A weekend in Vancouver.

You know one of those days where everything that can go wrong does?

Well it happened. Here goes.

Thursday I was prepared to leave for Vancouver that night.

Until I discovered you need a passport to go to Canada. Mine had expired. I sincerely thought a birth certificate/drivers license would do it.

Nope.

Right now you're all wondering how I didn't realize this?

I really have no good excuse. I did see it on an old Canada government site that a BC/DL would work. Key word: OLD.

Somehow my boyfriend saved the day by scheduling me an emergency appointment with the gov passport agency.

I somehow got a passport in 3 hours. With a $60 rush fee. I was expecting a $500 rush fee. 

PLUS. The employees there were awesome!

This makes up for any bad experience I've ever had at the DMV. (You can't get a passport at the DMV. But both being government agencies you get the picture....)

Setbacks didn't stop there. A ton of little annoyances came up through out the rest of the day. But by the end, I was just glad I was with someone who works for solutions rather than complaints. At the end of the day we laughed and said Sept 29 will become a day that lives in infamy.

The rest of the trip was a blast! We explored most of the city, rode bikes, ate great food, tried some new beer, and relaxed.

 View from our hotel room.

Vancouver Port of Call. I really wanted to rock a Canadian tuxedo but I chickened out ;)

Steam clock in Gastown!

 Possibly my favorite picture!!

 Drinking a fuzzy navel at dinner

 This should come as no surprise. And no I didn't write the "p" in poo.

Bacon cheddar popcorn was amazing and not as greasy as I thought it would be.

Digital orca and I ;)

Biking around Stanley Park.

Bridge over English Bay

The Pacific Northwest is magically gloomy and gorgeous.

Have you ever been to Canada?