We’re suffering post-olympic trauma. No more biathlons to watch during breakfast, no more curling pub nights, no more hockey ridiculousness to throw ourselves into. I can’t believe it’s over! The city is slowly acclimating to its old self – streets are a little cleaner, transit is far less crowded and evenings in downtown are much much quieter. So much effort, money, preparation for 16 short days of partying and celebration. The anticlimax of the afterglow is a bit sad. This place feels so quiet now.
Our time in Vancouver is also drawing to a close. Three weeks in gorgeous Kerrisdale: daily walks, evening supper cook-outs, fireside movie nights. It has all been so so wonderful. The days have been long, beautiful and relaxed. Honestly, if you can find the time and the resources to give yourself a few long months of nothingness and everythingness without the responsibilities and pressures of obligation/work, please do it. Do it, do it, do it. When time stretches into eons, your dreams catch wind, the clouds in your head clear away and all the important things come up to surface.
Today, we took a long walk around the neighbourhood. I’ve decided that Spring weather is the best weather for travel. Forget August summers on the beaches. A lunchtime Spring walk is refreshing, crisp and clean. No sweating, no heat, no gasping for air. We walked cherry blossom lined streets with perfect green glowing grass. It is cherry blossom season now. I’ve decided that this time next year, I’ll be in Japan swimming amid cherry blossoms (they’ve got the largest concentration of cherry blossoms in one place on the planet and cherry blossom season is a major holiday there). This city is gorgeous. Green, alive, clean, beautiful. We’ve relied completely on public transportation to get around during the last three weeks and it has been the best. Cars are so overrated!
Tonight, dinner in. We’re making homemade yam and beet crisps, tuna and potato tortilla, sticky rice and peanut butter cookies. That and a movie from iTunes and we’re set for the evening. =) I am so thankful for this day. Such a wonderful blessing.
