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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Being Canadian: Whistler Cultural Journey

We had a lot of different errands piling up and also wanted to spend some time relaxing this past week, between finals/paper-writing and the start of new classes this Tuesday. We rented a car from Hotwire.com (about $10 a day!) for 2 days and ran a bunch of errands the first day and then drove up to Whistler the second day (Friday).

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Because it is only May, just about all of the trails are closed, so we just went to Lost Lake in Whistler and walked around and had a nice picnic. We also walked around in the shops for a bit.

Recently, for the 2010 Olympics, the Sea to Sky Highway (from Vancouver to Whistler) was renovated. . . widened, and new 'points of interest' added to highlight important cultural sites:
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We stopped by the Squamish Lilwat Cultural Centre:
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This is a sign with a good picture of it: IMG_6630
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