So two weeks ago on Dec 1st I went snowboarding for the first time this season at Mount Seymour. I don't know if I mentioned it before in here somewhere but I bought the season pass there already in September cause back then they had this special "early bird" offer so I got it for 60% less the regualar price! I also bought a used snowboard with bindings and all the other stuff I either brought with me from Germany or my mum send it. So when finally the sun came out after all those rainy days we had for over 2 weeks (like seriously it besically didn't stop raining for the whole two weeks. Going to bed with rain and waking up with rain) I looked up the bus connections and made my way up the mountain. It' pretty cool cause I can get there with public transit and a shuttle bus. Feels kind of weird though to get on the bus in the city far from any snow in full get-up with the board under my arm :P Altogether it takes a little more than 1 1/2 hour to get there. It's not too bad.
The mountain is the smalest of the three local mountains here. It's pretty small with just 3 chairs lifts and not a lot of tracks to choose from to go down. But I guess I'm spoiled a lot from "Hinterglemm" which is like the best ski resort ever. I just love it there and it's so huge that you can go the whole day without doing one lift or track twice but I'm not writing this to gush about "Hinterglemm" so back to Mount Seymour. So it's not big and not really demanding but perfect to go up for just 2 or 3 hours and have some fun. And when the weather is great the view from up there is just awesome!!! You can see downtown Vancouver and the ocean =)
In the shuttle bus I met a nice girl who was just learning how to snowboard but she was already pretty good so we where riding together some of the time =)
So far I hadn't have time to go up again cause I was pretty busy at work with all the Christmas parties going on.With the weather being rather shitty and getting colder I've only worked benquets for the last two months cause the coffee shop is pretty much dead these days. So most of the time it's evenings exept for some lucheons or set-ups. We have the whole place decorated with lots and lots of lights all over the place. Looks pretty =) I always wanted to take some pics but forgot it all the time. Maybe I'll get the chance next week.
On Monday I had my nails done with Joanne and Ethel and afterwards we went out for dinner with some of the ladies from work. I had lots of fun. I can't even remember the last time I've done that :P
Oh and I almost forgot that I finally got into one of the volunteer orientation seminars at the Burnaby animal shelter!!! I went there last Wednesday for the first one and on Sunday for the second one and next Saturday I'll go for a "buddy walk" with another volunteer who's been doing dog walking for a longer time and then I can walk the doggies on my own! I'm pretty excited about it cause I've never had a dog but it's a good way to get me out of bed in the morning and what's way more importants the dogs get there happiest 2 hours of the day outside the kennel. I'll report my first experiences =)
Yeah I guess that's all I have to write at the moment.
Pre-Christmasy greetings to everyone!
xoxo
Anna
