May Day!

May 1^st and the sun is here for the last week or so! Well, we’ve been to LA (Hollywood and Disneyland) and had an amazing time. I’d love to share all the great photos I snapped but my phone is, yet again, out of commission. I am using a ‘loaner phone’ for the second time in a month and trying not to think too much about it. When I’m sorted out again I’ll upload lots of photos here, but until then you can stalk through my bookface page I guess. We did so much during our week there I don’t know if I have the energy or talent to do the experience justice with a written blog post. I’ll start with photos and maybe add some info bit by bit, we’ll see!

I’ve only missed one Whitecaps home match so far. Last week was especially good, as it was against new rivals, Dallas. Whitecaps are a bit like the Irish team, in that they are a unit that will scrap for a victory when they can. Dallas are more similar to some of our European counterparts and are prone to fancy football, sullied by simulation and theatrics. Put simply, they are CHEATING SCUMBAGS ARGGGH and we had great fun joining in the abuse. The Southsiders (whom we always try to sit with or near) even added some football banter with these scorecards, held up to rate the embellished dives of the opposition!

I actually feel affinity towards the Whitecaps at this stage, something I never would have thought could happen. I guess once you go to a few matches, you become invested. It’s nice to have a regular day out and you see a lot of the same faces each time.

There’s still lots to do here, especially as the summer’s a-comin’. We went to the Vancouver Art Gallery last night with a friend from home who has recently been joined here by his girlfriend, also from Ireland. There are also plans to rent some kind of paddleboat at a lake that is not too far from Vancouver.

It looks like we’ll be here another year, as our visas have been extended. We’re looking around for a new place to rent, though we haven’t officially decided to move out of our apartment yet. With recent purchases (playstation 3, Irish flag, clothes etc) we are slightly more invested here, but our apartment is straining to hold our stuff, even though relatively we don’t have much!

(Image source - Vancouver Sun)