Vicky's visit - short but so sweet :)

So, as I was saying... Vicky came to stay. :)

It was really good to see Vic and spend some time catching up... it's been three years since we last saw each other... and we both lived in the UK then. It's not every day you have a friend 'drop in while they were passing' from UK back to New Zealand, so we were very glad she managed to fit in a short but sweet VT pit-stop. We collected her from Montreal airport on Monday 3rd March and she headed homewards on Thursday 6th.

In between all the sleeping and eating and shopping for outdoor clothing (I had forgotten how Vic likes to browse... to the extreme ;) Only kidding V - it was fun!) we actually remembered to take a few photos, not that we had the time/energy to really get up to any exciting stuff...

Vic found the time to do her physio exercises to strengthen her ankle after it's recent break... she's the only person I know who would trail her special cushion all the way round the world for that specific purpose...

... Safi would dearly have loved to sink her teeth into it!

We sadly didn't get much sunshine while Vic was here, but we managed to get out for a short walk with Safi on one of the better days. Here Saf was getting anxious that this doggy was going to steal her stick - so she attempted to devour it to the point of making her gums bleed... silly pup!


Vic snaps the whale tails while Saf contemplates her options for finding a new stick

Jayne and Vicky - unintentionally I seem to have a truck about to drive into my brain (or that space where it used to be) while Vic appears to have acquired antlers!?

Needless to say I took Vicky to Libby's Blue Line Diner for brunch the day she left... all our visitors come here at least once!

All too soon it was time to say adios to Vicky and wave her off from Burlington bus station

Good ol' Greyhound bus got her safely to Montreal where she picked up her onward flight to NZ, via San Francisco.

So long Vic. Thanks for coming to see us :) and for the tea and lovely NZ gifts. Maybe we'll get down to the southern hemisphere, or perhaps we'll meet up back in Blighty sometime. Either way I hope it's not too long.