Sorry about the lack of updates, I kind of got frustrated with the shaky wireless connection. I'm back home now, with a great connection mere feet from my couch, so here's the update on the last couple of days.
The hockey game was awesome. You haven't lived until you've heard 18,630 Canadians who've been waiting for 16 months for hockey singing O' Canada at the top of their lungs. And it just got better after that. There's nothing like a full stadium of people who are totally into the game and really understand what's going on. Every little thing was met with synchronized cheers, groans, and excited gasps. It was quite a bit of fun after only having seen games in person with far less intense fans in Anaheim, L.A. and San Diego. I sat next to a very excited Canucks fan who was on the edge of his seat the whole game. We had fun talking about the game, and high fiving on goals. I did my best impression of a Canucks fan, and I don't think he suspected a thing :) . Vancouver won, 3-1, which was great because the crowd got what they wanted, but I was secretly rooting for Phoenix to come back at the end for overtime and possibly a shootout. Oh well.
Thursday brought more rain, and more foot/heel/achilies pain. I don't think I was quite prepared for the amount of walking (and mountain climbing) that I did on this vacation, so I paid for it with a little bit of pain. It limited me some, but not completely. Between the rain and the pain on Thursday, I didn't feel like doing much, so I just did a little souvenir shopping and saw a couple of movies. Go For Zucker is a comedy that won a bunch of awards in Germany, so I had high hopes. It was entertaining, but I found it a little hokey, like Meet the Parents in German. Lucid is the only Canadian film I saw, and it kept me interested, but in the end was a little too in love with its shocking twists and turns for me to recommend it.
Friday was my last full day, so I decided to spend most of it in Stanley Park. Since I was still feeling some pain walking, I just stayed around the Lost Lagoon, which is a great place to sit and read. I also walked around the lagoon a couple of times enjoying the wildlife and views. I took a couple of pictures that I like, so I'll post them when my photo album starts working again (its acting funny at the moment, I don't know why).
After coming back from the park, I watched an exciting Angels/Yankees game which the Angels ended up winning. Go Halos!
I ended the night with a final movie, Three Dollars from Australia. I think I liked this one, but I had a bit of a hard time figuring out what was going on sometimes. A large part of the movie was flashbacks, but the main characters didn't really look or act that much different in the past, so there was no real indication about what point in time was being shown in any given scene. That was probably just me though.
So that's it, I caught a plane back to San Diego on saturday morning, and that's where I am now. I had a great time in Vancouver, and already want to go back. Boarding trip to Whistler this year Justin and Dave? ;)
