We've Landed!

Hello from across the pond! Just a quick post to say we've landed and we are now officially Canadian residents! We have free internet access at the hotel we are staying at till Sunday so thought we would take the opportunity (don't forget Martyn is a Yorkshire man!) to use the free facilities to let you all know we have arrived safely.

I'm still quite tired from the flight and the time difference but Martyn seems to be taking it in his stride! We have ticked off quite a few things already today (Thursday) and we are going to register at a recruitment agency tomorrow so fingers crossed we will be earning soon!

Anyway, not sure when our next post will be as we have to set up internet access in our new apartment but promise to have some pics for the next one!

Take care
Hx

Not Long Now!!!

Keep hearing this phrase a lot now, 'WE KNOW!!!' of course we are excited about the prospect but it is rather nerve wracking as well thinking that we are starting all over again in a new country.

A few weeks ago we decided to take some pictures of around Leeds to take with us. We purchased some glass coasters that you can add your own pictures to and thought well known landmarks around Leeds would be a good idea. Take a look below at some of the piccies taken:

(as you can see we waited for a nice sunny day)

Here's a link to some others: http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Hayley_1976/Leeds%202008/

Enjoy
Martyn

Going, Going, GONE!

Not us (yet!) but all our stuff has gone! After a long, difficult weekend the removal company came in on Monday 12th and packed up all our worldly possessions and they are now on their way to Canada. The weekend was difficult for many reasons; trying to decide what we would need with us for the next couple of months (yes - it takes that long!) was hard as the weather both here and in Vancouver can be changeable so outfits are needed for every eventuality!! It was also quite emotional as the packing would be another one of those milestones that we keep hitting along the way. Well they very nice men turned up at 9.30am and one got to work in the garage, one in the living room and the third in the bedroom. We had our stuff spread out as we couldn’t fit it all in one place!! Here are a couple of photo's of the boxes>>

It was strange just hanging around and not doing anything, you really felt like a spare part! So I went out and did some shopping and left Martyn to make the tea! After about 4 hours we got to this point>>

And then after the inventory was checked and signed it was time to say goodbye to the retreating van - only 8 weeks to wait till I see everything again!

We are rattling through our lists of things to do, all direct debits have been cancelled, car sold, apartment rented, now all we need is a job! So that's the focus for the next week and a bit oh that and the party on Friday!!

Right that's it for now, but Martyn has said he may post soon...so watch out for his witty musings!!

Bye
Hx