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September 29, 2005
And so the rain came...
So another day in paradise. Well a slightly damp paradise, the rain started at about midday, and has now been falling for 12 hours. This is set to continue for about the next 6 months, however about mid November it turns to Snow. Gonna be a damp/long 6 weeks...
Anyhoo, Today myself and SK wondered to the "Re-use it" centre (think Oxfam) to buy things for the house. Bought loads of stuff (far too much to list) so at least now we can cook and eat with relative ease.
Mr Nuggles spent the day riding on the hill and from all reports destroying the locals who were rather timid in the damp conditions - guess living in Wales has at least one plus point ;)
Job hunting began as well, handed 1 resume to a Restaurant - probably have to wait about 3 weeks before they get back to us, so tomorrow is going to be spent trying to find something a little more immediate.
Finnaly, (in lieu of the fact we've been to the supermarket every evening for the past 3 days) here are a few observations of Whistler/Candian food:
1 - Food is damn expensive
2 - Cheese is so expensive it will make you cry (its about 2/3x dearer)
3 - Bacon is crap, really crap, Imagine *really* fatty streaky bacon, and your about right
4 - Chicken tastes strange, very artifical and rubbery
5 - Bread isn't that cheap, 50p for the cheap supermarket own brand
One final point to end on: Microwave/Combi convection ovens are kinda rubbish, they're convienient but noisy - and confusing when it requires the tempreature to be key'd in Farenheit
Hope the UK is as wonderfull as ever - Good luck to those people in Nottingham with the Freshers (we want the stories)
Anyway, enough ramblings - I'll try and get some pictures of our house online in the next few days
Posted by edwardnorthridge at September 29, 2005 07:27 AM