An action packed summer has been and gone and several of our
Irish friends have left with it L
BUT, my dad is CURRENTLY in Vancouver and so I’ve turned
tour guide/entertainer. I’m still working regular 9-5 hours so we spent the
weekend together cycling, walking, eating and drinking and then we meet in the
evenings after work. Dad and Rita are in a constant battle to pay the bill
first. Luckily I paid on the first day before the competition began and we’ve
tricked him into eating dinner at our apartment a few times so far!
He leaves at the end of the month but not before we go to a
hockey game, a Whitecaps football game and the revolving rooftop restaurant.
Highlights of the summer included:
- Catching a wave or two in Hawaii
- Taking up skateboarding again (for transportation only) and not being the oldest person in the city to skateboard. (Not by a long shot)
- The hottest/warmest summer in Vancouver for years
- Making friends with the Mayo gang, lots of days and nights out (beach, pitch and putt, tedfest, Hawaii themed bbq)
- The return of outdoor cinema
- Lots of football with Whitecaps FC
- Stuffing my face for my birthday at a video game themed restaurant
- Too many nature walks in Stanley Park to mention
- Ok, we did see a turtle laying her eggs, that was pretty noteworthy
