Yesterday started with a mission: finding somewhere to watch the Chargers game. In my wanderings yesterday, I found a pub down by Stanley Park that had NFL schedules posted outside. Figuring that was a good bet, I headed out there. But when I got there at a few minutes before 10, they were closed. Apparently they open at 11. Sigh. So I checked my guide book to find a sports bar and headed off to the Shark Club Bar and Grill. They were open, and showing all the games, including the Chargers game on the big screen. Score! I had a veggie omelet, and watched the game. There was a die hard Chargers fan sitting near me, and we had a great time whooping it up as the Bolts crushed the Patriots.

After such a great start to the day I decided to go explore Stanley Park a little, so I headed outside to find...rain. Well, it actually wasn't raining that hard, and I did have both a raincoat and an umbrella in my backpack (how's that for foresight?), so why let a little water spoil my day?

So I walked around the park for awhile, and it is all its cracked up to be, even in the rain. In fact, walking around in the rain was a lot of fun. I only got a very little way into it, about as far as the Lost Lagoon, but I'm already planning on going back today to explore more. One thing I didn't realize is just how BIG it is. I thought I'd walked quite a ways into it, but when I looked at a map I realized I had only scratched the surface.

By this time I was pretty wet and a little tired from walking, so I headed back into the center of town to find another movie. I found another theater, one with more than one screen, so my choices expanded considerably. When I got there, Souls of Naples was about to start, so I grabbed a ticket. I actually quite enjoyed this one. I guess you'd call it sort of a documentary. Basically its a study of Naples, featuring mostly the poorer parts and people of the city. Take a look if you see it playing somewhere.

I felt like Japanese for dinner, so I consulted by book to find a couple of likely places and headed off to find one. No luck. I still think they're out there, but I couldn't find either of them after walking up and down the street they're both supposed to be on. Maybe I should have brought the book out with me, but I was trying to travel light for the evening. Oh well, there were plenty of other places to try, so I just picked one near the movie theater that looked good. I had a very good smoked salmon roll, and a rice bowl/egg/chicken concoction that was just ok.

How about another movie? This one was called Crash Test Dummies. Its about a Romanian couple that goes to Austria (?) to drive a stolen car back to Romania. Of course things end up going wrong, and the story just basically follows four characters around in their various meetings and trials. I'm not describing it well. It was interesting, but not a must see by any means.

So a pretty relaxed day, some walking in the rain, a couple of movies to stay out of the rain, and a great Chargers win :) .

Today I think I'm going to go back to the park, maybe try to find the aquarium that's supposed to be in there somewhere. Then the Death Cab for Cutie concert is tonight, I'm looking forward to that. My weather report says its only going to rain on wednesday, so here's hoping for some dry days this week.