The Lost Carseat

We flew up to Seattle yesterday, only to find upon arrival that E's carseat didn't make the flight with us. Oh well, as K points out, if we had to lose any piece of luggage, at least it was the carseat (which the airline replaced with a carseat of their own, on loan until ours caught up with us), and not a piece of luggage. (Postscript - E's carseat finally caught up with us this morning.)

[Sidenote: J has been ill, running a fever off and on from Saturday evening through Monday evening. This was cause of some worry for me, especially since we were flying off Tuesday morning. So we were praying. I am very happy that J has been fine since Tuesday. God is good. And as I type this, he is busy watching Cars and playing with E at the same time. It is wonderful to see him back to his energetic self.]

Seattle is as lovely as I remember it to be, even with the rain and cold weather. I think it is the presence of water all around - rivers and the ocean - that makes the difference for me. An island girl, I am.

We walked to Pike Place Market this morning for breakfast, and J could recognise it from our last trip to Seattle in August! He remembered in particular a toy shop we had found the last time around, and that was, naturally, a must-visit.

Mid-morning, we made the drive from Seattle to Vancouver. Lovely drive - lots of pine trees, so there was greenery, even in winter. We had to go through customs, which was very reminiscent of driving through the border at J.B., except it is off-season now so there weren't that many cars, and the weather outside was around 3 degrees Celsius.

Anyway, we are now in Vancouver, having partaken of a late dim sum lunch and a fantastic Japanese dinner. Our hotel is located wonderfully: we are within walking distance to many restaurants, most of which look really good. One in particular - Banana Leaf - will definitely be visited within the next couple of days.