We met with my Uncle Ted, Auntie Lorna my cousin Marcie and her husband and kids for lunch. The menu there looked really good! It was really nice to see everyone again, and we both enjoyed their company.
I took Andre to Assiniboine park afterwards. I really enjoyed going there as a kid. We saw the flower garden, sculpture garden and went to the zoo and saw all sorts of animals. The weather was perfect: 25, sunny and a bit breezy. After the zoo, we stopped at Sargeant Sundae, which is across the street. We ordered the banana-vanilla swirl ice cream and it was delicious!
After that, we headed back to the hotel where my friend Katryna and her boyfriend Todd picked us up to go for dinner. We went to Moxies. Andre and Todd got along well, and it was really good to chat with Katryna and catch up. We then headed to a bar where we met up with some more friends of mine from middle school. They all are still friends and hang out often. It was great seeing them again.
This morning, Andre went out to the mail depot to check it out. Again, we decided to be out of the hotel by 10 so that we didn't have to pay for parking. Andre was picked up by one of the postal inspectors out here, so I had he car. I just drove around and went out to the mall where Katryna was working. I did a bit of shopping and said one last goodbye to her.
When Andre was done at the mail depot, we went to The Forks. He didn't seem as thrilled with it as I was. I love at the little artisan shops and there were a number of things I'd love to have bought, but Andre keeps reminding me that we're on a budget trip... which is true. We bought some souvenirs for Andre's family. We only ended up staying there for about an hour and a half, which is less than I would have liked, but we were both very tired from our late night and waking up early.
We got Gondola pizza for dinner. It is still by far the best pizza that I've ever tasted. Andre agrees that it's wonderful. And now we're going to have a quiet night in the hotel. We might even order a movie.
Tomorrow's a really, really long drive out to Calgary. I think we'll leave around 7:30am so that we can get out to Calgary at a decent time. At least we'll going through another time zone and gaining an hour.
And now for some pictures!
A peacock at the zoo. They just roam free all over the place. Once when I was little, one escaped and it ended up in our backyard.
A dragon made out of flowers in the English Flower Garden at Assiniboine park.
A photo taken of us from the footbridge at Assiniboine park.
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