We’ve reached the end… of this adventure

Our week at Lake Como seemed to last forever, yet was over too soon. We met some lovely locals including the butcher and the waitresses at the lakeside café. We attended a fundraising lunch organised by the local church with “traditional” menu items including tripe!

The view from our apartment

We spent a couple of days in Milan before our flight out. Our timing coincided with Fashion Week. No celebrity spotting, but plenty of tall skinny girls around! After some sightseeing and last-minute shopping, we had finished our European leg of our trip.

The duomo at Milan

Vancouver was the next stop and a chance to catch up with Jess and Liam in their new home. By a stroke of luck, Nicole was also in town for the first few days of our visit. The five of us went up to Grouse Mountain where we saw Grizzly Bears, watched a lumberjack show and ate beaver tails - yum! Please note, beaver tails are a deep-fried sweet snack, much like a flat donut.

Team Vancouver plus visitors - Nicole, Jess, Liam, Dain & Susan

Grizzly safely behind the fence

During the week we also rode around Stanley park where we spied raccoons, squirrels and some beluga whales - 2 adults and 2 young ones.

This was our last stop before winging our way southwest, across the dateline back to Sydney. We look forward to catching up with everyone - but be warned we have taken over 8000 photos.

Us at the Ice Hockey