It is about that time again to place another blog entry on this ever growing electronic diary of ours.
We have been here 6 months now, time has really flown by!!
Anyway, you are probably asking what Canada Day is all about. Well Canada is a very young country (141 years young) and Canada Day celebrates when British provinces here became united into a federation.
The difference between public or bank holidays back in the UK and Canada, everything shuts down on bank holidays here...remember the old days back in the UK where nothing was open on bank hoildays, well that is the practice here!!!
Canadians celebrate by having fairs and parties and pretty much anything to do with the maple leaf flag.
We woke up early Canada Day morning and went on a nice trail (walk/hike) near our apartment, the pictures are below:
Brian......
and Elaine....
Then we came across this man in his canoe and his 'friend'....how cool is this???
We then went to the University of Waterloo who were holding a celebration day in their grounds, which was FREE! The U of W is about 15-20 minutes from where we live....see some pictures below:
Colombia Lake:
And last...but but no means least!! (Brian was hungry....WHAT A SURPRISE!!!)
We have also made some new friends, Jack and Kathy and their daughter Olivia who are in the next picture along with Elaine. The next photo was taken at Bingemans, which is a massive conference centre, with an arcade and water park. Bingemans were holding the firework display to round off Canada Day......
And here are some fireworks to prove it:
So that was our first Canada Day in a nutshell...hopefully many more will be celebrated!!!
Until the next update, Brian and Elaine are signing off.....
