After almost a month out of the country, it’s good to finally come home. We did a bit of time traveling on way our back to Vancouver. We left Taipei at 11:50PM on June 8 and landed at the Vancouver International Airport on June 8 at 7:30PM. Gain back almost five hours!
The first thing I noticed after touching down was the blue sky. I can see it! Unlike the major cities in Asia, Vancouver doesn’t have a smog cloud covering up the sun. Instead of a few miles, visibility is as far as the eye can see. This was the kind of stuff I just took for granted and didn’t noticed until I was in a city that didn’t have it. Vancouver is ranked #1 for best city in the world to live and #10 for cleanest city in the world.
The first thing I did when I got home was check the mail. There was seven checks totaling almost $6,000 and no bills. Not a bad thing to come home to.

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