Saturday, October 13, 2007

WEIRD CANADA THING - DAY 2

Yesterday we had breakfast with a couple of ladies who were so nice. They invited us to spend part of the day with them going to different scrapbook stores - so of course we went! We got to see some really neat scenery, beautiful trees with different colors. We talked about the stuff we say that's different: we say someone's been in a wreck - they say someone's had an accident. I told Terry if someone tells us they've had an accident we think they've wet their pants. Anyhow...we had a good time. Terry stopped by the local "market" so that we could buy some fresh "Gala" apples that had just been brought in fresh from the Orchard. (only .57 cents a pound!!!) I took a picture of their market - it was bigger than CostCo honestly! And she said that was their small market - the bigger one was on the other side of town. Here's a picture - it's gigantic!
See I could hardly make the whole building fit in the picture. Ok, still all this pretty normal and cool. Then Terry tells us we have to put a Looney in if we want a cart and we'll get it back when we bring the cart back. First of all we were wondering what in the heck a Looney was - turns out it's their dollar coin. So yeah, you have a pay a dollar to get the cart, but you get it back when you put the cart back where it belongs.
What a trip huh! Ok breakfast has just arrived so I'm gonna go. Oh, I'll post a picture of the view out of our room. I meant to do that yesterday and forgot.

AWESOME HUH?! It's ok - we're having a great time. Plus we're hoping to go out today after classes and see some of the town. I'll try and post good pictures then.

Love ya!

Aubrey

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The shopping cart money thing has been happening in Canada for a long time. I know it was like that when I went to British Columbia about 15 years ago. It was kind of a pain to have to put the money in but everyone returned their carts. I was surprised it didn't come over here to the states. I think it is a great idea. I am so glad you are having fun!

Anonymous said...

What a Looney Tunes Trip! Hee hee!

Anonymous said...

Hey Aubrey, it was so fun having breakfast with you and Leah, the two of you are so sweet and fun!
Scrapbook shopping was a hoot too!
Glad that some of our Canadian things gave you a chuckle, but you only scratched the surface of the weirdness LOL
Take care, chat soon.

Kat.