We’re still a family of four. It was touch and go there for a while with Pie. There was a real chance she was going to be voted off the island. But apparently she got the immunity idol and we’re all still here.
At the moment, Adam and the kids are swimming in the hotel’s indoor pool. I decided to hang out and rest.
Doodles: Mom! You should really come with us.
Adam: Let Mommy hang out and relax.
Doodles: No, she should come! You know she didn’t go running today and can really use the exercise.
Even my own son. We’re doing a ton of walking so I am taking a break from running, hoping it’ll recharge me and help my foot. Although the walking is aggravating it a bit.
Aside from a few temper tantrums, we’re having a lovely time, and Canadians are apparently used to American tourists. (As I posted on Facebook: “We have met the Ugly American Tourist and he is us.” To which my clever friend Jen wrote, “Us too! Ruining Canada one province at a time.”)
But smoked meat sandwiches from Schwartz’s and chocolate crepes and copious amounts of lemonade have kept us all going. Two places we really wanted to go–the Biodome and the Insectarium–are closed because of labor disputes, but we’ve still seen plenty so far: the science museum, old Montreal, the Biosphere, taken a bateau mouche, visited a church.
We still have an arg museum in us for today and tomorrow is anyone’s guess. The kids are hoping to ice skate.
And now a quick nap before les enfants terribles return. Au voir.
