Centre Island

Vanessa and I went in with Dad to Toronto this morning. He had to finish up a few more shows of Saturday Afternoon at the Opera at the CBC, and we were wide awake at 6:00 am, so we decided to go in with him. Once there, we went to Centre Island and rented a quadricycle for two. It was fun and the weather was perfect. See for yourself!

Summer Evening Barbecues

Last night was fun. My parents invited us along to a barbecue at John and Arlene Groh's place. John and Arlene Groh are old family friends from Rockway Mennonite Church, as were the other guests there: Lorna Sawatsky, Marg Reimer, Marg Janzen, Chris Brunk, Henry and Irene Schmidt, and of course Mom and Dad. It was a cool evening, but the food was good, the wine kept being poured and the conversation was great.

Airports

Taipei's Terminal 2 is a big improvement over Terminal 1, but it still can't compare with major airports in the west. And I'm not sure how well local food is being represented either - gruel and dishes? Mmmm (insert Homer Simpson drooling sound)...

Our flight on Eva was great in that we arrived safely and with all of our bags. It was terrible in terms of food and service though. No individual video monitors, too-small seats, surly service, no magazines, and the meals were really awful. Neither V nor I took more than one bite of the food served, it was that bad. By the time we got to Vancouver, we were both pretty hungry. We had just exited the plane when V said, "I wonder if there's a Tim Horton's here?" It turned out there was, but then V saw an A&W restaurant with poutine on the menu and her mind was made up - we shared an order of poutine and a large root beer. It's funny - she's become more Canadian than me! I wonder when that happened?

We're outta here!

Well, last day of school was Saturday, we've paid all our bills, cleaned the house, packed our bags, and now we're waiting for the limo to take us to the airport. Jaboney is going to be house-sitting for us and taking care of Gustav, Mitch, and Babs. We'll be gone for three weeks, and we're both happy to be out of here. It's been a hectic couple of years, and we haven't had a vacation in a looong time.

This is going to be good.

I love science

Who knew that Diet Coke and Mentos could be educational?



Be careful, however. Some people have made the mistake of trying to duplicate the results internally! Video below: (Not for the squeamish!)