Saturday 22 Sept 2012
We did some shopping in the morning and got some lotto
tickets. We didn’t win the $30m jackpot last night so we are in next week’s
lotto which has jackpotted to $40m. I will have to come back to Canada to claim
my share (if we win) as I will be on the ship when it is drawn.
In the afternoon Davie took me down to his Legion Club (RSL
Club) for a few drinks.
He got off to a great start as he had found some old
lotto tickets that had slopped down under the cushions on the lounge so he
handed them in to check if there were any winners. Bingo!! One of them won a
prize of $6500. Needless to say we celebrated this win.
Sheila had a beaut Greek salad and lamb dinner waiting for
us when we got home. We continue to celebrate Davie’s win with a few more
drinks. I got to bed about 11pm.
Sun 23 Sept
OMG I woke with a hangover so after a glass of water I went
back to bed for a few more hours. I got up feeling a bit better about 9am and
Sheila cooked up a healthy brekkie of scrambled eggs on toast. After a shower
and freshen up Davie and I went down to the Farmer’s markets and a walk along
the waterfront.
It was beaut to have an easy day and an alcohol free day for
me. Sheila made a fantastic roast beef dinner with all the trimmings.
We had a relaxing night at home and I was in bed by 9.45pm.
Monday 24 Sept
Slept in and woke feeling in top form at 7.30am. Marvellous
what an alcohol free day does for the body and the head.
After brekkie we set off to the Lotto office to pick up
David’s winnings before going over to Grantham Island to have a look around.
The markets were very colourful and busy. We had a fantastic seafood lunch at
Bridges Restaurant.
In the mid afternoon I went over to visit Maurice and Brigit
(who I met on the World Cruise last year), they live only 5 minutes from Davie
and Sheila in West Van. They have a great apartment with fantastic views over
the ocean so we saw the ships departing the port as they passed bye. After some
yummy seafood savouries and a few Guinness they took me down to the Cactus Club
Bar and Grill for dinner.
It was great to catch up with them and even though it
had been 19months since I last saw them it only seemed like a few weeks ago.
I was home in bed by 9.45pm as we have a full day tomorrow
with a trip to Victoria on Vancouver Island.
Tuesday 25 Sept
Well we were all up early at 6.00am to get ready for the big
day trip to Victoria Vancouver Island. We had an hour and a half drive to catch
the 9am ferry, then we had a 2 hour ferry ride out to Vancouver Island. We had
brekkie on the boat. The ferry ride was very pleasant and seemed to go very
quickly.
We toured the Island and did some shopping in Victoria. I
got another polo shirt to add to my collection. Then it was time to do the 110km
trip from Victoria to Nanaimo to catch another Ferry to Horseshoe Bay just near
West Vancouver.
On arrival back Sheila insisted I go to a t-shirt printing
shop to have my own Sir Pat t-shirt printed. Well it was a comedy of errors as
the bloke didn’t have a good grasp of English a bit like Manual from Faulty
Towers. Anyway after about 50 minutes I lefy the shop with something like what
I wanted. It is one of the most expensive T-shirts I own. Clothing is so
expensive in Canada and then they have to add on all the taxes.
We had a quiet night as Sheila and Davie made a big homemade
pizza feast and we had a few drinks. After the long day we were all pleased to
have an early night.
Tomorrow morning I go into ‘Sir Pat’ mode and join the
Volendam for the 24 day cruise back to Australia. I cannot thank Davie &
Sheila enough for their hospitality and kindness over the past week.
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