We had a good long sleep in to shake the last remnants of the jet-lag, but another beautiful day soon dragged us out into the sunshine. We took care of some mundane details - picking up a rented Impala with an amazingly large boot, visited our Canadian bank and renewed our acquaintance with a long deserved trip to the local A&W for Teenburgers and onion rings.
We were invited to Hanneke and Jul's for dinner one evening, enjoyed outside on the patio. The meal, as usual, was fantastic - a nice Italian roast chicken, some moose sausages, Korean beef ribs and the most amazing Puerto Rican spiced chicken wings. As usual, my sister and brother-in-law out-did themselves.
The next day, I had another trip to their place, this time to make bratwurst with Jul, who had recently taken a suasage-making course. We had a few beers, mixed, tasted, altered and stuffed. It was great. And the results were fantastic. The lemon peel and cinnamon really made them sing. We packed up a bunch for his freezer and then another 15 or 20 to take on the family camping trip that was to start on Monday.
We did some shopping at the local malls, stocking up on Canadian goodies, and Fiona went off in search of her much longed for Columbia sandals. Alas and alack, they proved to be unobtainable.
Sunday evening we packed up for an early start on Monday - destination: Jasper.
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