Arrived in Vancouver about 1:30 Tuesday ............proceeding to pick up my luggage walked thru the entrance and confronted by a phalanx of reporters and photographers.  What a reception thought I lol lol   Apparently they were awaiting the 20,000,000th person to come the the gates at Vancouver airport.  It wasn't me so I continued on to meet up with Chelsea & Scott

It's true there are still flowers growing and moss on the trees.  This is a rainforest area with regular showers of rain and then the sun comes out once more.  They took me for a drive around some of the main tourist spots of the city.  Lots of interesting housing.  I found the architecture quite different from Ontario. Quite a lot of high rise apartments all with balconies also with the individual homes. The climate here is conducive to outdoor recreation and entertainment

Chelsea's mom was explaining the style of their home is East Indian.  Square hall plan with 2 wings on either side.  Then a staircase going up to the upper level with complete separate living area. Each of the bedrooms with ensuite bathroom and open staircase looking down. Balcony surrounding the back area.  Looking out to the scenic view of the Rockies.

There are 8 people living in the house and you would never no it as it is divided up so nicely.  Marian and Johnny are Chelsea's paternal grandparents and they have most of the ground floor.  On the other side is a smaller living apartment with Chelsea's name as the occupant while in residence. The upper level is Clara and Terry's domain.  They do exchange student for periods of time. At the moment Katy is a 15 year old young girl from Cologne Germany living here and attending high school.  She is here for a semester.  Her older brother was also a student here a few years ago.   My room with an ensuite belongs to Danny who is back in China with his family for the holidays.

Mission is a small city north of Abbotsford which has a population of about 35,000. A good hour drive north of Vancouver. Somewhat similar to Newmarket and very picturesque sitting at the foot of the mountain.  The city is actually named after the "Mission" which was built which is called Westminister Abby which is a community of Benedictine monks which has 10 bells.  I will be going to Mass there in Christmas morning.  Midnight Mass would be wonderful but there are other people to consider as it is way up the hill,so it will be nice also in the daytime