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Don't *** off any Swedes!

Okay, I generally thought that swedes are fun nice, fun, snow-loving people. Not unlike Canadians. To set the scene, the gang was at Tommy's and we met these two Swedish girls...they seemed nice enough at first. Fast forward to us walking home in the snow after copious amounts of beer and jaegermeister. There was maybe 9 or 10 of us total (Swedes included) and we get in a playful snowball fight (primarily 4 of us none of them Swedish). One of my buddies throws an errant snowball and it strikes one of the Swedish ladies in the posterior area. At first she seems calm and then she just snaps, she loses it. She's going off in Swdish throwing in the occasional English swear. I overheard her yell "...small ***!"...charming. We were shocked and appauled and broke away from the pack before it escalated into an international incident.

Don't end up too high in the sky

The notoriously treacherous sea to sky highway (Hwy 99) stretching from Vancouver to Whistler has been the site of many horrific car accidents over the past few years. The winter months are obviously the worst since there is more traffic and conditions are...well...wintery. Since Vancouverites are poor drivers in the snow to begin with, adding that to this poorly lit, narow highway does not help. My advice is to go the speed limit (there are lots of police along here as well), take curves slowly and heed the warnings of all traffic signs and before you know it you'll be carving up the slopes!

If it's your first time driving the highway don't head up at night unless you have to and pay attention to the weather reports as the highway is often closed if the weather becomes unsafe for driving. Plus if you drive during the day you can see some of the awesome beauty of B.C.'s west coast...but don't take your eyes off the road!