After our little heat wave things have finally cooled off. For most of the week the temperature was in the low to mid 30's, which was very pleasant. Since Friday it's actually been even colder and dipped into the high 20's which makes for a very nice, cool evening and a good sleep.
On a personal note, I'm starting to get much more comfortable at work and I'm finding my legs. I think we're all starting to feel more comfortable with our lives in general. Even the kids seem to have only need a day or two at their new school to adjust. They're already meeting some people. Of course, as they are Canadians (or from "Canadiana" as one of their classmates said) they are the flavour du jour. They have been asked to say "aboot", querried about maple syrup, interogated on their french skills (Keva did well, the boys not so much) and questioned if they've lived in an igloo and seen polar bears. To the last question they answered in the affirmative.
Here's some photos of recent events:
The Regal Theatre where Nadia and I went to spend "An Evening with John Cleese". For those unaware of John Cleese, he is most famous as one of the founding members of Monty Python. He is also known as the creator and star of Faulty Towers and several movies such as A Fish Called Wanda. However, I am most appreciative of his work with Python. He told us amusing anecdotes about his life and profession and even answered some questions at the end. I found this to be the most interesting portion of the evening. Someone asked him a very simple question and his answer was about 5 minutes long and covered entertainment, philosophy, history, politics and economics. And it was funny. He really is a very talented, intelligent and impressive man but, alas, a little too old to be doing any silly walks.
Here's as close as he came to a silly walk.
Yesterday, we went to a local park that we haven't visited yet. There is so much in the city and around the city to do that it's all a little overwhelming. We rented a couple of these peddle thingys and we had a lot of fun.
Then later in the day Zaren, Cyrus, Nadia and I went golfing. This was our first golf experience here. This was mostly due to the long and arduous journey that our golf clubs, along with our other sea freight, took to get here. Also, since it got cooler it is much more pleasant to golf. In any case, the 4 of us went to a public 18 hole golf course about 5 minutes down the road from our house. They have a special twilight rate that is $6 per person after 5pm. We managed to get 8 holes in despite not starting until about 5:30. It was fun, frustrating, tiring, provoking, angering, laughable and encouraging. In other words: golf. This was a really good public course and it was in great shape with the exception of 2 holes being repaired. If this is what we can expect for golf here it should be good. So, all in all, it cost us $24 dollars for 4 of us to play 8 holes on a very nice public course. I think that's pretty good. Golf is one of the few things here that is cheaper than in Calgary.
So where was Keva, you might ask. Well, while we were having funstration on the golf course, Keva was working the drive-through at Red Rooster. After golf we ordered dinner from our baby. She was very cute and didn't screw up our order, which is a good thing, because it would have been uncomfortable to explain to her why I had to complain about the service to her manager. Unfortunately, minus their roasted chicken meals, this was your standard fast food fare: greasy, deep fried, etc. It's about time she served us for a change.
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