Tibet. Canoes. Circus.
What a great day!
To start off the day I watched the end of the movie that I had fallen asleep during the night before (which is a bad habit of mine). Anyways, it was "Seven Years in Tibet" a 1997 movie with Brad Pitt. It's the true story of an Austrian mountain climber who is climbing the Himalayan mountains when the war breaks out; he's placed in a prisoner-of-war camp and eventually escapes to Tibet where he becomes friends with the Dalai Lama. GREAT MOVIE! I learned so much about Tibetan culture and about the Dalai Lama- who knew the Dalai Lama could be a teenager? And in Tibet, they believe that any living creature could have been your mother in it's past life which is why they treat every living thing with great respect.
For the past few days my lovely friend Jessica has been staying with us; it's not often we get to see eachother, but when we do, we have fun! Today we decided to go on a canoeing adventure, and so the newly repaired canoe hit the top of the van and into the water. We paddled from North Van all the way to Coquitlam- that sounds quite impressive, but to be completely honest it was less than half an hour paddle. How lovely it was to be out on the calm waters. And it must have been jellyfish season because wherever you looked there were endless layers of jellyfish beneath the boat. Thousands and thousands like I've never seen before, and a giant red one, dead on the beach. With the sun shimmering off the water, it was just gorgeous! There's no way I'd rather spend the last few days of my summer.
Then we went for a family dinner in Yaletown; Derek's heading back to Victoria for year 2 of University soon, so it was somewhat of a farewell dinner. And it was just so convenient that from there we could walk straight to the circus tents for Cirque de Soleil- the much anticipated entertainment for the evening. AND IT WAS FANTASTIC! I can't even explain to you the precision of every move, the strength, the balance, the flexibility and the coordination of every single performer. The amount of rehearsal time that must go into the show is unreal, but the outcome was mind blowing.
To start off the day I watched the end of the movie that I had fallen asleep during the night before (which is a bad habit of mine). Anyways, it was "Seven Years in Tibet" a 1997 movie with Brad Pitt. It's the true story of an Austrian mountain climber who is climbing the Himalayan mountains when the war breaks out; he's placed in a prisoner-of-war camp and eventually escapes to Tibet where he becomes friends with the Dalai Lama. GREAT MOVIE! I learned so much about Tibetan culture and about the Dalai Lama- who knew the Dalai Lama could be a teenager? And in Tibet, they believe that any living creature could have been your mother in it's past life which is why they treat every living thing with great respect.
For the past few days my lovely friend Jessica has been staying with us; it's not often we get to see eachother, but when we do, we have fun! Today we decided to go on a canoeing adventure, and so the newly repaired canoe hit the top of the van and into the water. We paddled from North Van all the way to Coquitlam- that sounds quite impressive, but to be completely honest it was less than half an hour paddle. How lovely it was to be out on the calm waters. And it must have been jellyfish season because wherever you looked there were endless layers of jellyfish beneath the boat. Thousands and thousands like I've never seen before, and a giant red one, dead on the beach. With the sun shimmering off the water, it was just gorgeous! There's no way I'd rather spend the last few days of my summer.
Then we went for a family dinner in Yaletown; Derek's heading back to Victoria for year 2 of University soon, so it was somewhat of a farewell dinner. And it was just so convenient that from there we could walk straight to the circus tents for Cirque de Soleil- the much anticipated entertainment for the evening. AND IT WAS FANTASTIC! I can't even explain to you the precision of every move, the strength, the balance, the flexibility and the coordination of every single performer. The amount of rehearsal time that must go into the show is unreal, but the outcome was mind blowing.
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