Before going to Portland in the US (for a conference) we planned our flights so that we could spend a long weekend in Vancouver with our old friends,
Leyland and Lise Pitt. We were very good friends with Leyland’s parents in Pretoria in the early 90s and have known Ley, Lise, Linda and Christine since then. Leyland also supervised Mike’s Masters thesis in '93 (at Henley - see earlier blog) and helped us to go to Australia in ‘96. Joined by
Wade Halvorson (our oldest Australian friend - from Perth) and
Nic Terblanche (from Stellenbosch), we all spent a glorious weekend up at Whistler: British Columbia’s famed resort and recreation complex and home to many events at the 2010 Winter Olympics (see below). Whistler is like no ski resort we’ve ever been to – it’s simply spectacular on every level. The highlight was a ski-lift trip to the very peak of Blackcomb (mountain) and then a cable car across the valley to the peak of Whistler - on the longest unsupported cable car span in the world (3km). See
www.peak2peakgondola.com.
As always, meals were a particular highlight (Ley is a sensational cook) and the wines consumed were not overly modest – demonstrating that Italians don’t have a monopoly on
‘la Dolce Vita’! Another highlight from Whistler was seeing black bears in their natural habitat (see above) – and before you ask, no, they don’t
always ___ in the woods.
Before going to Portland in the US (for a conference) we planned our flights so that we could spend a long weekend in Vancouver with our old friends, Leyland and Lise Pitt. We were very good friends with Leyland’s parents in Pretoria in the early 90s and have known Ley, Lise, Linda and Christine since then. Leyland also supervised Mike’s Masters thesis in '93 (at Henley - see earlier blog) and helped us to go to Australia in ‘96. Joined by Wade Halvorson (our oldest Australian friend - from Perth) and Nic Terblanche (from Stellenbosch), we all spent a glorious weekend up at Whistler: British Columbia’s famed resort and recreation complex and home to many events at the 2010 Winter Olympics (see below). Whistler is like no ski resort we’ve ever been to – it’s simply spectacular on every level. The highlight was a ski-lift trip to the very peak of Blackcomb (mountain) and then a cable car across the valley to the peak of Whistler - on the longest unsupported cable car span in the world (3km). See www.peak2peakgondola.com.
As always, meals were a particular highlight (Ley is a sensational cook) and the wines consumed were not overly modest – demonstrating that Italians don’t have a monopoly on ‘la Dolce Vita’! Another highlight from Whistler was seeing black bears in their natural habitat (see above) – and before you ask, no, they don’t always ___ in the woods. 
Hey!
ReplyDeleteI have briefed my legal team to deal with your breach of copyright laws by using my photographs without the appropriate acknowledgement (they look great by the way).
Cheers
Wade