Canada Day

Canada Day in Trafalgar Square

Waking at the crack of 1pm after a night in Brighton Alex and I prepared to gather ourselves for another day of fun in the sun. Wednesday was the height of the recent heat wave in London and after putting on our sunscreen we headed out in the 30+ degree weather (Yes, I know Smith Falls was 37 with the humidex last week) to grab the tube, bound for Trafalgar Square where we heard there were some Canucks gathering.

Canada Day '09 in London

Already sweating buckets (tubes have no air conditioning, and are really packed on the Circle Line), we left the tube station and made our way to the square. Turns out that there are quite a few Canadians in London (actually, according to CBC there are 250k of us) ! Alex and I made our way in and immediately started to feel at home. To the right of us Sleeman Breweries had set up a tent and to the left there was a wagon-type fry shack and a ball hockey tournament already in progress. Finding some of our friends already enjoying some of the cool beverages on the right, we joined in the fun and soaked in the Canadiana. After two hours or so of celebrating our country, we took a quick walk around the National Gallery that was there, and walked by a Canadian themed pub, called “The Maple Leaf.” The whole street the pub was on seemed to be full of Canadians and Canadian themed shops, including a man in full Mountie uniform (I’m not sure how he didn’t die from the heat). The Maple Leaf was really busy though with a line well out the door so we elected to take it easy on ourselves and head home to make dinner. Stopping in Tescos along the way, the clerk saw my red and white shirt and complimented me my country, telling me how he wished to someday move there to join some family that had emigrated some time ago.

It was a good day to be Canadian.

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Ball Hockey!

So Many Lost Balloons

More Hockey

Sleeman Beer Tent

Wagon Fries.
Think they have enough flags?