So this morning was an early start for the entire household, but for me in particular, as the much anticipated Q-Clash streamed live this morning at 2.10am. Like the faithful supporter I am, I was up at 2.10 on the dot, and promptly made my way to our tiny bathroom, where I sat silently on the toilet, laptop on lap, ear phones in, for almost 2 hours of game time. Thankfully at the start of the final quarter I heard a little knock at the door and Steven allowed me back into our room to watch the last term together. That was a big step for him, I was impressed.
Anyway, we all know what happened so I will say no more .. except .. GO LIONS. I still love you. No matter what.
The only positive to come out of this morning's early rise was that we got to say our goodbyes to Kristen & Alex as they headed off to the airport for their next big adventure!
Around lunch time we made our way to the Vancouver Spot Prawn Festival - dedicated - because it was 8 degrees and rainy outside! It actually wasn't too bad once we started walking and I was kind of hot once we got there (what is happening to me?!!!). So the Spot Prawn Festival left a lot to be desired for us, not that we knew exactly what to expect but the line ups for the food were huge and we decided we'd rather just buy a bunch of cooked prawns (I wouldn't go near any live ones!) instead ... which, in the end, we didn't do. Instead we met up with a few friends of Steve's and entertained ourselves at the Granville Island markets buying some lunch and dinner ingredients.
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| Spot Prawn Festival (just a fraction of the line up) - a gorgeous day... |
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| Line up to get fresh live Spot Prawns off the boats (not my kinda scene!) |
On the way to the markets we stopped to be embarrassing tourists and take photos of this wild seal being fed some fish scraps by a salmon fisherman - very awesome.
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| Weird bird with cool hair-do eating salmon scraps |
While we were wandering around Granville Island, Dave (who was wearing his Canucks jersey) was hijacked by a cameraman who was taking footage for the beginning sequence of "Hockey Night in Canada" - mind you, "Hockey Night in Canada is every second night here! Anyway, he ended up being filmed for the opening shot of the program (with a whole bunch of other supporters) and provided some great entertainment for us, heckling him in the background.
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| Getting a few tips from the cameraman. |
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| Practicing before the big take! |
So at 2.40pm Steve and I took on our Canadian version of the Mother's Day Classic (which I normally do with Kimmy & Mum) to coincide with the 7.40 am Brisbane start time - a 4.5km run around English Bay and through Stanley Park - beautiful! The sun had come out by this stage and so had the animals - we saw ducklings, chipmunks and another raccoon - all good distractions from me almost dying (I blame the lack of sleep).
This afternoon has been all about cleaning our new "pad" and unpacking the rest of my clothes - I actually went to put a load of washing on not long ago and because it's only a short walk on the basement level, I thought I'd just sneek in in my pajamas and uggs. Unfortunately on the way out of the washing room I got caught out by this gay guy with fancy hair who swiftly gave me a look of pity and a half grimace-smile. Yeahhhh, so I look like a bogan.
Tomorrow's adventures include a visit to the Tulip Festival and hot springs ... can't wait!
Did you wear your gum boots to the prawn festival or would that be also bogan?
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