November 20, 2006
At 9:32 pm
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