6th Avenue

The next part of our trip took us to the area of Kitsilano. It can be reached by taking a 10 minute bus ride over Granville Island or Burrard Bridge.

We immediately fell in love with area. The houses are gloriously oversized and all unique. It is an expensive district but very beautiful, quiet, safe and clean.

We booked in four nights at a home on 6th Avenue through a homestay website called airbnb. Darcy was our fabulous host, he was very welcoming and gave us a great introduction to Canada. We experienced the taste of Nanaimo bars, the luxurious warmth of heated floors and the joy of a fridge freezer with an ice dispenser.

We loved meeting Darcy's friends and realised they have a great fondness of rye and coke (rye and ginger ale for the ladies).

During our stay we realised it was going to take longer than we had anticipated to find a rental property. Thankfully Darcy offered us an extension which allowed us more time to get house hunting. We must have looked at about five properties, none of which were suitable for our needs. Then finally... hooray we found a place to stay!

So it was goodbye to Darcy, Oscar & Charlie (the cats) and hello Walnut Street.