This May weekend is a long weekend for us in Canada and all thanks to the Queen of England. This is because today is a Canadian statutory holiday in honour of both Queen Victoria's birhtday and the current reigning Canadian sovereign's official birthday, and is also considered an informal mark of the beginning of the summer season.
Nancy and I have taken the opportunity of the extended weekend for a number of activities and fun stuff. Friday evening involved dinner/drinks followed by a night with Eddie Izzard, as we saw him perform live at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. He was certainly funny as you would expect, but many of the topics were very random indeed. Saturday AM was a morning of cleaning the apartment and watching the European Cup Final, while the afternoon we drove to the wilds of Chilliwack to have dinner with friends.
Sunday was a trip across the USA border to Seattle for a Seattle Mariners baseball game with Scott M and his friend Ryan. Although the baseball match was a white wash to the team from San Diego (score 8-1), it was a enjoyable day out with an awesome view of the field. We followed this up with a bit of shopping at the outlet mall and dinner at a highly-recommended Mexican restaurant.
This leaves Monday free for a relaxing day in Vancouver - all thanks to the Queen!
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