Waitressing in Whistler!

Signed up to an 'executive waiter' agency and are now spending a week in Whistler, transport and accommodation paid, working at Chateau Whistler.  Arrived yesterday and start work this afternoon.  We get most mornings off and all day Wednesday to look around, hike and hunt for bears (hopefully not too hard as one broke into the kitchen of our accommodation block last week looking for food!).

Feeling old as surrounded by 21 year olds, but think that's par for the course now... 

Thinking of you all! 

xx

General Update

In case you have no idea what I'm talking about:

- Mark and I have moved to Vancouver, BC, Canada for one year till next July

- We have moved into a really nice apartment in North Vancouver and furnished it with amazing thrift store (charity shop) furniture

- We catch a ferry to get to downtown Vancouver, takes about 12 minutes

- We spent our first week road tripping to the Rockies.  Saw lots of wildlife, camped in backcountry campground and did some good hiking.

- Returned to Vancouver where we applied for dozens of jobs and joined up to agencies.  

- Seems like the fun jobs (mountain host, touristy nature guide...) pay minimum wage which won't give us enough pocket money to have a car, go skiing.  So might have to do less fun jobs in offices...

- But in the mean time we are in Whistler for a week waitering/waitressing at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler for a big conference, see next post.  


Here is the first Grizzly bear we have seen in Canada, very close to our tent although it had wandered off by the time we collected ourselves and found a camera.  Note the people in far left, we had to whistle to them as they hadn't noticed him!:

Welcome to my first ever blog

Hello everyone

As many of you know, probably a key objective for our year in Canada is to see as many bears and other wildlife as possible - I'll keep you all updated via this blog (and mention other stuff for those of you less interested in wildlife).  

Tell me if its boring or interesting so I know if anyone is actually reading it!

Love 
Nick xxx