Oh Canada!
Oct. 4th, 2006 10:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hellisonNow the jetlag has passed and I have the day off to get a new boiler in except the boiler man can't come, here is the proper What I Did on My Holidays post.
The short version is - not very much at all really ;) The main point was to go see the family, hang out with the boys and get to know the new baby. The most I did in the way of touristy stuff was a quick train ride to Niagara for the morning. Other than that, time was spent reading, sleeping and best of all, lounging in the hot tub with cold cider.
Lovely. Saw no mounties and, even more disappointingly, didn't manage to hook up with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kearsley this time either :/ or, indeed, malvino.
Must Try Harder.
Anyway, some pic spam! Full set of pics is here
Emma and baby Rafe, only 4 months old, but a bit of a bruiser already!
Leo and Ollie
Anthony and Emma
Where quite a lot of the holiday was spent!
Friday night we had a Girl's Night, with friends of Emmas, in the tub ;)
Hmm, smokin'
Of course it was nice in the daytime too ;) Tho, taking pictures of yourself in a hot tub is harder than you'd think. At least, pictures you'd actually want to show people :p
Bubbles!
Sunday morning I got teh train to Niagara, and did the Maid of the Mist boat trip, which is an excellent - if damp - way to see the falls. Sadly I didn't have time to properly explore the Tack Fest that surrounds the falls, but next time, I fully intend to ;p
The American Falls, from above
Horseshoe falls from afar
American falls from the boat
Tiny People, Big Water
Very Big Water
Me! Damp ;p
Tacky Niagara!
I was so sad I didn't have time to go in here. I am fascinated that they need an entire EMPORIUM for wax hands.
The short version is - not very much at all really ;) The main point was to go see the family, hang out with the boys and get to know the new baby. The most I did in the way of touristy stuff was a quick train ride to Niagara for the morning. Other than that, time was spent reading, sleeping and best of all, lounging in the hot tub with cold cider.
Lovely. Saw no mounties and, even more disappointingly, didn't manage to hook up with
kearsley this time either :/ or, indeed, malvino.Must Try Harder.
Anyway, some pic spam! Full set of pics is here
Emma and baby Rafe, only 4 months old, but a bit of a bruiser already!
Leo and Ollie
Anthony and Emma
Where quite a lot of the holiday was spent!
Friday night we had a Girl's Night, with friends of Emmas, in the tub ;)
Hmm, smokin'
Of course it was nice in the daytime too ;) Tho, taking pictures of yourself in a hot tub is harder than you'd think. At least, pictures you'd actually want to show people :p
Bubbles!
Sunday morning I got teh train to Niagara, and did the Maid of the Mist boat trip, which is an excellent - if damp - way to see the falls. Sadly I didn't have time to properly explore the Tack Fest that surrounds the falls, but next time, I fully intend to ;p
The American Falls, from above
Horseshoe falls from afar
American falls from the boat
Tiny People, Big Water
Very Big Water
Me! Damp ;p
Tacky Niagara!
I was so sad I didn't have time to go in here. I am fascinated that they need an entire EMPORIUM for wax hands.
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Date: 2006-10-04 10:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-04 11:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-04 11:14 am (UTC)also, oooo niagara lots of niagara
also, aww rafe is a wee dote (but WHY is he called RAFE)
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Date: 2006-10-04 11:18 am (UTC)There are many more of niagara on fotopic. And even more at I didn't post there. LOTS of niagara ;p
I have no idea why he is called Rafe, but it's too late to worry about it now! Mostly he gets Rafie. Or pudding, because he looks like a little round pud ;p
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Date: 2006-10-04 11:26 am (UTC)Ach the wee pud.
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Date: 2006-10-04 12:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-04 11:29 am (UTC)No mounties? So disappointed!
Lovely photos though!
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Date: 2006-10-04 12:00 pm (UTC)The lack of mounties was very sad indeed. Bad Canada!
Ta, the new camera seems to be working well ;)
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Date: 2006-10-04 07:44 pm (UTC)they should be punished!
er. busy now, but i can help with that.
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Date: 2006-10-04 12:07 pm (UTC)Love the rest too but am in haste
xx
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Date: 2006-10-04 12:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-04 12:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-04 12:22 pm (UTC)hmm. maybe I should send it in as my mud hall o'shame (http://ImageEvent.com/VanDerRyst/HallOfShame) pic :p
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Date: 2006-10-04 05:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-04 09:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-04 12:39 pm (UTC)I have been to Canada three times and the only mounties I saw were specially bussed in to a Due South convention for Q&A. Not the same at all.
V jealous of hot tub relaxation...........with cider.
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Date: 2006-10-04 01:10 pm (UTC)The hot tub was the best thing ever. I would so love to have one!
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Date: 2006-10-04 05:46 pm (UTC)HOT TUB
Hmm I wonder if dan would mind forgoing a room in the house so I can have a big garden with hot tub, then you would all come and visit!
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Date: 2006-10-04 09:38 pm (UTC)the rest of your f-list is very remiss!
Date: 2006-10-04 07:46 pm (UTC)*is martyred*
Re: the rest of your f-list is very remiss!
Date: 2006-10-04 09:37 pm (UTC)