Some things we saw with our own eyes

Kind of normal week. Worked, studied etc. But here are some things that we saw:

Dan was driving along in the work car, as he sometimes does, and he noticed something very interesting about the mileage:

Realizing that something momentous was about to happen, Dan readied his camera to capture the once-in-a-lifetime event:

 

 



At a later date, Brianna and Dan went shopping and saw these props from a horror movie:

The next day after that, Brianna was walking along, minding her own business, when she came across this:

...which looks kind of like this guy:

 

 

So that's about it. Till next week.

 



Lonely week

Brianna and Dan didn't spend too much time together this week because Dan worked from Mon 4pm ttill Thu 3pm, and Bri worked Mon, Thu, Fri and Sat.

A few memorable things were:

1. Dan had an interview at UBC hospital on Monday and was a bit lost. An Australian angel named Jason saw him and remarked to Dan that he seemed lost. Jason moved to Canada 20 years ago and so was in the right place at just this moment to direct Dan to the hospital, where he worked.

2. Brianna met about 30 sets of missionaries - at two different libraries, on the way to one of the libraries, on the bus, and at the relief society swap meet. It's like they think she's not a church member. They were all excited to hear that Carly got her mission call.

3. On Sat after Bri finished work we went to a place that we've been enjoying the name of since we moved here because it makes their food sound pathological. Chronic tacos has not only great fish tacos - which they're known for - but giant burritos and free water. We're realizing lots of our experiences each week relate to food. Sorry about that.

4. Brianna got a calling at church today to be the.......Nursery Leader!!! She is ready for this promotion and is excited to drill some discipline into these kids. Actually she's a bit nervous about it, but will be great.


 Till next week, here's some Chronic Tacos advertising material:

             

Brianna finished another Spanish subject with a big exam and is already onto the next one. Ole!

The Richmond Night Market is open every evening during summer, and we went there this week. It's kind of like a cross between Paddy's Markets, and a fair without rides or grass, and an international food festival. It was held at a place called duck island, because of this big duck that is at the entrance:

We lined up to buy a few different kinds of foods that we hadn't tried before. Here are photos of them:

Takoyaki - squid and/or shrimp balls. 30 min wait. Guy making them kept randomly shouting some Japanese words followed by "Takoyaki!!!

Rotato potato - this was Brianna's favourite. All of the foods there were enjoyed under the watchful eye(s) of the giant duck.

Mango shaved ice with tofu pudding. 

Dan saw a truck selling fried Mars bars, but recoiled in horror when he saw they were charging $6 per bar. Can you believe that? The next day he made his own for a fraction of the price:

He didn't have all the fancy gear so the bars were fried onto cutlery, but they were delicious. Ole!

And that's about it.

Canada Day

Monday this week was Canada day! On this day in 1867 England decided that three colonies should be one country. On this day in 2013 Brianna worked for 8 hours but because of industrial relations laws was payed as if she worked 12. God save the Queen! On this day in 2013 Australia commenced a new financial year, so Dan submitted an application for what should be a nice juicy tax return.

We decided to head downtown after work to see the celebrations, and saw some cool things along the way, including these:

Salvation Army giving away free food.

Kilted man playing bagpipes on the seabus over to North Vancouver

Beautiful girl looking at the city from North Vancouver

Couple of ninjas waiting for the fireworks to start

Fireworks. Happy Canada Day! Notice the artistic flair on this shot.

Also this week the 4th of July happened in Canada. Disappointingly, they had no fireworks to mark this occasion, but we went to a restaurant for a nice lunch, to the new community centre in Edmonds for a nice swim, and back home for a nice visit from the missionaries.

We also got new neighbours in the flat next to ours. One of them saw the missionaries coming into our flat and asked if we were Mormons. We said "yes". She said "My parents are Mormons. They have them over and feed the missionaries and stuff. Nice people." So there you go.

Till next week, love.