My flight from TO to Vancouver was really uneventful. In fact it almost felt like “easy and convenient” air travel.

I saw “Men with Brooms” for the in-flight movie and I enjoyed it immensely. Sure the acting wasn’t Oscar calibre, and all of the “Canadiana” propoganda was directed towards the “white, male/female Canadian” demographic—it was a fun movie none-the-less.

The only thing I can say is that I missed the last scene of the movie. Paul Gross is about to throw his last stone, and right when he releases, the flight attendent drops a tray of food all over the floor. It distracted me for just a few seconds (it was right by my seat), and when I looked up, Paul Gross and his team are celebrating the win. For the life of me, I can’t figure out how they won… The needed two stones in the circle to win, and If I remember correctly, the best they could do was tie. Hmm, I don’t know.

Arrived in Vancouver at 9:05 pm PST, about 1/2 an hour early. Walked around the airport waiting for Jen, when she came I pointed out to here a Telus phone card vending machine. It was very poorly designed.

I took a picture of it. I’ll post it when I get the film developed.

Jen and I had dinner at Nikko, a Japanese restaurant. It was good, very authentic (Jen, having been to Japan said so). The serving was very generous, but the fish was either old or very fresh (I don’t know). It was softer than I expected. It didn’t taste fishy, but I don’t exactly know what Salmon tastes like fresh….

Then we went looking for Ice Cream.

I had wanted to get a carton of “Haagan Daas” for Jen and I to share back at the apartment, but the London Drugs (BC’s Shoppers Drugmart, I guess) was on the other side of the street, necessitating us to cross the road.

Guess what? It was closed.

So Jen went up and asked a person where they got their ice cream cone. Turns out that the place, Mondo Gelato, had just shut it’s doors.

Boo! Boo on Vancouver retailers for closing at Midnight.

So Jen and I went into an all-night variety store that sold a whole bunch of Japanese foodstuff. They had Pocari Sweat, and Calpis Water too.

We bought a bottle of Gatorade, a bottle of water, and an energy drink called called TREK.

-T