Sister Act 3 - Part 1
On Victoria Day weekend Jen and I headed west to the picturesque town of Stratford, Ontario. It rained when we went to PEI, it rained when we went to Savannah, so it was no surprise that it was raining as we drove to Stratford! Next year we are thinking of going to the desert to test out the theory that it rains for every sisters trip.
We made the most of our drive and stopped in a little town called Shakespeare for some fresh baked butter tarts and at "Castle" Kilbride (which was really just a big house) in Baden.
Saturday we saw "Kiss Me Kate" at the festival theatre and it was fantastic! Hilarious group of actors and their mishaps while putting on a production of Taming of the Shrew. Very entertaining and well worth the walk in the rain and the resulting blisters on the bottom of Jen's feet.
Foster's Inn provided our accommodations and delicious food - highly recommended. After dinner Saturday we saw "Jacques Brel" which was really just singing. Mr. Brel was a French song writer from Belgium who's songs told poignant and emotional stories. The first act was good, and the musicians excellent - but we could have done without the despressing songs in the second act.
Captain Von Trapp (aka Christopher Plummer) was in town starring in The Tempest but unfortunately we didn't see him. Truthfully we could have walked right past him but without his Austrian military uniform, whistle and seven children we likely wouldn't have recognized him.
Sunday our men joined us for lunch at the famed Pazzo and then we took a little boat cruise down the river. Stratford has a few mating pairs of swans who are very territorial and were, at that time, waiting for their eggs to hatch. As most of you know I don't care much for birds, but it was neat to be so close to them - they are huge!
Part 2 of our sister trip will be to Florida in November with Brayden. Jen is heading to Disney as part of the DQ marketing team to put on this year's Miracle Network event. Brayden and I are going to tag along, should be fun.
We made the most of our drive and stopped in a little town called Shakespeare for some fresh baked butter tarts and at "Castle" Kilbride (which was really just a big house) in Baden.
Saturday we saw "Kiss Me Kate" at the festival theatre and it was fantastic! Hilarious group of actors and their mishaps while putting on a production of Taming of the Shrew. Very entertaining and well worth the walk in the rain and the resulting blisters on the bottom of Jen's feet.
Foster's Inn provided our accommodations and delicious food - highly recommended. After dinner Saturday we saw "Jacques Brel" which was really just singing. Mr. Brel was a French song writer from Belgium who's songs told poignant and emotional stories. The first act was good, and the musicians excellent - but we could have done without the despressing songs in the second act.
Captain Von Trapp (aka Christopher Plummer) was in town starring in The Tempest but unfortunately we didn't see him. Truthfully we could have walked right past him but without his Austrian military uniform, whistle and seven children we likely wouldn't have recognized him.
Sunday our men joined us for lunch at the famed Pazzo and then we took a little boat cruise down the river. Stratford has a few mating pairs of swans who are very territorial and were, at that time, waiting for their eggs to hatch. As most of you know I don't care much for birds, but it was neat to be so close to them - they are huge!
Part 2 of our sister trip will be to Florida in November with Brayden. Jen is heading to Disney as part of the DQ marketing team to put on this year's Miracle Network event. Brayden and I are going to tag along, should be fun.
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