Saturday, February 10, 2007
7 February, 2007
We woke up so late – still tired from the airport saga and flight delays. We eventually made it out of the house after playing with Benjamin and Amy, they are really cute kids. We got downtown and decided to brave the cold with our heads above the ground. We cannot really explain how cold it was but it was freezing (about -25 degrees Celsius) - unimaginable- but we persisted and we kept popping into coffee bars and shops to thaw. We didn’t really see much since it was so unbearable, but we tried and so eventually we made our way to Rich M’s office to pick him up for the basketball game. From his office it is a walk through the tunnel and we got to the Air Canada Centre. The Raptors were going to play the Orlando Magic and Suzy met us at the game. It was good fun and a real treat for us since we have never watched a game live. The Canadians are very reserved and not as crazy about basketball compared to the hockey, and so there was not as much excitement and shouting around us compared with the hockey game. We got back to their home and sat in the kitchen nibbling on goodies and chatting until late. Poor Rich M has to wake up tomorrow extra early to take us to the bus station and he is working so hard at the moment (it is year end time for him and Rich B vaguely remembers this period).
We woke up so late – still tired from the airport saga and flight delays. We eventually made it out of the house after playing with Benjamin and Amy, they are really cute kids. We got downtown and decided to brave the cold with our heads above the ground. We cannot really explain how cold it was but it was freezing (about -25 degrees Celsius) - unimaginable- but we persisted and we kept popping into coffee bars and shops to thaw. We didn’t really see much since it was so unbearable, but we tried and so eventually we made our way to Rich M’s office to pick him up for the basketball game. From his office it is a walk through the tunnel and we got to the Air Canada Centre. The Raptors were going to play the Orlando Magic and Suzy met us at the game. It was good fun and a real treat for us since we have never watched a game live. The Canadians are very reserved and not as crazy about basketball compared to the hockey, and so there was not as much excitement and shouting around us compared with the hockey game. We got back to their home and sat in the kitchen nibbling on goodies and chatting until late. Poor Rich M has to wake up tomorrow extra early to take us to the bus station and he is working so hard at the moment (it is year end time for him and Rich B vaguely remembers this period).
# posted by Heidi & Richard's travels @ 9:46 PM 
