When I turn 46, I say "No more nonsense": Colourless views of FranticTown and Escape to the Snow Coast, eh, Sunshine Coast

It's been a while since my last picture post. Why? Not much to report. Sure, there is the outrageous amount of wine in a large glass at Denny's delivered by a waitress that is happy to see me again.

But otherwise life is a bit colourless (NO, the following is NOT a B&W photograph, Vancouver is that GREY ;-(

The appalling absence of COLOUR !

But soon it gets worse than just GRAY, namely WHITE:

When it clears after that first snowfall, temperatures drop to MINUS SEVEN CELSIUS. Going for a cigarette after a shower in the morning, I can feel the hairs of my eyebrows freezing together. NOT a nice feeling ;-(

When it starts snowing again and I no longer have a rental car, I decide to ride my bicycle. Yes, that is snow on my hat and eyebrows.

Why the public transit SeaBus has to be decorated with Candy Canes is still a mystery to me. Maybe to evoke the Christmas Shopping Spirit in this otherwise GREY world?

On Saturday, it's finally time to escape the door-slamming neighbours, constant traffic noises, and general unpleasantness of the place I stubbornly refuse to call home when I'm staying in Vancouver. Hans & Denise just arrived back from a 1-week stint in Mexico and I'm looking forward to seeing them again.

5:55 am. Strange how when something is important you wake up just in time. By the time my alarm clock rings at 6 am, I am already sipping my first coffee.

7:30 am. Showered and packed, I head over to the office to 'steal' another not-included breakfast and chat with the receptionist staff, Carlos and Behnaz. This hotel is a good fit for me; talking to people from Cuba and Iran over breakfast is much preferable to hearing just the same old usual ;-)

8:03 am. The bus arrives almost on time, but after an only 5 minute long journey I have to wait for the connecting bus to the ferry terminal for 20 minutes. That time is sufficiently long to realize that I am NOT dressed properly for this weather. I also note that Commercial Stores are pretty much the ONLY respite from the colourless monotony of Vancouver. No wonder people flock there to shed their excess wealth ;-)

8:25 am. Hans & Denise get on the bus, but they haven't got sufficiently used to the new Trump-Days to understand when I tell them that 'Mexican's' have to sit at the back of the bus !

9:20 am. We're on the ferry. Another one of those monochromatic views. But at least it's warm inside.

That's why you should always take 2 pictures,so you can use the one where everyone has their eyes open ;-) Is Hans related to Trump?

10 am It was drizzling rain in Vancouver, but it's snowing in Horseshoe Bay and it will be snowing even harder when we get to Langdale where Dr. J will have trouble to get his 4WD truck up the hill.