When I woke up, I had some cereal and decided to hit the trail with the bike for a long bike ride. It has been a few years since I’ve had a great bike ride and was excited at the prospect. I ended up riding for 12 kms and it was slightly tough going out on it but then I realized I had been biking on an incline the entire 6 kms and so when I came back down it took me less time.
After the bike ride, I settled in with the guitar and created a new chord progression in the key of C that I worked on a bit with Troy. We had these grand aspirations to write music while we were there. It worked out decent for us over the week as we developed a little musical number based on a riff that Troy developed. I think it has potential.
Today was the day we headed into downtown Victoria to see the sights. Aunt Ree took us around the area where we shopped a little and we ended up getting some Dim Sum for lunch. Mom and Dad had never been to a Dim Sum restaurant before and while it was a enjoyable meal, I don’t think they will return in the future. Dad didn’t care for the rubbery texture on some of the items. They also didn’t appreciate that I ordered something that probably was a bull testicle. It was quite disgusting and it left a (literal) bad taste in our mouth afterward. YUCK!
After traipsing around Chinatown, I dropped by the Service Canada Center for Youth to see where I could find the main Service Canada Center to say hello to a colleague of mine. After finding the center, I phoned Kathleen but she was out of the office. Turns out she was out of town for the week which was unfortunate.
Random side story: I was passing this guy on the street and he had what looked like a red menu and he was standing outside a Chinese restaurant. When he started speaking I just assumed he was an employee of the restaurant and I said “No thanks, I’m full. I already ate today.” and he starts laughing and cries out “That’s the worst excuse I’ve ever heard!”. Turns out that he was someone working for Amnesty International! I did feel bad for brushing him off like that but we all had a good laugh.
We saw a guy called Plasterman who was one of those mimes that move around when you pay him. He was pretty interesting to watch. This was right in front of the harbour which is an amazing sight to see. It was also right in front of the Empress which is supposedly a grand hotel to visit but they were going to charge us to walk through there and we said ‘Nay” to that prospect. We ended up in Big Bad John’s pub where we could eat peanuts, throw the shells on the floor and look at the bras and underwear hanging from the walls and ceiling.