Something I was only too aware of before before coming to Vancouver was that it rains here a lot. I’ve always had a sort of romantic idea about the rain, usually with images of being inside, next to a fire with blankets, tea and books while the rain batters the roof outside. This is what I like to think my experience will be when I think about a rainy day, but I’ve lived in a country where it rains a lot of the time for most of my life and I can say that in reality, rain is just rain.
Watching the leaves on the trees turn red and orange through the balcony door of our apartment fills me with anticipation of what’s to come in the next few weeks. I feel like I need to prepare, to have my house in order to welcome in the new season. It’s like I have a guest coming to stay, and I need to get in some cakes and brew some tea. And if Autumn were a guest, the cake I would get is Barmbrack.
In June 2018, I moved to Vancouver, BC with my boyfriend on a two-year working holiday visa. We came here with certain expectations of what our life would be like. We saw adventures in mountains, weekend camping trips, exploring nature, and visiting all of the scenic lakes we saw in pictures before we got here. Now we have to figure out how to do it all.
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