Thanksgiving weekend

“Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day (Canadian French: Jour de l'Action de grâce), occurring on the second Monday in October, is an annual Canadian holiday which celebrates the harvest and other blessings of the past year.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(Canada)

This past weekend was thankgiving long weekend in Canada, and I had a great time with friends.

On Saturday I went biking with Mette, Mette is Danish from Copenhagen and just like in the Netherlands the Danish have a big tradition of biking as way of transport. In Canada biking is mostly exercise but things are shifting more towards biking as way of transport. Although people are still sporty dressed on the bike and change  (or not, this is Vancouver) at work. Also helmets are mandatory.

We rented bikes at spokes, because they are renting handcycles. I still don’t have my own bike (after it got stolen) so this was the best solution, and so much fun.

We circled Stanley Park and went along the seawall towards Burrard bridge where we met up with Selma.

The three of us went around false creek and had lunch at Granville Island, after which Selma went back to Kitsilano. Me and Mette took the aquabus back to downtown and returned the bikes after 4,5 hours of biking fun. I have a lot more pictures, see album October at tab pictures.

That night I went to BBQ at a friends’ place together with 2 of my roommates. After the BBQ we headed to Stanley Park again, this time to go on the ghost train. October Halloween month. The ghost train was cute scary aka not scary at all, but they did a good job.

The pictures of this experience, iPhone pictures in the dark turned out bad but can be found in the album October.

On Sunday it was time for another traditional experience. We took the hour and a half drive to Abbotsford to go pumpkin and apple picking.

This was such a happy experience, the weather was awesome and smiles all around.

I went with; Linden, Angus, Kat and Martha. We all picked pumpkins at the pumpkin patch.

Then had to weigh them to see the price.

After that we took a quick look at the farm shop and went apple picking and eating… After three apples I was a bit sick ;). Anyway we picked 25ibs of apples so we have to do a lot of eating and baking.

And Monday was a day off because it was thanksgiving. We celebrated at Martha’s and Dylan’s place at English bay, enjoyed the great view.

Did some pumpkin carving.

And enjoyed an amazing dinner all home cooked by Martha. This first thanksgiving was a great experience. So thankful for new friends and new experiences that accompany my move to Canada. The bar for thanksgiving is incredible high for me now ;) special thanks to Martha and Dylan for their hospitality.

All pictures can be found in the album October, also some pictures from last weekend when me and Daniël went for a walk through Stanley Park to enjoy fall colors. And some random shots, enjoy.