East meets west

February was an eventful month. I went to Newfoundland for 10 days to visit Brian and in process got a nice taste of the east coast. It tastes like salty air and screech and fresh fish. Mmmm. It was a great trip. The east coast seemed to me surprisingly more rugged and rocky and ocean-like than the west- at least than Vancouver- I think it's because Vancouver is sheltered by the vast land mass of Vancouver Island. (I suppose Tofino compared to St John's would be another story).

One of the highlights of the trip, going with the wild ocean theme, was walking along and around the bottom of Signal Hill, the high hill that sits at the entrance to the St John's harbour. There we were, along the high rocky shores, still very snowy- with the cold blue deep north Atlantic roaring and swirling below. It was so unbelievably windy on the point- I really felt in danger of blowing off. Luckily that didn't happen. :)

My birthday was also a fun day- waffles and phone calls. strawberries and a great hike, ocean and sushi, friends and a movie. Very good. Very, very good. Plus a surprise visit from a friend from Victoria and then a pub night with the house on Sunday- it made the whole birthday weekend fantastic. (And I started the birthday week with Sunday morning fondue breakfast in St John's if you want to go back that far)

The next few months are going to be interesting. Vancouver is a great place in the spring. I'm looking forward to some more adventures. Will keep y'll posted.