Posts for September, 2010

September 16, 2010

Hello from Rainy Vancouver!

Finally, after making our way from Los Angeles to Seattle, Phill and I caught the train into Vancouver, arriving around lunchtime very tired and very hungry. We were stuck in immigration for a while because a) there was a crazy woman being interrogated while we waited and b) the station was undergoing renovations, which meant [...]

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September 15, 2010

Hollywood, Downtown and… Linkin Park??

Thank goodness for my new 55-250mm IS lense because without it, I wouldn’t have been able to get this shot. The Hollywood sign is smaller and much farther away than I imagined! Luckily there’s a good view from one of the buildings on Hollywood Boulevard and, with my lense, I was able to finally get [...]

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September 14, 2010

My New Toy!

Over a year ago, when Phill and I first discussed moving to Canada, we knew we’d end up buying a new camera before we went. My old one, a little Olympus point-and-shoot, was fabulous and I use it daily, but it’s old and I wanted something newer, better and more advanced. I wanted more control [...]

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September 11, 2010

G’Day from the U.S.A!

Phill and I made it to Los Angeles safely on Wednesday morning after a long 13-hour flight with V Australia. We got in an hour and a half late, thanks to a delay in Australia and, as we’d effectively lost a night because of the time difference, our body clocks were completely messed up. We [...]

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September 6, 2010

In Two Days I Will Be High Above the Sky!

We are definitely in the home stretch now! Just got a few more loose ends to tie up and then we’re ready to board and I am super excited! We’ve been skyping with some friends of ours who are in China and London and that’s just making us even more excited! They are the same [...]

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