Hooray for Hope!

We put Hope on a plane this morning--as I write this, she is in Seattle awaiting her connecting flight home--after a fantastic visit. She arrived Sunday afternoon and we took her immediately down to Gastown, the waterfront and watched the steamclock do its thing. The next morning, I had to start work (another post will follow on that topic later) so she and I didn't have a lot of time together during the week: she would walk me to the bus stop in the early morning and then we would go out to dinner at night but that was it.



Until Saturday, when we had the whole day together. It was terrific timing as the weather was the nicest it had been all week and we could spend the whole day outside. After a delicious dim sum breakfast at Imperials, we hung out at the waterfront and then made our way down to Stanley Park and the Aquarium. We ate lunch at Banana Leaf's in the West End and then ate gelato on the beach, listening to this increadible African band who were performing there.









It's sad that the visit is over. It went so fast. Can't wait to have you again!