Our new home

We've spent just over a week in Vancouver; finding a place to live, opening a bank account, exploring our new neighbourhood, and growing accustomed to the weather patterns!


The day before we arrived there was a BIG storm so there were leaves everywhere and it rained a lot. (Read: it rained almost constantly!) The city is under a "boil water advisory" so we've probably seen the worst of what our new home will be like. So far, we like it, despite the worst blip in the weather pattern for as long as most can remember! Here is a photo looking towards the hills of North Vancouver.

We've found a nice, warm, dry basement suite to live in. It has two bedrooms (we're anticpating a few guests!) and our landlord is an ex-Regent College student. His brother-in-law lives above us in the house with his wife (who is Australian - the closest thing to a NZer) and two small children. Everyone seems really friendly so we are looking forward to getting to know them in the coming months. We're only a minute's walk from the bus-stop for the UBC campus and not far from the neighbourhood shops.











Nathan celebrated his 30th birthday the other day. Since all of you weren't able to join us, God whipped up a few million snowflakes instead - an unseasonable white-out of at least a few inches! Here's the birthday boy as we walked home from the movies... and a few shots of the street where we've been staying.