Clearly my vacation was amazing as I never ended up updating my blog about my travels.
My travels consisted of staying in Ottawa this time around. I ended up putting a few coats of pink primer on my garage door (it’s a nice shade of bubble gum pink now which my neighbours love) and I’ll be throwing up some maroon by the summer’s end. I would ideally like to finish it this week, but I have a final essay due by Friday. YIKES!
Tuesday had the safe return of Vero into our lives. The airplane was delayed by 3-4 hours due to some faulty brakes (???) so I ended up picking her up around 5:30. She appreciated the giant sign with her name on it as she said that throughout her travels, she always saw those signs but never for her!
We headed back to her place so she could show me some pictures and videos from the trip. In the end, she went to Austria, Italy, Southern France and Spain. She said Spain was super hot – one day it was 44 degrees without the humidity! She also saw some bullfighting in Spain which actually involves killing the bull (which we both were unaware of). She was pretty mortified as is not a clean kill to say the least.
I’m sure she will fill you all in on the little details in the future, but needless to say, she had a great time!
I spent some time with her meandering around Ottawa for the next few days getting her back on her feet and then I spent Thursday relaxing by cleaning up the house as my parents were coming in a day early. Mike and I had a few beers during the evening which turned into an impromptu pre-birthday bash for me as my parents and Eric showed up also. The beer was flowing well that night. After midnight when everyone wished me a happy birthday we headed for bed.
I awoke to my twenty-ninth year wondering where the heck I was and realized that I had slept downstairs that night as my parents were in my bedroom. After getting my bearings I headed upstairs to find a sweet new fishing rod in my possession from my parents! Thanks to the both of you!
We spent the rest of the day shopping around the area in which I got a great deal on a shirt and tie (such a great deal that I whispered to my parents that they should go start the car) and then we headed home, had a nap and went to a rushed supper at Eastside Mario’s as we had napped a little too long before having to pick up Nanny at the train station.
We then all headed home with Vero and her sister Andreane where I received some great gifts from Nanny (thanks Nanny!) and some great gifts from Vero from her travels. I don’t know how I did it, but I predicted that I would receive a Spanish Spider-Man comic book, which I did. Strange how that popped into my mind all of a sudden. I also got these cool maraca type percussion instruments which I’ll have to get the hang of. They have a trick to them which I haven’t figured out.
That’s that! My week off was great and the weather was SUPER FREAKIN’ AMAZING!!! I am having all the luck in the world with my vacation this year.
Now I’m ready to plan out the next big trek. It involve a wedding in Kitchener, a trip to London to see Troy and Connie and then 2 weeks with nothing much planned except finding our way to New York City. I think the two weeks will be spent traipsing along the coast with trips to Gaspe and Boston planned.