Whistler Blackcomb

Me on the slopes!

My first time in Whistler! I've heard sooo much about Whistler and I wasn't disappointed!

Whistler Blackcomb is a ski resort located north of Vancouver in British Colombia. The resort is made up of Whistler mountain and Blackcomb peak. Whistler and Blackcomb were originally separate resorts, until they merged in 1997. Whistler Blackcomb hosted the 2010 Winter olypmics.

I took the pacific coach line to the resort from Vancouver International airport but drove back, and stayed at the Crystal Lodge in Whistler village, which was nice and very basic.

I hadn't been skiing since Chamonix in 2007 so I was a tad worried I would be rusty to start off with but before I knew it I was back in the swing of things!! I think skiing is like driving, it all comes back to you once you are behind the wheel or should I say in your skiis :-)

Vancouver

Hi Guys, I have to be honest I couldn't wait to leave Montreal to head to Vancouver, and I have to say I wasn't dissapointed. The journey took 5 hours by air on Air Canada (horrible airline, I had to pay for food, and pay $2 for a blanket!). Anyway, Vancouver is in British Columbia (the weather is also very British), it was an amazing place. Most people that live in Vancouver come to visit (mostly from Ontario) and never go back home, I can't say I blame them. It's made up of several districts like NY. I loved Gastown, Yaletown, Granville, and west end. The beauty of Vancouver is that you can be up in the mountains or on the beach in literally 5 minutes from downtown, so Vancourites have everything on their door step, including Whistler the famous ski resort which is about 30 minutes away (and no i didn't get to go :( ). I did however, go to the Grouse mountains and walked across the Capilano Suspension Bridge (very scary - it was trully suspended - photo attached), went to stanley park (catwoman was shot there & several other movies), granville island, visited the vancouver art gallery, robsone st, burrard st and of course Canada place.
Will write soon, for those who want to contact me, you can reach me on +14163717211 or +14165962206

ciao