My Head In The Clouds

It's crazy to realize that even if I learned a hundred new things everyday, there would always be more to see and discover. Take mountains, for example. Here I've been, grumbling about the neverending fog that wraps around the campus...and it never even occurred to me that the "fog" is really a cloud cover that rests, normally, at the top of mountains. Go figure. As it is, due to some nameless meteorological phenomena, the cloud cover has been relegated to halfway down Burnaby Mountain so that it's sunny and clear up here. Not only that, but I sat staring dumbly at the view: mountain peaks peeking out from beyond the clouds, the foggy mass lapping at the peaks like a lake of cotton brushing up against the shore. Breathtaking, to be sure.

I finally feel like I'm settled in. I've made some friends, am developing a routine and am getting a hang of my classes. I can read the newspaper on public transit without worrying I'll miss my stop, and I know to bring my own towel to the gym. This weekend, my two friends from Quebec and I will be shown around Victoria and all the beauty it has to offer. To hear it described, Victoria is a little taste of the BC I've always heard about: laid-back beauty nestled in nature and dipped in good company. Perhaps this weekend will be the beginning of a love affair with the province (it seems everyone back home expects me to want to stay here indefinitely). We shall see!