Christmas Train at Canada Place

A couple of days ago (you'll know why I was more than a little bagged yesterday...not even the energy to post a 'coming soon' blog) we went to Canada Place for the Christmas Train (and other stuff) put on my Starbucks (I think they own this town). They had samples of the new peppermint hot chocolate: quite good! Notice how it was light when we went there at 2:30, by 5PM when we left it was pitch black. The upside to being in Seoul (and on about the 38th parallel instead of the 49th) is more consistent daylight hours, as you may have guessed.


On the way to the Christmas Train: a Calgary-Limo.


Winston patiently waits for Spencer and Mommy to come on the train.


Here it comes! Woo! Woo!


Hmmmmmmm...must be the red-eye they're on (damn flash).


The boys and I are ready to go!


Here we are!

After 3-4 trips on it Spencer had his fill and we went to the gingerbread man decorating area. To give them (and us) a little sugar-rush.


Spencer gets down with a little gingerbread man decorating.


Here's a pose with it.


And all of us (I think I look like a bloody bear in this pic on account of that big brown shirt I got on...had to crop some of my massiveness out of it..and, no, I'm not gaining weight).


We almost got out of there, but Spencer found this tree with a train set-up underneath it...and he had to stand and look at it for a few minutes.

On the way home both of them fell asleep...this is a BAD thing because Spencer (true to form) woke up at 1AM and kept Kate up (and me too, although I stayed mostly in the prone position). Then it was off to the doctor again to get Winston a shot. Here they are out again in the backseat.


Spencer sacked out in the car...


...Winston too.

While waiting I saw this old guy bringing bottles in. In Korea the dude would have been about 104 years old and stacking it all on a bike (and the bottles would have been someone else's, these were likely his own). (Note his parking right on the line: bad hal-a-beo-ji!


In Canada, the bottle 할아버지/hal-a-beo-ji guys drive Buicks, not rickshaws.

And, a pic I got in my email this morning from Seoul Selection...ah, the memories.


Ah, the old days...scary thing is I know this exact place where this was taken. (Credit to Seoul Selection.)