Making friends..meeting old friends...

It has been lovely to meet up with some old friends here in Vancouver, as well as meet some new ones..... We spent a lovely day/ evening with Aaron and Sara....Aaron is my good friend Rachel's cousin, who i have met loads before.....and he seems to remember lots about my shoe festish!!!! They have been fab, taking us around some new areas of Vancouver, and advising on flat/job hunting. We had a lovely day, and evening (including some gorgeous chocolate cake that Sara made us eat...of course!!!), and it seems Mark and Aaron have similar music tastes...so i think there will be some swapping going on!!!! We have also met up with Kate and Blake...Kate being a good friend of Rhona's from Glasgow....they have been fab too, and we have already been round for dinner! I think Mark may start playing basketball with Blake, and me and Kate are going to attempt Belly Dancing...so should be interesting!!!! They have a lovely dog called Mary! We have now also met Ben....our new housemate...he seems really cool and chilled out...and for all you gaming fans out there...he has an original New Geo arcade machine in the living room!!!!! We randomly met Wayne and Jenn in the pub one night.....it was my fault, i was actually on the phone to Alison in New Zealand...as i had just remembered that she is a whole 22 hours ahead....and although still 30th December for us, it was almost the end of 31st for her...and that means her birthday.....so i had disappeared to wish her a happy birthday, and Mark was left alone with his pint.....Wayne and Jenn took pity on him, and we have been in touch since!!!! Although at the time they were convinced Mark was called Brian, and I was called Far....hmmmm yes! We also met many people while on our house hunt....some of whom we may see again...you never know!!! It is the people around you that really make a place feel special. XXXX