Wow! What a day we've had. We headed into downtown around 9am and had some amazing breakfast crepes somewhere. Then had a wonder around some streets to look for banking, mobile phone contracts and to get our SIN. One thing I've noticed is just how many awesome food smells there are around, I can't wait to try some of the places we've seen out!
Anyway, we couldn't get a bank account as Coast Capital Savings require proof of permanent address, which we don't have yet. We did however sign up for Fido, so we both have Canadian mobile numbers now, which is great. We also got our SIN which was relatively easy, it only took around 5 minutes each after we had waited maybe 10-15 minutes to be seen.
We then went to Rogers Arena to buy some Canucks jerseys, very exciting!
It had been sunny for the afternoon but these were taken after some heavy rain, so I look a bit tired!
We had three apartment viewings today, first one was nice with amazing views but the guy was a bit odd. The second one was lovely, but it was way too small and expensive for what it is, and then the third place we fell in love with and put down a $200 deposit on, and if all goes to plan we'll be there on 1st April. Here are some pics from the listing:
The view:
It has a little balcony which overlooks Science World, False Creek and BC Place. The apartment itself is lovely, as is the building. It is a one bed place, with a little den which has a desk in it, very handy. There's a swimming pool and gym as well which is a nice bonus. It's a short walk to Robson Street and other main shopping areas which is great.
We also went up the Vancouver Lookout today which was unbelievable, the views were stunning!
I'll post some photos of our day in the next post.
