Day two in Victoria, in a nutshell: nostalgia and hugs and great food.
First thing in the morning (far too early for someone who’s grown used to starting work – from home – at 11:00 a.m.!) I drove into town with my sister and then walked to work (taking basically the same route as the one I followed all those years when Peter and I lived in a downtown condo), stopping at Starbucks for coffee and breakfast (another former tradition) before heading to the office.
I saw this cool 3D chalk art on the way to work and just had to stop and take a picture.
It was so much fun seeing my co-workers (all but one were in the office today) for the first time since moving to Windsor three years ago! I can’t say I got a whole lot of actual work done today, but it was great hugging and chatting and laughing as we got caught up with each other.
When noon rolled around a group of us headed out to one of my favourite sushi restaurants (and there are several!) for lunch. Windsor has a really great dining scene and offers a wide variety of ethnic cuisines (which – as my dining club and I have discovered – it does very, very well)… but you know, there is nothing quite like West Coast sushi. It’s fresh, tastes divine, doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, and is something I’ve been looking forward to enjoying again ever since I found out I was going to be visiting Victoria. And it definitely didn’t disappoint! I’m pretty sure that at some point at least one of my happy days posts while I’m here is going to be about something other than food, but please bear with me for another day, as today’s happiness is brought to you by a delicious plate of tunacado and spicy salmon rolls!
100 Happy Days – Day 27
After work the nostalgia continued as I met up with a good friend (another person I hadn’t seen since I moved) for coffee, a drive down to the breakwater (another favourite spot), and a great chat. Unfortunately it was too foggy by the water to even see the breakwater, but I’m sure it was out there somewhere!
The evening wrapped up with a most delicious Thai dinner with my family, a combined celebration of my parents’ 49th wedding anniversary and my dad’s birthday.
It was a wonderful day.
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I love celebrations… I have lived up and down the same one hundred mile stretch of Highway 70, my entire life, so I have not experienced a homecoming like you are enjoying. However, I have hosted quite a few, and that is always fun.
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October 10, 2014
I’m glad I was able to visit during so many family celebrations, plus (Canadian) Thanksgiving, which is still to come!
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Laurel, you’re so good about making us experience those tantalizing dishes! Happy you were one of my “two above” again tonight!
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October 10, 2014
Thank you, Billie!
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October 10, 2014
Love the banana chalk art, it almost looks 3D as if it’s about to pop up from the sidewalk! Glad you got to enjoy some Westcoast sushi! 😉 <3
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October 10, 2014
It’s pretty cool, isn’t it?! 3D art is so fun.
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October 10, 2014
I’m not sure which Victoria you are describing, but the tantalizing foods made me hungry for sushi, and the beautiful photos of sights you saw made me nostalgic for foggy cities I’ve lived in. A lovely post.
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October 10, 2014
Thank you! This Victoria is the one in BC (Canada), my former home. It’s a lovely city.
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October 10, 2014
That Banana Chalk Art is so cool! Good that you are having a great time connecting with friends and colleagues and the dish looks yum!
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October 10, 2014
It’s been a wonderful trip so far!
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I could use some of those spicy salmon rolls!
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October 10, 2014
They were yummy!
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October 10, 2014
Waking up healthy again made my day! No more illness. Just energy and that good old ‘Here we go!’ feeling. Bring on the world! 🙂
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October 10, 2014
Wonderful, Diane! I’m glad for you!
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Friends make life so much fun and fulfilled 🙂 Lovely pictures of yummy food, the banana is amazing 🙂
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October 13, 2014
It’s been great catching up with them!
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