tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68269531173983359302024-03-04T21:45:28.809-08:00Maryann's travel adventuresThis blog is started to recap my travels, being it on a Bon Jovi tour trip or visiting friends.Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-15359508166109080812011-04-04T15:28:00.000-07:002011-04-09T05:40:53.799-07:00Day 10 to 13. Friday April 1st to Tuesday April 5th 2011Finally time for a new update!<br /><br />Well Friday first I guess:<br />The day started and went by fairly easy, I got up, hung out at the Lundquist house and then Jon came back from work. He was going to work at <a href="http://www.giggledam.com/">The Giggle Dam dinner theatre</a> and asked if I wanted to go with him that night too, (I had already tix for the show on Saturday, April 2nd.), and no it wasn't any April Fools joke!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaTZBFZzTjkbwG4KnOeJY2GDZxXIRQjYiuXk6UfsLikv9MBPuAZ3hIhnmg73VvsmoNMtH3ODDXqXQl6S3ovBG0AaRDjFrKOxCyTSLFLSlCVjuGuOf1Pyjor5ajt0glLuVm-oeJT7efdw/s1600/IMG_0300.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaTZBFZzTjkbwG4KnOeJY2GDZxXIRQjYiuXk6UfsLikv9MBPuAZ3hIhnmg73VvsmoNMtH3ODDXqXQl6S3ovBG0AaRDjFrKOxCyTSLFLSlCVjuGuOf1Pyjor5ajt0glLuVm-oeJT7efdw/s320/IMG_0300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591875947840656898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ceS6M_j3YChGsXuXKZPiYUZwsnDE4UUPBgFYJDTQs0KJLi4DGcLXeBnWlt3IGYXaseQRRYlPNgWX-_4l07Q-PyKQZEEbyMho6NDwRsg4a9STLlSbDm9ncmMOQ7MUZiHgFSEnD7j65mg/s1600/IMG_0302.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ceS6M_j3YChGsXuXKZPiYUZwsnDE4UUPBgFYJDTQs0KJLi4DGcLXeBnWlt3IGYXaseQRRYlPNgWX-_4l07Q-PyKQZEEbyMho6NDwRsg4a9STLlSbDm9ncmMOQ7MUZiHgFSEnD7j65mg/s320/IMG_0302.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591888021070508482" border="0" /></a><br />Schnaps, the Lundquist's family pet chillin on the sofa. He's SO sweet!<br /><br />The princess in the Lundquist family:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtD6Crl24vCjVLNzRaxPM-nQdbD4HcqrOkKRZZLmkq4h1Cfzgnt_b1v6eiiP6uilLm9WCmmzmT8QVhzawYpmRtXrSTpBwKd5-X0cjNnMAhNstZRl9BxYXWi_mPgIeHMzWql-br3MIw1ew/s1600/IMG_0087.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtD6Crl24vCjVLNzRaxPM-nQdbD4HcqrOkKRZZLmkq4h1Cfzgnt_b1v6eiiP6uilLm9WCmmzmT8QVhzawYpmRtXrSTpBwKd5-X0cjNnMAhNstZRl9BxYXWi_mPgIeHMzWql-br3MIw1ew/s320/IMG_0087.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591882022809618706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74ZDqPFpqzj6pFXKiqqTvp3PMaW2PdjCI2xXd7AVKuP1Ct5jdLw5sMGcmJ9wJQMYSrNFXGGu4lG-wt5ksKfZ-thYFXEuujl0U4N_E_Wypa_ZpBXsKsgTUQRARO436JBp41fPvfbPuabs/s1600/IMG_0301.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74ZDqPFpqzj6pFXKiqqTvp3PMaW2PdjCI2xXd7AVKuP1Ct5jdLw5sMGcmJ9wJQMYSrNFXGGu4lG-wt5ksKfZ-thYFXEuujl0U4N_E_Wypa_ZpBXsKsgTUQRARO436JBp41fPvfbPuabs/s320/IMG_0301.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591888017489925650" border="0" /></a><br />Behold little cutie Caidance, isn't she precious? :-)<br /><br />Daddy Jon Lundquist having some father & Daughter quality time<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96TQ-uY1mzogpVb7fuyc03f6ERwDH7BoKF6m9kjpSgt1Mda82weedk65vAqz2GVfbiiPXj-X9Nw20yAhLKfLCZ4AGNGve0wARya6Ujvy7fiu4OFTXIhp3PP-6MI6hpSytFpKim8KlQHU/s1600/DSCF2814.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96TQ-uY1mzogpVb7fuyc03f6ERwDH7BoKF6m9kjpSgt1Mda82weedk65vAqz2GVfbiiPXj-X9Nw20yAhLKfLCZ4AGNGve0wARya6Ujvy7fiu4OFTXIhp3PP-6MI6hpSytFpKim8KlQHU/s320/DSCF2814.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591882030373968082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fx3y8lX0wFyOWHIQe1MVjG4bQAogNMkgMhCdwlGRaCEuGI2LBwcbQTgZqMibU74IWJzA-HacneRLqwvNcowkv54QUq1qcnbaGtHWjaSJDNNEoTNgnOSWg6QS90e2QTOlIAOD00gSlwQ/s1600/DSCF2815.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fx3y8lX0wFyOWHIQe1MVjG4bQAogNMkgMhCdwlGRaCEuGI2LBwcbQTgZqMibU74IWJzA-HacneRLqwvNcowkv54QUq1qcnbaGtHWjaSJDNNEoTNgnOSWg6QS90e2QTOlIAOD00gSlwQ/s320/DSCF2815.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591882033214343634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqIN6boLav5x4FWH31NkjhpfTviNFZNnexabz3lsZ13TbczG4OLOBlRZr9W4vGmiH5HaiPWnFcOMpjLHzN9pY4lfZ07TAU7hA94NbNhnbMxPsgT4AmTc-fxuA8bgaAaCrEpdJ-8lIydU/s1600/IMG_0136.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqIN6boLav5x4FWH31NkjhpfTviNFZNnexabz3lsZ13TbczG4OLOBlRZr9W4vGmiH5HaiPWnFcOMpjLHzN9pY4lfZ07TAU7hA94NbNhnbMxPsgT4AmTc-fxuA8bgaAaCrEpdJ-8lIydU/s320/IMG_0136.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591888035009269938" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's a heartbreaker in the making:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PTjIHGXngzlzedBjU7RlGHKVBET6v_MzkeeEDicP5siCFNX40w_QwSDLL5TtUwWUsU7aIf5b8Gljd7HxvWVgwG1uBFNfOGoZlbMBG2Y_cmdnrN3HF_4Pa3I03q4x7GP4C1r2OrKoi5Y/s1600/DSCF2816.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PTjIHGXngzlzedBjU7RlGHKVBET6v_MzkeeEDicP5siCFNX40w_QwSDLL5TtUwWUsU7aIf5b8Gljd7HxvWVgwG1uBFNfOGoZlbMBG2Y_cmdnrN3HF_4Pa3I03q4x7GP4C1r2OrKoi5Y/s320/DSCF2816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591882040797416466" border="0" /></a><br />Jovan Lundquist, isn't he too cute? He wears the shirt I got him from Norway, he LOVED it. YAY!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicR_ayMfebaZrcWEFPlNONM0gUKOEYaJu4unXq-J0eXej-anW_1sTNHInjMmQHWYqpKRtlHBpCWa7J6RuRtqXSRhpqG0Z6fbXY9CQqC78QuUB3xMk3H4dv0lkRZcjCa8JJSrEKh_ol7GU/s1600/IMG_0135.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicR_ayMfebaZrcWEFPlNONM0gUKOEYaJu4unXq-J0eXej-anW_1sTNHInjMmQHWYqpKRtlHBpCWa7J6RuRtqXSRhpqG0Z6fbXY9CQqC78QuUB3xMk3H4dv0lkRZcjCa8JJSrEKh_ol7GU/s320/IMG_0135.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591882047050208850" border="0" /></a><br />Jovan playing with Schnaps in the living room<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmfoQi54DnOoN0Vcm00daOqApRlbZOvS_jPl0POr_FcUFZctk8HOa2WugogggSaN2hRsd6VI1bbQXd28BlO6v59mUqHrtbwG0zezeRzEBDUQxINExAaB0jO6as7XURRCevt_BDrHjv78/s1600/IMG_0134.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmfoQi54DnOoN0Vcm00daOqApRlbZOvS_jPl0POr_FcUFZctk8HOa2WugogggSaN2hRsd6VI1bbQXd28BlO6v59mUqHrtbwG0zezeRzEBDUQxINExAaB0jO6as7XURRCevt_BDrHjv78/s320/IMG_0134.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591888028540670914" border="0" /></a><br />Another one of Jovan and Cassie Lundquist's uncle Greg (think he was called Greg...)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />They are currently running a show named "The British Are Coming!" - An Invasion of DAM Royal Proportions. And this show is just absolutely hilarious! Watching Canadians having fun with the Royal family and anything Brittish is too funny for words! They were having this "Royal Wedding" where the guy couldn't get funds from the Royal Palace to fund his daughter's wedding, they had "Albert" who's played by Jon Lundquist and the idea behind that character certainly is the guy from Dinner For Two skit that some of you may know, hell "Manuel" from The Fawlty Towers were there too lmfao!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSpHZo75z96vXfG956Cvi8sRvYyVhJdm9nl2BiAvFQ1nSyPrltxoV617rJVks1hVduz3m5rIHmD3ap-3oaJn3Jsrrn5FdT92WDAAygQLe4i4n74OppbG2I0H0pQ8nCj2IsLYIfSd93y8/s1600/DSCF2820.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSpHZo75z96vXfG956Cvi8sRvYyVhJdm9nl2BiAvFQ1nSyPrltxoV617rJVks1hVduz3m5rIHmD3ap-3oaJn3Jsrrn5FdT92WDAAygQLe4i4n74OppbG2I0H0pQ8nCj2IsLYIfSd93y8/s320/DSCF2820.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591875926315045666" border="0" /></a><br />"Albert" aka Jon Lundquist striking a pose at The Giggle Dam<br /><br />The funny part this night for me was it took me literally 20 min to recognize Jon in that costume, I thought he looked fairly familiar but wasn't too sure..then I decided, yup it's him. Too funny. Some of the staff and crew recognized me from my last visit and greeted me!<br /><br />I sat in the back of the venue this night and I had a delicously spicy Roast Beef dinner. Drank some beer and had some coffee..enjoyed my night indeed.<br /><br />The part of the show where the menu for the night is introduce<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVYh27rWxkYRE0auUmczDx1MAEt3hNL23NIPIgEsnqqn1uKEf9QKuwT6r2KPvGniyqIuVFljSnB-fHCtIB0E8bLfOBohQvmn0QkBXodym56VfQdW8XOwbuN3dee_5xJNsIzk5xtlL3Zg/s1600/DSCF2822.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVYh27rWxkYRE0auUmczDx1MAEt3hNL23NIPIgEsnqqn1uKEf9QKuwT6r2KPvGniyqIuVFljSnB-fHCtIB0E8bLfOBohQvmn0QkBXodym56VfQdW8XOwbuN3dee_5xJNsIzk5xtlL3Zg/s320/DSCF2822.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591875933242122354" border="0" /></a><br />And I know you don't see a menu there yet..:p lol, I think this character's name is Fredric played by Mark who owns The Giggle Dam with his wife Sheila. Lovely couple and totally nuts in the absolute good way!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOS2AJJXLhvus68fTi4lSElkmtI1xYUYBliyUXvP_n20BLHHwyB2fzKsgwSqliBUSrEM22XswGXeuqaYKokKOwYFy8PveLxc0J8Rg5-KCStCDRolU3hi0vqwZECO1fL22fDuh2-Fewp_g/s1600/DSCF2826.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOS2AJJXLhvus68fTi4lSElkmtI1xYUYBliyUXvP_n20BLHHwyB2fzKsgwSqliBUSrEM22XswGXeuqaYKokKOwYFy8PveLxc0J8Rg5-KCStCDRolU3hi0vqwZECO1fL22fDuh2-Fewp_g/s320/DSCF2826.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591875934804512498" border="0" /></a><br />"Fredric" and "Alfred" introducing the drinks specials...of course "Alfred" took a sip..LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dePVaWUXWV_kVVY8y0MGv2vGdWn7HK6V2Fli94RfQwlU9i7OYBVoKBk8WFEkKB7ZBIslkZ_X69NdPHFYEIrw7nfk3y9bawu24E2rVJePrCOs1kbfFkyE74-5QIKREsPzDvrwRVaDnyY/s1600/DSCF2836.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dePVaWUXWV_kVVY8y0MGv2vGdWn7HK6V2Fli94RfQwlU9i7OYBVoKBk8WFEkKB7ZBIslkZ_X69NdPHFYEIrw7nfk3y9bawu24E2rVJePrCOs1kbfFkyE74-5QIKREsPzDvrwRVaDnyY/s320/DSCF2836.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591875944737692434" border="0" /></a><br />The lady sitting on the chair had her birthday so well she had some "offers" to what she should serve her guests on her birthday, either Fish'n'Chips, Sausage or Pai...<br /><br />On Saturday which I really did look fwd too as I had planned to go to Stanley Park and rent a bike there. The day started out with nice sunny warm weather. Jon was nice enough to print out how I'd get there via Skytrain and bus and drove me down to their local Skytrain station. He also picked me up afterwards. I am SO HAPPY I did this, had a GORGEOUS 1 hour bikeride alongside the seawall of Stanley Park. Took several pictures, would have taken more if I had more time. I'll definetly do this again, next time I go to Vancouver and yes there WILL be a next time!! Probably next time Bon Jovi plays here! I would have stayed longer in Stanley Park but had to get back as I was going to The Giggle Dam with Jon, which meant we were arriving there well before the doors opened. My friend Theresa came to the Giggle Dam to enjoy the show with me and BOY did we have some serious FUN there!<br /><br />My view on my bikeride from the Seawall around Stanley Park.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDYuwM5hEIoIOxUxO-3HotRw3-RR9jaheMh1EfNGwgHImNpoSejbE-OuBGH1CRbU1eIeKy_iQe9q_cb0zSBRXXTZHaXn4wVo06UMifswlUGStP7eWEqbfXmK2IKVOAXcwQRMybt4i_4E/s1600/DSCF2849.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDYuwM5hEIoIOxUxO-3HotRw3-RR9jaheMh1EfNGwgHImNpoSejbE-OuBGH1CRbU1eIeKy_iQe9q_cb0zSBRXXTZHaXn4wVo06UMifswlUGStP7eWEqbfXmK2IKVOAXcwQRMybt4i_4E/s320/DSCF2849.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591888045354361986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbfo31kJnkbaYZXzposTY0yhrGYTQMjXoY-KE8eyTVc0x7nOlfvwdZt3QN8Hkorbo_4JNEUjRwIk3YwAdAJMJwijNgeLGY8BHQYjJI1AtYXstWWVFoF4uysbQJPC8hhcagVaZse_CifE/s1600/DSCF2850.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BySRN-46_0vcMq52LAsPdIwIdZzFS0sgxtVXw1L9Lp2k6wvlZH64lshn4Mc53gKqFtO8iYqVqJyEdWzk01UbyGmvsySfCFTMGG7uu-k-7KQhB0eeb0FUzbDdZmTDgIF1oWfr8M0oUew/s320/DSCF2869.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591949566049196034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Towards the end of my bike ride by the Seawall in Stanley Park I ended up by this lake. Don't know the name of it sorry but I saw this sign that kinda sent chills down my spine lol<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClawtBdThoTCnr7k_JRmIJGDK5y9hvgbrxUJNbla_uP_PciThbGsacvTy7WAiqvEaQJHD799ICWkDhOar1dualBWx0WUnRjk39j73eXf0G6qDjItGSynFPEjXtyx9xDUcs7YPmQQ7h8g/s1600/DSCF2873.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClawtBdThoTCnr7k_JRmIJGDK5y9hvgbrxUJNbla_uP_PciThbGsacvTy7WAiqvEaQJHD799ICWkDhOar1dualBWx0WUnRjk39j73eXf0G6qDjItGSynFPEjXtyx9xDUcs7YPmQQ7h8g/s320/DSCF2873.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591949584087793058" border="0" /></a><br />Nope didn't see any Coyotes, saw one a few years back in NJ though..LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaf_Zold8ycIcAHVr3WZ6rjb1OE39-zoZGCVY3L1z67b30OUPEHvMcd6oOVVqJ7aSU23uKhw8nQk8coPZ0om7c395U9BYkFMBf1nXl1MiEFDC0g0uIBUFloOr3ZggkazOJRlyS0gtfUA/s1600/DSCF2871.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaf_Zold8ycIcAHVr3WZ6rjb1OE39-zoZGCVY3L1z67b30OUPEHvMcd6oOVVqJ7aSU23uKhw8nQk8coPZ0om7c395U9BYkFMBf1nXl1MiEFDC0g0uIBUFloOr3ZggkazOJRlyS0gtfUA/s320/DSCF2871.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591949572252319586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrEmKbs2nTJBkmFcnoU4xTxkvEmpHrHeJRgbO8OpnPiR0vx0V_49eK8m6q8Tsp6HWzgx8_RC9ZoaxyzCgFyr1Kk4tTsWyEhVBGhy1-_iOsW9Dqi6m7TRh4EHu8kgd4_K9oasSejL7YdM/s1600/DSCF2872.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrEmKbs2nTJBkmFcnoU4xTxkvEmpHrHeJRgbO8OpnPiR0vx0V_49eK8m6q8Tsp6HWzgx8_RC9ZoaxyzCgFyr1Kk4tTsWyEhVBGhy1-_iOsW9Dqi6m7TRh4EHu8kgd4_K9oasSejL7YdM/s320/DSCF2872.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591949578709951490" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I arrived at The Giggle Dam early with Jon as he had to get ready of course, I got to my then assigned seat pretty close to the stage this time. I paid for my ticket and just sat down enjoying myself, Theresa came in good time before the show. She took the bus from downtown Vancouver and was fretting cos the guy on the bus at her bustop in DT Vancouver wouldn't open the door! LOL. She finally got there. We of course had a blast the first time. She cracked up by all the insanity happing around her that is The Giggle Dam Dinner Theatre. That place is really totally nuts and I LOVE IT. I'd def be a regular there if I was living here. The shows they do are hilarious, the cast in the shows are real talents too. I do not get how Jon can work a full time job, then a brief stop home and then off to this place every friday and Saturday to both be a host at the venue and then perform. This is not including rehearsals for new shows and special parties inbetween shows! I could need some of this guy's energy. In all of this he is hands on with his kids. A true family guy!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEN4aEleGnxOzWpMEl6nGRHSVj302k1dgZlhY2sruTTCf6Q-txKTp9WTiyN5OzJyQZfC7crjhvc-IEl2C1TJmSTdNhWKEKD8bUQR9lQdy-Tvvb7dzwbwpi7FnffoCH37v-NKwztVp3x0/s1600/DSCF2874.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEN4aEleGnxOzWpMEl6nGRHSVj302k1dgZlhY2sruTTCf6Q-txKTp9WTiyN5OzJyQZfC7crjhvc-IEl2C1TJmSTdNhWKEKD8bUQR9lQdy-Tvvb7dzwbwpi7FnffoCH37v-NKwztVp3x0/s320/DSCF2874.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591949584883047954" border="0" /></a><br />"Albert" and me at The Giggle Dam LOL, handsome guy that Albert, huh? ;-)<br /><br />Anyways back to the Saturday, the show started and Theresa and I were cracking up inbetween taking pictures and Jon stopping by greeting us as the semi drunken Alfred (he was only acting!). Too funny, I cracked up every time I saw him!<br /><br />The show started and well as it should be my guts and jaws hurt from laughing so much. The cast cracks up during the show too lol.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCRy8GWJufxfmOXsNmrnrpd0uYz113EPNx_4GJT21xrAypprq7mYTJVUWNT_7BIlx7stHJFP25dxkTwSAyYEINTmlk6K6Hplp4jK36BaK4aNupdU9eFH06pW6-6x41jekXjRPa_cmTI8/s1600/DSCF2877.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCRy8GWJufxfmOXsNmrnrpd0uYz113EPNx_4GJT21xrAypprq7mYTJVUWNT_7BIlx7stHJFP25dxkTwSAyYEINTmlk6K6Hplp4jK36BaK4aNupdU9eFH06pW6-6x41jekXjRPa_cmTI8/s320/DSCF2877.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591952573154460834" border="0" /></a><br />"The Gay prince Sven", who for some reason reluctantly were gonna marry this princess (forgot her name sorry):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4wuL-1aLRJ2q_yLUG21-YqJafJWQ-MDQ_nHDKIuB1cL1fmWjPsHpb3DMJOtc8EeXPs7R8hAWeh4oshJiZ_NYY7srdj9F0vLvGgW0Tu3SjwsTJBcggZX82K5vgOScQoQ40G9GcDlwmW8/s1600/DSCF2878.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4wuL-1aLRJ2q_yLUG21-YqJafJWQ-MDQ_nHDKIuB1cL1fmWjPsHpb3DMJOtc8EeXPs7R8hAWeh4oshJiZ_NYY7srdj9F0vLvGgW0Tu3SjwsTJBcggZX82K5vgOScQoQ40G9GcDlwmW8/s320/DSCF2878.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591952578911906050" border="0" /></a><br />The other lady next to the princess is "Mary" who is "Alfred's" wife in the show, those two cracked me up BIG time lol.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnM74Ai95x33QKCIFqEltoZGIqy4sQXhweUGtpamp5VXWQWwpjNkC2Xw89SpKlGBChDYqy1XO9n6OhDNiR4epTzBL-ov5m28SsnQ4_uXvo-HoP4cd48-fJWaQFvB-Wfpa2HKlhl5Ihfgs/s1600/DSCF2880.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnM74Ai95x33QKCIFqEltoZGIqy4sQXhweUGtpamp5VXWQWwpjNkC2Xw89SpKlGBChDYqy1XO9n6OhDNiR4epTzBL-ov5m28SsnQ4_uXvo-HoP4cd48-fJWaQFvB-Wfpa2HKlhl5Ihfgs/s320/DSCF2880.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591952587205014194" border="0" /></a><br />Another intro to one of the special drinks with "Fredric and Alfred" LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQQv_1-C0ivQ0aL0mgHO7nYgvAQMx2anchr1s2o1wWF3eriK55I0IL96XN3J2BJTnfsjK1ErkoXGqS-zsVBMHINSzeVxf6Smbr-L1nvBoKcxsJzWmmxTE29HjCcy3gP5dT1_wHj1dlaQ/s1600/DSCF2883.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQQv_1-C0ivQ0aL0mgHO7nYgvAQMx2anchr1s2o1wWF3eriK55I0IL96XN3J2BJTnfsjK1ErkoXGqS-zsVBMHINSzeVxf6Smbr-L1nvBoKcxsJzWmmxTE29HjCcy3gP5dT1_wHj1dlaQ/s320/DSCF2883.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591952597083829634" border="0" /></a><br />"Alfred is introducing a special coffee...seems like he drank a few of them himself..LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTQzrjOKF-1dhYREr2y0qI6xVD7vJRMlRQZoY10DCNIRONwxlznUe64wUHYi7rt63HVGua3nGf6u6aSb9evneuE1s51nQC5jnIakvBSjrqrmark7lzVUgvc1la5kuYvdu5BDOeMIGqXk/s1600/DSCF2882.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTQzrjOKF-1dhYREr2y0qI6xVD7vJRMlRQZoY10DCNIRONwxlznUe64wUHYi7rt63HVGua3nGf6u6aSb9evneuE1s51nQC5jnIakvBSjrqrmark7lzVUgvc1la5kuYvdu5BDOeMIGqXk/s320/DSCF2882.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591952592142971506" border="0" /></a><br />No I did not audition for an Heineken beer commercial...my teeth are too yellow :p<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJ39FgWkUwi_Ey6ZL1bnoUOufnQy4wJpWohiWsMr6xQendt506HbLlbIILy_4VibqoVFT52lohMvmFXVs_ou3eg50nqRdoQ2Ec5qgH9nWzWSSNd8_5DTT38AtfGc5zfxySgwVKWKJBdA/s1600/IMG_0093.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJ39FgWkUwi_Ey6ZL1bnoUOufnQy4wJpWohiWsMr6xQendt506HbLlbIILy_4VibqoVFT52lohMvmFXVs_ou3eg50nqRdoQ2Ec5qgH9nWzWSSNd8_5DTT38AtfGc5zfxySgwVKWKJBdA/s320/IMG_0093.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591955358751517602" border="0" /></a><br />My yummy Chicken dinner at The Giggle Dam<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcx-5AfaV3xv0mnlHHWCQZI98tyOgwBjs_C3NZbZtzQogfzjS672ehG1HCNB3Y0mCLXMBQmbbMVaOfQ6_6_MVvQuP5Pmki2EuCbBo0BrQ1chK0BzcQxDLfGkb-RVLx43jbsrnFauvpzw/s1600/DSCF2884.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcx-5AfaV3xv0mnlHHWCQZI98tyOgwBjs_C3NZbZtzQogfzjS672ehG1HCNB3Y0mCLXMBQmbbMVaOfQ6_6_MVvQuP5Pmki2EuCbBo0BrQ1chK0BzcQxDLfGkb-RVLx43jbsrnFauvpzw/s320/DSCF2884.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591955338484050834" border="0" /></a><br />Some crazy dance number..isn't Alfred and his wife Mary cute? LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ8Boe1ETdE5Fqiawzoip34OzD5oinjecgyEye0rpiumfd4RHYUuoPNwV8VmrlmrgvKA-mU40y_uzWeBjv0UU7hcRjXCRtnZALvUlnzg-3HFViyXBoO_2WG_m0ojZ1U7GUav_B86nVIY/s1600/DSCF2885.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ8Boe1ETdE5Fqiawzoip34OzD5oinjecgyEye0rpiumfd4RHYUuoPNwV8VmrlmrgvKA-mU40y_uzWeBjv0UU7hcRjXCRtnZALvUlnzg-3HFViyXBoO_2WG_m0ojZ1U7GUav_B86nVIY/s320/DSCF2885.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591955342669300290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxa5VxBQAbb64dImVoOM11AqGP7sVNQXIJv6IgrIh7AabGEK5djnljfl-dha_2nx6MpoHoAo2PDVIgLFqk637aDV__g52rDgOCvPfiMAagNBDFe4EBx1_tSx505-LhC2ykWKhsJ_xDck/s1600/DSCF2886.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxa5VxBQAbb64dImVoOM11AqGP7sVNQXIJv6IgrIh7AabGEK5djnljfl-dha_2nx6MpoHoAo2PDVIgLFqk637aDV__g52rDgOCvPfiMAagNBDFe4EBx1_tSx505-LhC2ykWKhsJ_xDck/s320/DSCF2886.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591955349212598930" border="0" /></a><br />The 2 above pics, some poor dude got selected to participate in the show by "Fredric's" wife (she is Mark's wife in real life and her name is Sheila, fun lady!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWjUT_SjS8gTBgs10unJtCdoCE3XBB1iYFo2lnsfLrI_wQuqI74kmAfT_Mf6hnRC7lUl8KLppWXqP7dBu3rN4-XMEG7yC7R9tuvQ-oLF_5pCNjfCVIHnQQnx283MY5yvhQ8vhK9A8IhI/s1600/DSCF2887.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWjUT_SjS8gTBgs10unJtCdoCE3XBB1iYFo2lnsfLrI_wQuqI74kmAfT_Mf6hnRC7lUl8KLppWXqP7dBu3rN4-XMEG7yC7R9tuvQ-oLF_5pCNjfCVIHnQQnx283MY5yvhQ8vhK9A8IhI/s320/DSCF2887.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591955356068714210" border="0" /></a><br />The nutty cast at The Giggle Dam<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgocNNakmBTVjzvAVKzSMrjDmocuoE6-5nowFRBeyoiJRu_8BNwaeIxCwXZdev5OjXid-3DJUBTX9rIk6hW_H-1eHkfM18IkcBI1t4_l8YxeVMKpGFx5r2JVlcw2jwKMPxdx12jSKuO7eQ/s1600/IMG_0117.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgocNNakmBTVjzvAVKzSMrjDmocuoE6-5nowFRBeyoiJRu_8BNwaeIxCwXZdev5OjXid-3DJUBTX9rIk6hW_H-1eHkfM18IkcBI1t4_l8YxeVMKpGFx5r2JVlcw2jwKMPxdx12jSKuO7eQ/s320/IMG_0117.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591957556563572258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdI4twFT1NuYM_kFE_1RdFZXFcT_n4rzhLLBHbfbfqAdr42AKanm-oVNQT9HGssRBjeLCSxkxu4pd7m1Jm9N1p5UJRARdRkiCe8X0UgRiZv0hsmMgDLApFPs2G9TyK6VZhWJKAle84wI/s1600/IMG_0120.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdI4twFT1NuYM_kFE_1RdFZXFcT_n4rzhLLBHbfbfqAdr42AKanm-oVNQT9HGssRBjeLCSxkxu4pd7m1Jm9N1p5UJRARdRkiCe8X0UgRiZv0hsmMgDLApFPs2G9TyK6VZhWJKAle84wI/s320/IMG_0120.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591957564331161826" border="0" /></a><br />This guy (he played the gay prince Sven) is AMAZING on the guitar!!<br /><br />And of course my main reason to go to this show: Jon Lundquist got to do his own solo, dude can ROCK!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhmGikc9f04d8KRKoS2hS-X_3V9RR_olasQQ_jPmwgv_zbFI3u4ZKrHbEZUK82pU7CdChIG5HUpAgCF3cmLY6ssW4F7dRRbmlud7hAQH5ss9s9C7SkSV_h0z5DJK-9qzqZ0fwjvJ5g1w/s1600/IMG_0112.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhmGikc9f04d8KRKoS2hS-X_3V9RR_olasQQ_jPmwgv_zbFI3u4ZKrHbEZUK82pU7CdChIG5HUpAgCF3cmLY6ssW4F7dRRbmlud7hAQH5ss9s9C7SkSV_h0z5DJK-9qzqZ0fwjvJ5g1w/s320/IMG_0112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591959718544683922" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In true The Giggle Dam tradition, Elvis is ALWAYS finishing the show...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhApPy9LgMVdd_iVbhnxPHex-UEXxMO-FQmwc18paALkRB-70mNuxdiJUsyrdmw2_x76haSGcABYWV9FRhwXp_8MuqFH2EXbhEa5vbDp_VQkBwvV_QyfRBx6SVcMP9kktNI-XOtABG10/s1600/IMG_0125.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhApPy9LgMVdd_iVbhnxPHex-UEXxMO-FQmwc18paALkRB-70mNuxdiJUsyrdmw2_x76haSGcABYWV9FRhwXp_8MuqFH2EXbhEa5vbDp_VQkBwvV_QyfRBx6SVcMP9kktNI-XOtABG10/s320/IMG_0125.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591957577287084850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjlLF3S-qttUf5E_WsJakO_TN-MrwvnyuyIUUMOjKdXIL9qw4U4CGjDXAnN4eINJUpiNlyuZbopnMfSubK4_tHM7l4m6tjPQQPDnMIGavVrzLB63EofuX5gXSIOxQsU_pmhh4GtlVANA/s1600/IMG_0124.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjlLF3S-qttUf5E_WsJakO_TN-MrwvnyuyIUUMOjKdXIL9qw4U4CGjDXAnN4eINJUpiNlyuZbopnMfSubK4_tHM7l4m6tjPQQPDnMIGavVrzLB63EofuX5gXSIOxQsU_pmhh4GtlVANA/s320/IMG_0124.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591957569215811554" border="0" /></a><br />And yes "Elvis" is Mark the owner of The Giggle Dam (he owns it with his wife Sheila)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukBIhoLQ_OaN9jliNF0Gn5gcLcyT6q4X2J9e3juMtC8-8xf_jtzkXHif25oIojMtUfGfnAxyDDdC9dhSnovZ72flQRk-bnmV__83xrk5CrLhibOLNou3ZDhd2PYok3XSDgvjg_4VOhqs/s1600/IMG_0128.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukBIhoLQ_OaN9jliNF0Gn5gcLcyT6q4X2J9e3juMtC8-8xf_jtzkXHif25oIojMtUfGfnAxyDDdC9dhSnovZ72flQRk-bnmV__83xrk5CrLhibOLNou3ZDhd2PYok3XSDgvjg_4VOhqs/s320/IMG_0128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591957585632070850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The finale of the show where everyone get introduced<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxRbokShom5n1j-BCTKfF38Md8LRzIyzuzJOOknrSgAkALBr5Z4JCmeJkLmPn9W4Mvp4uSItcVPPShExqsMitLUX4o9sNZf5bXYVVwMTYoLX1zxbS2qU4yOiG9SsXby6a-O9iFLmNZhY/s1600/IMG_0130.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxRbokShom5n1j-BCTKfF38Md8LRzIyzuzJOOknrSgAkALBr5Z4JCmeJkLmPn9W4Mvp4uSItcVPPShExqsMitLUX4o9sNZf5bXYVVwMTYoLX1zxbS2qU4yOiG9SsXby6a-O9iFLmNZhY/s320/IMG_0130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591959733461234114" border="0" /></a><br />And of course I snapped when Jon got introduced, next to him is "Rod Stewart" the amazing guitarist there, he was pretty damn good as Rod Stewart too!<br /><br />The lovely waitresses at The Giggle Dam and the one holding the Canadian flag over her mouth is named Whitney, she saw me taking the pic and wanted to act goofy LOL, works for me!<br /><br />After the show was over it was time to follow Theresa to her bus stop so she got home safe and sound which she did! Sent us an hilarious tweet about that when she got home but I won't repeat that here LOL. It was something about "tourists" Funny!<br /><br />Jon and I got home late on that Saturday night..I was wondering if I'd have a massive hangover as I had well plenty enough to drink without being totally gone beyond repair though! I got up on Sunday only to feel pretty good considering. Sure an upset stomach and a slight headache was to be expected but it was absoutely bearable. I do suspect the big jug of water and some coffee I had during the Sat night saved me from a murderous hangover though.<br /><br />Later on Sunday Jon had to go back to The Giggle Dam to rehearse for some Improv show the cast has been challenged to do by a guy who used to work with them, he now has his own Improv place. They got challenged to do some "games" at this venue and it is on this coming Tuesday, April 5th. I now wish I was going home from here on Wednesday as I am gonna miss this..damn!<br /><br />Jon asked if I wanted to come to check out their rehearsal so I said sure! I did and am VERY appy I did. Got to see hilarity in process and creative forces hard at work. These ppl work hard! They are also very dedicated to their craft inspite working full time job outside of The Giggle Dam. Amazing ppl! I did not however expect to be "participating" as an "audience member" during this rehearsal but I was, fun! I did not take pics of this rehearsal as I do not think it was appropriate to do so while these ppl were getting the hang of what Improv really is. They have never done this before and with only one rehearsal and warmup before the show, they needed to stay focused. So me snapping away would only be a distraction. So I was giggling away, and so did everyone else! LOL<br /><br />Then monday came, I had booked my hotel on Saturday after talking to Jon how busy he'd be on Tuesday, cos originally I did intend to stay with them until I was flying home. When he told me what his Tuesday schedule was I just told him I'll stay in downtown Vancouver the last night as it is MUCH easier for me to get to the Airport from there. So booked a room at the <a href="http://www.choicehotels.ca/en/vancouver-hotel-comfort-british+columbia-cn393-en?cid=717924">Comfort Inn Downdown Vancouver</a> and it was a nice surprise! Nothing fancy but still I was happy with it. It is on the corner of Granville St and Nelson St. Lobby entry is on Nelson St. Met up with Theresa for dinner later on Monday night for dinner at <a href="http://www.indiabistro.ca/">India Bistro</a>, which was about 15 walk from my hotel.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1a0nJdRdq7ysgTepzy4fypNlT9C0cJZNu0xmCJPUwoPPgOz9uEEEy97vt9Tl4XQR3xWnvoJaudcnHvp5OcqvyYXSnPHvoduUdslG2FgGNdTGn4T2fbpx5Ll1_QfZO1fau7dy_GWw5k4/s1600/IMG_0303.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1a0nJdRdq7ysgTepzy4fypNlT9C0cJZNu0xmCJPUwoPPgOz9uEEEy97vt9Tl4XQR3xWnvoJaudcnHvp5OcqvyYXSnPHvoduUdslG2FgGNdTGn4T2fbpx5Ll1_QfZO1fau7dy_GWw5k4/s320/IMG_0303.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593562798850812914" border="0" /></a><br />Here's an appetizer I shared with Theresa :-D<br /><br />We had a great time there chatting away and having one of Robert Pattinson's fave dishes at that restaurant, luckily for me this time compared to the LAST time I tried one of his fave dishes at Vancouvers Glow Bar & Grill it wasn't a HUGE dish LOL. It was just right. Then it was time to seperate, after some hugs I went back to my hotel getting ready for the night and well departure the next day...<br /><br />On Tuesday, April 5th I got up, showered, went down to the pub next to the hotel (there was an entrance to it from the hotel lobby lol) to have what they call continental breakfast, to me it was a pretty BIG continental breakfast! I ate what I could then went back up to finish packing. I tried to pack "smart" as in whatever I needed to get was in my carry on bag and the rest was in my check in baggage.Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-56240239325730558582011-04-01T10:38:00.000-07:002011-04-04T16:32:14.119-07:00Day 8 and 9, Wednesday March 30th and Thursday March 31st. 2011Well Wednesday March 30th. came and I got up, started packing my stuff and just chilled in my room till it was due time to check out. I was in touch with my friend Jon Lindquist to find out when we'd meet up so he could pick me up and we'd go to his house where I am staying until I leave Vancouver.<br /><br />I had to kill some time before we could meet up, he was at work. So I wandered around a little bit in downtown Vancouver, determinded NOT to spend a truckload of money on shopping. I went inside the library and just walked around, ended up killing some serious time in the Apple store inside the Pacific Centre. Only spent money on food and drinks LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAa8KmlShkAJHuqTUNH0DFGC975EGNhsGD_k3B46JWteeXTjnRAY8MVLpRxZLOjoZV5gqjXjr8MLQJyj6kZGUjny1ENuWhu9EEOetFchN3F7uQVa58X2VgMLSOngzcqKAolxwXkQ5G5Rw/s1600/Pacific_Centre.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAa8KmlShkAJHuqTUNH0DFGC975EGNhsGD_k3B46JWteeXTjnRAY8MVLpRxZLOjoZV5gqjXjr8MLQJyj6kZGUjny1ENuWhu9EEOetFchN3F7uQVa58X2VgMLSOngzcqKAolxwXkQ5G5Rw/s320/Pacific_Centre.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590692211236382018" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Then the time finally came that Jon came to pick me up, as always I got a BIG HUG, always good to see him! His cute boy Jovan was in the backseat and he was very shy at first. We got to his house and the shyness was literally gone in a second, he wanted to play with me right off the bat! So I had basically just hung up my coat and into his room I went, Jon followed after us but Jovan told daddy "get out!" lmao.<br /><br />The rest of the evening was just me playing with Jovan and chatting, and I also became good friends with Schnaps (their 5 year old doggie, adorable!) and lil cutie Caidance and Jon's wife Cassie. Caidance was so cute! But omg she is tiny!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLxzUuQHVHhQuoHFLfQ9jkxNMzSKFUP2yVIJhzTN-SIO4uQSqlDCOVFqskDFUQUOGsgLlhqWUNrM38mis-tD0uSMisVkwbPqDaLIMW720zmdQ-oytBMbAhihyphenhyphenhMXyWXEFEUD6l-KrwgI/s1600/IMG_0300.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLxzUuQHVHhQuoHFLfQ9jkxNMzSKFUP2yVIJhzTN-SIO4uQSqlDCOVFqskDFUQUOGsgLlhqWUNrM38mis-tD0uSMisVkwbPqDaLIMW720zmdQ-oytBMbAhihyphenhyphenhMXyWXEFEUD6l-KrwgI/s320/IMG_0300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590692607362951506" border="0" /></a><br />The Lundquist family's adorable doggie, Schnaps lol<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkSMTByLG8RK3WdNRtXdfETLtQxeGKWgfaqFWxNRqAfLVdEhGzgsX6yebksVKTXrfTAdWeXagQE6QgvuXYlBa2WYpnGik8-_sD9KJH0gvu5ufYLgje-JdXF9UhcJWjjX4EGYRAazn8C9w/s1600/IMG_0087.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkSMTByLG8RK3WdNRtXdfETLtQxeGKWgfaqFWxNRqAfLVdEhGzgsX6yebksVKTXrfTAdWeXagQE6QgvuXYlBa2WYpnGik8-_sD9KJH0gvu5ufYLgje-JdXF9UhcJWjjX4EGYRAazn8C9w/s320/IMG_0087.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590692745091899154" border="0" /></a><br />Caidance, the youngest addition to the Lundquist family<br /><br />The rest of the evening was pretty uneventful so no pics really from this day.<br /><br />Thursday:<br />Waking up in someone elses house is always an experience. You're not really sure of what to do so you just kinda linger around...trying to feel you way so to speak. However it was such an relaxing day so I just took it easy that day. Played with Jovan again of course and chatted with Cassie, Jon had to work so he was gone but got home early. After Jon got home they had to go see the doctor with Caidance to check if she is gaining weight as she should etc. I was chilling in their house, reading the Bon Jovi book: When We Where Beautiful that I got from Jon as he had an extra copy. Yes I finally got the book, he was nice enough to give it to me :-D.<br /><br />They got home and we went shopping for some drinks and some groceries, and we had pizza for dinner..I also got my first taste of Bud Light with lime! NICE!! It reminded me of Corona with lime but not as "bitter".<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEnqnydd_SHjFqOs2GqIdp_amoQbbD7jXQzdBj1BYkiCxaRSXJOHmR8Jejoh3LEU184zh0KFvj9J_oKCY5NsBqbfAwLjb3QlZ_3uOolwEWycdyFIxcqnfmBhxj3Vb6L8R8pMwvhbm_5Y/s1600/Bud_Light_Lime.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEnqnydd_SHjFqOs2GqIdp_amoQbbD7jXQzdBj1BYkiCxaRSXJOHmR8Jejoh3LEU184zh0KFvj9J_oKCY5NsBqbfAwLjb3QlZ_3uOolwEWycdyFIxcqnfmBhxj3Vb6L8R8pMwvhbm_5Y/s320/Bud_Light_Lime.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590691962987052466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After dinner it was some relaxing time watching the Canucks vs LA Kings, and Canucks won the game, happy Lundquist family lol.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgffnrR4kZdnaUHPk9dx8DxtjaIR49wBs2PC13h7pCLPEtXNLY3W0ir-xoZnHGEZZtm5V0PHtAtjEph5rcjk37VIlde_5xB2KQRGv0pBWh1mYQRbnUmlZmi9xHUZhhLlImKW5DC7CKhJE/s1600/canucks.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgffnrR4kZdnaUHPk9dx8DxtjaIR49wBs2PC13h7pCLPEtXNLY3W0ir-xoZnHGEZZtm5V0PHtAtjEph5rcjk37VIlde_5xB2KQRGv0pBWh1mYQRbnUmlZmi9xHUZhhLlImKW5DC7CKhJE/s320/canucks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590692043447369474" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We also saw the "Gleeys Anatomy" as Jon nicknamed the "musical verson" of this weeks episode of Greys Anatomy. It was interesting but not sure I cared for this musical stuff but the cast knew how to sing!<br /><br />Not much happened after this, so after a while it was time to go to bed.<br /><br />Pics of Jovan will follow tomorrow :-D.Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-40156782860264257852011-03-29T19:38:00.000-07:002011-03-29T23:27:23.263-07:00Day 7, Tuesday March 29th 2011 lotsa fishies...This is gonna be a fishy update, literally! I am not saying fishy as in suspicious, I am sayin fishy as in fish, mammals and other creatures that belongs in the Vancouver Aquarium :-D. Got LOADS of pics though... most of this blog post WILL consist of pictures....a picture speaks more than words, right?<br /><br />Sorry Nemo didn't see you...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qIAOk104VyxN64MbIrq8wDMek1g1oiV7hdY_zplwz-_dj39u-XYh2rTtQnrC0IAP6ETLaPwvmgIw3e8Rn7BZiGe1mK6qwRaQzG5gO1J-dxnkrawE0923vd21gzVWGk3M9hmSCHdWMww/s1600/ps_nemo_33.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qIAOk104VyxN64MbIrq8wDMek1g1oiV7hdY_zplwz-_dj39u-XYh2rTtQnrC0IAP6ETLaPwvmgIw3e8Rn7BZiGe1mK6qwRaQzG5gO1J-dxnkrawE0923vd21gzVWGk3M9hmSCHdWMww/s320/ps_nemo_33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589711498720448802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />First things first..the day started as usual with me having breakfast but not at Tim Hortons, this time I chose to go to Gutenberg's Cafe nearby Library Square on Robson St. Got some yummy pancakes, fruits and great coffee! Then I went to buy some wrapping paper for a present for my friend Jon Lundquist and his wife Cassie Lundquist :-D. I forgot to wrap it before I left Norway so..LOL.<br /><br />Later on after camera was charged and I had lunch, it was time to take Bus #19 to Stanley Park from West Pender st, just two blocks down from my hotel. Cost was CAD 2.50 one way. Arrived at <a href="http://vancouver.ca/parks/parks/stanley/">Stanley Park</a> and after a brief moment of confusion, where to go? I got myself oriented and headed towards the <a href="http://www.vanaqua.org/">Vancouver Aquarium</a>.<br /><br />On the way to The Aquarium you, walking alongside the sea in Stanley Park you see the Vancouver Rowing clubhouse<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHzBNNgZ6jO2kG_F58PbEVILOPxQ82o_WxW8gdZxoakleweidzLQ7PGg_tfYAEgRInVvluU8JVPdkjwBjP9ooxO0BTzC6YviKBDLPspDsNz8z5zwWa2XyVmWfijU5FPuUDaQXsvIYCuk/s1600/DSCF2699.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHzBNNgZ6jO2kG_F58PbEVILOPxQ82o_WxW8gdZxoakleweidzLQ7PGg_tfYAEgRInVvluU8JVPdkjwBjP9ooxO0BTzC6YviKBDLPspDsNz8z5zwWa2XyVmWfijU5FPuUDaQXsvIYCuk/s320/DSCF2699.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589709604780208306" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Quick glance of some of Vancouver city skyline..kinda.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWIhRd20D1cAtGDy9MlCgtTQSWweDBum3RZI0ArkODG1a6Ka8MYRSrCGHkPi1eu-h9blWi47-CdzolREjpbeudOZz79rbEcptRI8Gnhp3t67zg3fS0xrVgGn8_M6Vkv1yYYBBq75I7hc/s1600/DSCF2700.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWIhRd20D1cAtGDy9MlCgtTQSWweDBum3RZI0ArkODG1a6Ka8MYRSrCGHkPi1eu-h9blWi47-CdzolREjpbeudOZz79rbEcptRI8Gnhp3t67zg3fS0xrVgGn8_M6Vkv1yYYBBq75I7hc/s320/DSCF2700.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589709611183536786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And then finally here it is, Vancouver Aquarium!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGmt8CoUmQ9WUZ0DnuXXQCYqiwkYuq3grkbbPS5uaah0YYSt1JsTnog0BhO3M2frvbfEtsqYMZDdLibps4OI9UOyK5DWg1L3pVorZQ-I80qhoSn0BvBHyVAKOiwufYlXd1NWS-T5GsOQ/s1600/DSCF2701.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGmt8CoUmQ9WUZ0DnuXXQCYqiwkYuq3grkbbPS5uaah0YYSt1JsTnog0BhO3M2frvbfEtsqYMZDdLibps4OI9UOyK5DWg1L3pVorZQ-I80qhoSn0BvBHyVAKOiwufYlXd1NWS-T5GsOQ/s320/DSCF2701.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589709620848489218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After having my pic taken on the way in, a souvernir pic which I got of course lol, it was time to enter the wonder world that is Vancouver Aquarium. I chose to go <a href="http://www.visitvanaqua.org/events/explore-the-new-amazon">Explore the New Amazon</a> wich is a new event there, and was met with a myriad of seacreatures, birds, butterflies, spiders, snakes, monkeys, frogs, you name it.<br /><br />A lil shy blue froggie<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHg7JA_p0hHwg-O6F_It2JMbvelks_1ldwUpPvz0AmhMkqYK7wAiy0xZcP3YZnzeXnV4e8bxdWUeosfU_iwCSd8PIzgsq3pkAVpNwPNiPCqw4PfkN1TyEmbsBs8jBdwN4CtDM98ZUTEE/s1600/DSCF2732.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHg7JA_p0hHwg-O6F_It2JMbvelks_1ldwUpPvz0AmhMkqYK7wAiy0xZcP3YZnzeXnV4e8bxdWUeosfU_iwCSd8PIzgsq3pkAVpNwPNiPCqw4PfkN1TyEmbsBs8jBdwN4CtDM98ZUTEE/s320/DSCF2732.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589722347215648626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jon and Richie sittin' in a tree...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGMbCfpUAtaijunT_h2Pbe0ib2zU5-oageep5jWsfcafNqlY35QLsWNkvxXXzM9vzLaIR6ioHZsTzH4c0UqvlA7RnIc3w3dFFHz5Bbobn1yhkll1OU6aVKPfavrT5uI6FnNkY74PybcM/s1600/DSCF2716.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGMbCfpUAtaijunT_h2Pbe0ib2zU5-oageep5jWsfcafNqlY35QLsWNkvxXXzM9vzLaIR6ioHZsTzH4c0UqvlA7RnIc3w3dFFHz5Bbobn1yhkll1OU6aVKPfavrT5uI6FnNkY74PybcM/s320/DSCF2716.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589715063317619986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />K-I-S-S-I-N-G, wait.. oh these are parrots...sorry, LOL.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62nfc0AOKCeU_mA1q2-STO2k_mwufp1JsY0GQBHVf1Ws3ByYnA7eUDd2fSzCIXiZ3gt7736XLKyHcUQ8Q7L1iPFSMRSawbdMpcaIVYWFACS3mj1_jIH7Fv5hMcEomW7Mj5p5aipmoQ1k/s1600/DSCF2717.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62nfc0AOKCeU_mA1q2-STO2k_mwufp1JsY0GQBHVf1Ws3ByYnA7eUDd2fSzCIXiZ3gt7736XLKyHcUQ8Q7L1iPFSMRSawbdMpcaIVYWFACS3mj1_jIH7Fv5hMcEomW7Mj5p5aipmoQ1k/s320/DSCF2717.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589715070522964258" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I still will call them Jon and Richie so there :p<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVsBQiCHvKogw_ePxrsFSZYYTyznxVxw1I-9bGPoI9MiLyFBO9Vz-ZwyzKt5xIuLgNFt88HXpz8KTqcJaBmRhCuvTh3USuMBHW6xbnIRHfszDtUG1D_i_aiKFv3Q-ODgXMy6qW4KpSNk/s1600/DSCF2718.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVsBQiCHvKogw_ePxrsFSZYYTyznxVxw1I-9bGPoI9MiLyFBO9Vz-ZwyzKt5xIuLgNFt88HXpz8KTqcJaBmRhCuvTh3USuMBHW6xbnIRHfszDtUG1D_i_aiKFv3Q-ODgXMy6qW4KpSNk/s320/DSCF2718.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589716651870290882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Shall we play spot the birdie?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMsatWa9pkFy-uju4h-g7PF2nCL8ODs8l4AJ6zarOkMvlBzYtRGuHpUeqPyN3NZyL2vaHncvKpPHC_7_Wx60vTYQ-DSMWDk6iwNL9o5ksPa_VMQPxcRBjl4Ta1xXbt0hYwQeFeXfwKNw/s1600/DSCF2723.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMsatWa9pkFy-uju4h-g7PF2nCL8ODs8l4AJ6zarOkMvlBzYtRGuHpUeqPyN3NZyL2vaHncvKpPHC_7_Wx60vTYQ-DSMWDk6iwNL9o5ksPa_VMQPxcRBjl4Ta1xXbt0hYwQeFeXfwKNw/s320/DSCF2723.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589716671715253810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's one!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANt49ow2fOqIhMojbcCjcnsPNS7mlcHNz3juNVK6tGVNWoAeSBDAfmwacvXM2jAmyBQ1tCv8AvLiMgSsbLt8PXbvNY91RTlh-OX4SN42KDFOy0bQCtZ8BH2l5YfyjoCoJciwQlrA_RrA/s1600/DSCF2720.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANt49ow2fOqIhMojbcCjcnsPNS7mlcHNz3juNVK6tGVNWoAeSBDAfmwacvXM2jAmyBQ1tCv8AvLiMgSsbLt8PXbvNY91RTlh-OX4SN42KDFOy0bQCtZ8BH2l5YfyjoCoJciwQlrA_RrA/s320/DSCF2720.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589716660443772898" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And here! Actually that's two..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO1fD7YKjiGDTl4rk6VPdYjL08JI8K3gC-DVPM8JTA640m6IgtvsgwocqDODlk-uQ2asbGU8FbtK0fp2-AfPvSDFXek8q1W_FZbctj9RyK9LS-pUcq4BeyeTpz4kX3wA-H3TBoVD8Aly0/s1600/DSCF2719.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO1fD7YKjiGDTl4rk6VPdYjL08JI8K3gC-DVPM8JTA640m6IgtvsgwocqDODlk-uQ2asbGU8FbtK0fp2-AfPvSDFXek8q1W_FZbctj9RyK9LS-pUcq4BeyeTpz4kX3wA-H3TBoVD8Aly0/s320/DSCF2719.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589716652574066978" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Some sting rays..not the posing ones though<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kQlyGs-sRHESJlg9Y0c4lil2trtWbjHJTuPRd4PLVc0IG1XN1vSP31VfNwgH_6-iSkLc1iJsEXmJHs6d-JJ7R_CAfeYMc5yVKgRf9iVNFZebDCta2keeIGTOB1JwdH3fs4Zvun_mWsM/s1600/DSCF2722.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kQlyGs-sRHESJlg9Y0c4lil2trtWbjHJTuPRd4PLVc0IG1XN1vSP31VfNwgH_6-iSkLc1iJsEXmJHs6d-JJ7R_CAfeYMc5yVKgRf9iVNFZebDCta2keeIGTOB1JwdH3fs4Zvun_mWsM/s320/DSCF2722.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589716663976409554" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It was HOT and humid in there too. Apparantly just like in Amazon. Phew.. I even touched a snakeskin from an Anaconda..and I took a pic of a live one..MAN THAT SNAKE IS HUGE!! No more need to wonder how this swallow a human being?! YIKES.<br /><br />Time for some snakes, the big ass Anaconda coming up shortly:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurjCmu5XOuga7OwrwpT8cU0mE4y_vTQPA85K3RX6HXrW5WiFlmNtqHte3ABEcJvTcMw5TLOIuudilhpSk_2FLydyQJ07X9a9FZ6OInLIUVJDaz_Dc9Vm8dlxVfdRpTUx0dGf9twETLwI/s1600/DSCF2736.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurjCmu5XOuga7OwrwpT8cU0mE4y_vTQPA85K3RX6HXrW5WiFlmNtqHte3ABEcJvTcMw5TLOIuudilhpSk_2FLydyQJ07X9a9FZ6OInLIUVJDaz_Dc9Vm8dlxVfdRpTUx0dGf9twETLwI/s320/DSCF2736.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589724236896295186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Nuli24OQ_8sp_IArYDjOKuETLEGDxM_neuN87y6Y427YmBP05JdfLthdQ3Dm1mgjm2P4Hthc1gHmixX34OZdcyKFsv4aoOpDHQmtmtB2Z2ae5O-RRyDO6t9KzrXFe8pQiJ63zzDaPDo/s1600/DSCF2735.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Nuli24OQ_8sp_IArYDjOKuETLEGDxM_neuN87y6Y427YmBP05JdfLthdQ3Dm1mgjm2P4Hthc1gHmixX34OZdcyKFsv4aoOpDHQmtmtB2Z2ae5O-RRyDO6t9KzrXFe8pQiJ63zzDaPDo/s320/DSCF2735.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589724222472754834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMJlIHE8uethmFysANty67yeVMg9Ric-MQVA7cy2YEqT2rAmqYMSPMaFEGepuo0yYAqCcrgGB3MXspi3knuiGDEZp3vQHalU5MzJ7dIA8OJ7gsEaa_8E1kslphgRLlpqTgRBR6-G-B6k/s1600/DSCF2733.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMJlIHE8uethmFysANty67yeVMg9Ric-MQVA7cy2YEqT2rAmqYMSPMaFEGepuo0yYAqCcrgGB3MXspi3knuiGDEZp3vQHalU5MzJ7dIA8OJ7gsEaa_8E1kslphgRLlpqTgRBR6-G-B6k/s320/DSCF2733.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589724211953519170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3j_R5RZO69IG4p0H-i2xKtC1ZNocTTvBhz34xrjxJoOIpKSI7ekgvll42_6VBrtHLUgIw3m-dRoO9iAaF5Q3JQUe-wGKFvfXYbtULAtu__4aJlB5gflOf83WMi9YnTjkayMCVFF8_00/s1600/DSCF2734.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3j_R5RZO69IG4p0H-i2xKtC1ZNocTTvBhz34xrjxJoOIpKSI7ekgvll42_6VBrtHLUgIw3m-dRoO9iAaF5Q3JQUe-wGKFvfXYbtULAtu__4aJlB5gflOf83WMi9YnTjkayMCVFF8_00/s320/DSCF2734.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589724218464395458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjue_ecF2ECjLXnk9pFp1hegWGM_YG4Rne0UvXY8dOEV6xlf-jTNV2k_pCr-Oo_AVpi6ABQsA6UC8EiGZJVcmKagoh37dYWVfeQl0ENRDd3oPEmN7gmho6rGDZ8Sby15MVvw5T4bzTGEoU/s1600/DSCF2738.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjue_ecF2ECjLXnk9pFp1hegWGM_YG4Rne0UvXY8dOEV6xlf-jTNV2k_pCr-Oo_AVpi6ABQsA6UC8EiGZJVcmKagoh37dYWVfeQl0ENRDd3oPEmN7gmho6rGDZ8Sby15MVvw5T4bzTGEoU/s320/DSCF2738.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589726039701075778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRzET_LtolpMCQdRIAxEliLugzSyDogiF2OpXnz4dziAzEr708Io2iHYPj4wiIcuyHt0EQqLMVWuq2DHRB5z89AzWD2KH_oSxLXBUYMeLO54-Wdes7Jr558V9l6rk6tsp2KCY_HA5BmY/s1600/DSCF2737.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRzET_LtolpMCQdRIAxEliLugzSyDogiF2OpXnz4dziAzEr708Io2iHYPj4wiIcuyHt0EQqLMVWuq2DHRB5z89AzWD2KH_oSxLXBUYMeLO54-Wdes7Jr558V9l6rk6tsp2KCY_HA5BmY/s320/DSCF2737.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589726035137425890" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And here it comes, drum roll please!! The MASSIVE Anaconda..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEh-9bfXome_Cvt5OJSo80SZxufQUlNvpmvi_A0UBvfdO-Wf_Ll-o54x4vjwNZkuxsOhQwlDjNPhVCdLn76C5p3WsNZ8ovTf9vnZepfqjPzTtGgFyP2DvWOcM5Db6UaDrYa1h9yKT4CEo/s1600/DSCF2740.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEh-9bfXome_Cvt5OJSo80SZxufQUlNvpmvi_A0UBvfdO-Wf_Ll-o54x4vjwNZkuxsOhQwlDjNPhVCdLn76C5p3WsNZ8ovTf9vnZepfqjPzTtGgFyP2DvWOcM5Db6UaDrYa1h9yKT4CEo/s320/DSCF2740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589726044582614898" border="0" /></a><br />Care to have this one as your reptile pet? No?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBtdC1Nixkf74OtxXOKeHin6IaaVpaDjskc3uCIl7LpU_EZwDfE-pL6_tY9ZxXO7oylWXr0FLmvoE79MP9nkpWm4XIxcxWFNwc1-f_UkepYr7KoHBBMulxx_-0gnpAli2-M1KxlO2KnU/s1600/DSCF2741.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBtdC1Nixkf74OtxXOKeHin6IaaVpaDjskc3uCIl7LpU_EZwDfE-pL6_tY9ZxXO7oylWXr0FLmvoE79MP9nkpWm4XIxcxWFNwc1-f_UkepYr7KoHBBMulxx_-0gnpAli2-M1KxlO2KnU/s320/DSCF2741.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589726050950556210" border="0" /></a><br />I can't imagine why.. it isn't like it HAVE TO swallow humans whole or anything...<br /><br />OK more suggestions for pets, some creepy crawlers maybe?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWDbV7W0EY5ht5nBnITBYteOPCHl-gX_DFVrNsv97xYKqqU6yKT0RzWlIsxMkwUlyHVk4IPDORZ3F0kR1fwsHaBjw_HkpG-MCPs-wPaA2wL_2fElMy_2FXq79bM7BLu71xNLryqfCnlg/s1600/DSCF2747.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWDbV7W0EY5ht5nBnITBYteOPCHl-gX_DFVrNsv97xYKqqU6yKT0RzWlIsxMkwUlyHVk4IPDORZ3F0kR1fwsHaBjw_HkpG-MCPs-wPaA2wL_2fElMy_2FXq79bM7BLu71xNLryqfCnlg/s320/DSCF2747.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589726057413927090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ67K8ddIzCT5JFGNJv1lViJphuOy6C5XOQjCn8SiqvUfuiQoJB4P_Z9PNgWxtfwB9To-sOZpOem3fj0hmxn3MbY8KqHTV3fdn8Pijiza0McAaENVCY0Y3GOfOannTjl0uuU_IAiWyVm8/s1600/DSCF2746.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ67K8ddIzCT5JFGNJv1lViJphuOy6C5XOQjCn8SiqvUfuiQoJB4P_Z9PNgWxtfwB9To-sOZpOem3fj0hmxn3MbY8KqHTV3fdn8Pijiza0McAaENVCY0Y3GOfOannTjl0uuU_IAiWyVm8/s320/DSCF2746.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589728682053072386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Maybe this one tickles your fancy?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcn_T5UxuafcaFHXdg5TgZSq46Znguq2g-jdw73C_PLEsRuPfYMpAH_rLt3XxDAnoS0JrwT6VqWrLBLhhB-cIF-tVsxN7Ry47a6kEX_7ae0XI2pbjrODFXa0IepIFuCrrwuH5qBHFn0WM/s1600/DSCF2749.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcn_T5UxuafcaFHXdg5TgZSq46Znguq2g-jdw73C_PLEsRuPfYMpAH_rLt3XxDAnoS0JrwT6VqWrLBLhhB-cIF-tVsxN7Ry47a6kEX_7ae0XI2pbjrODFXa0IepIFuCrrwuH5qBHFn0WM/s320/DSCF2749.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589728687813118178" border="0" /></a><br />This is very dark but the pic says, Chilean rose tarantula..sweet name for such a creepy crawler right?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhve0kTXXE73RfLoG1kRKy54ZTcJX31o-ttcRGhr5y_Ta551hVFhzTOF7fQdHi2K0m5kmCOyopivjAxB6o5k6T0GhkclPScEeeNEXN4wNHeR7hsZC7z58xT6ZA-HwSpU2bvcMWYcITq8/s1600/DSCF2748.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhve0kTXXE73RfLoG1kRKy54ZTcJX31o-ttcRGhr5y_Ta551hVFhzTOF7fQdHi2K0m5kmCOyopivjAxB6o5k6T0GhkclPScEeeNEXN4wNHeR7hsZC7z58xT6ZA-HwSpU2bvcMWYcITq8/s320/DSCF2748.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589728697080946770" border="0" /></a><br />Still not interested? OK, tough crowd...<br /><br />How bout an alligator?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynGBCidWAs6T6-JesTzS9ycSBywspPmEZWZgBJkuqNZGdXbSJJtO4e385wGZsbje2NOzRB0pyXV4VYeDtUhj67DaACULiaM9Z4wynO5WVzj_B-VoSn7gR4RtnIbVpMisF6xi6926-nHM/s1600/DSCF2753.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynGBCidWAs6T6-JesTzS9ycSBywspPmEZWZgBJkuqNZGdXbSJJtO4e385wGZsbje2NOzRB0pyXV4VYeDtUhj67DaACULiaM9Z4wynO5WVzj_B-VoSn7gR4RtnIbVpMisF6xi6926-nHM/s320/DSCF2753.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589728701412165650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There was also a feeding of the sharks which was cool, the sharks behaved nicely lol, the eel in there just kept doing his own thing heh, and 2 Sting Rays that I suspected the female being keen on photo ops... it looked like it passed by, GRINNING..seriously these creatures.. Hollywood next or? lol. The female was the biggest one of these, males are smaller..hm..lol. Also learned that sharks have a LOT of teeth...and if they lose one one starts to come out the next day...MAGIC! The only shark that can crack a sea turtle's house is a Tiger Shark...poor sea turtles.<br /><br />*Cue music from JAWS*..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-o1ww2u1H_0nn-u6BjZ43swOjIVbBhJC6lWKKg4VuqFXTfxJyc6guiAPyt93gzWymbV-wxau4CWXpJOLKNecugV81ZFBapG1lNP6tqFFOUrnq3MIiz_5JPck2foiFCtYXN9yHcLpreg/s1600/DSCF2765.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-o1ww2u1H_0nn-u6BjZ43swOjIVbBhJC6lWKKg4VuqFXTfxJyc6guiAPyt93gzWymbV-wxau4CWXpJOLKNecugV81ZFBapG1lNP6tqFFOUrnq3MIiz_5JPck2foiFCtYXN9yHcLpreg/s320/DSCF2765.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589730777212812802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And here is a true deepwater diva!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQrTaMf8ss6vC5ARorLytmmta6GraQc4NuuUwgdt1cOtJIw5g8oMJr6uwre2ZIWZ5c03GWcHY07ubZ5Gu1mHJTKgKFOBBdS3msB_ZkCbt8erNyZsg4Sek3Jh6zF9bJ7DXgGWrxRIh-3s/s1600/DSCF2761.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQrTaMf8ss6vC5ARorLytmmta6GraQc4NuuUwgdt1cOtJIw5g8oMJr6uwre2ZIWZ5c03GWcHY07ubZ5Gu1mHJTKgKFOBBdS3msB_ZkCbt8erNyZsg4Sek3Jh6zF9bJ7DXgGWrxRIh-3s/s320/DSCF2761.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589730752782318082" border="0" /></a><br />"Hello there fans" *flaps and sweeps by*<br /><br />This sea turtle didn't seem to interested in the attention, blurry pic but..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFJau-HQiWCYAN0YIhj4pK3HSTm3n_FLytVCP86cgdbljCF4eLxjYHv6oCeubF36dICdzkwEYwX7-_Da8iHKhVDyr_-YjlPgEWWXNLq0OzTosTwMM4VmQwXqtgXRBWaVRUs14gFkLjgY/s1600/DSCF2762.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFJau-HQiWCYAN0YIhj4pK3HSTm3n_FLytVCP86cgdbljCF4eLxjYHv6oCeubF36dICdzkwEYwX7-_Da8iHKhVDyr_-YjlPgEWWXNLq0OzTosTwMM4VmQwXqtgXRBWaVRUs14gFkLjgY/s320/DSCF2762.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589730763743302946" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And then there was this eel.. just sweeping by, minding it's own business...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje59fVln_VUzDzT_YQ25MUuTllKuLQT5dwSCfjZHShDzmCl1i_s6wvyzJpBWvudVF9hOo3ERNdjNTs4uRGmUJFVdfOAXfnX1biRZN2bf-ajZOFic6V77achXfK2HICju40tXXRs8kvyYg/s1600/DSCF2767.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje59fVln_VUzDzT_YQ25MUuTllKuLQT5dwSCfjZHShDzmCl1i_s6wvyzJpBWvudVF9hOo3ERNdjNTs4uRGmUJFVdfOAXfnX1biRZN2bf-ajZOFic6V77achXfK2HICju40tXXRs8kvyYg/s320/DSCF2767.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589730784248531314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The lil primates (monkeys) I saw in there was cute..one was so polite he turned his butt to us and started to scratch it..must have been a guy..LMAO. Gotta love animals, they never hide anything. Sweet!<br /><br />One of the monkeys..no butt scratching in this pic!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQySVIhwG1hngCn7tPMQMnB_A3yJlgRtZHOqDnkMYZ04d24JRMe3usRhfNhTnqfBfdB2AJ8F5L5ObG359lpb6Q82ko8aSv8_SxqL0x3f7icsBC5XxOm1rF1XA_GK0Kj1QCylNBseBZ3A/s1600/DSCF2730.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQySVIhwG1hngCn7tPMQMnB_A3yJlgRtZHOqDnkMYZ04d24JRMe3usRhfNhTnqfBfdB2AJ8F5L5ObG359lpb6Q82ko8aSv8_SxqL0x3f7icsBC5XxOm1rF1XA_GK0Kj1QCylNBseBZ3A/s320/DSCF2730.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589722336921472034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is a short video I took of the monkeys<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzA8EniDXW0hCuV1SEfJ0iED2hp5cYH9oq7ECS1mZa8ZuagmIf8pdd8_RXA-FaWj1t-aaPpFPbnOj4037nMRQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />This turtle was a lil shy..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbklrGIiQ1UbTPhlSAoBjo5yBVCtaLBm_lymmALK4MerD-bhqJJRlnVZ684eeisT0-39jxL9TwBBKRe9BrWysC0xKSeXt8liG0E2CEvyxb1hQ2dG8qwiOvbMIheY8-EdD-cPMZHpQ5qus/s1600/DSCF2714.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbklrGIiQ1UbTPhlSAoBjo5yBVCtaLBm_lymmALK4MerD-bhqJJRlnVZ684eeisT0-39jxL9TwBBKRe9BrWysC0xKSeXt8liG0E2CEvyxb1hQ2dG8qwiOvbMIheY8-EdD-cPMZHpQ5qus/s320/DSCF2714.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589715057792285330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This one KINDA reminded me of Nemo but..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2SdCnYEZ305-Utjgj6G_YmVI663BPEtpKlEHb_QWq9SwXdAvAK-coUCz3nqK6IOZwy9UOdpHyF-C00H4ms20ECZKSsmnXZFmWI9Z4Ojo3NAbMxarh2Nq8KsYR8q6VupT6VjPoDRsoYI/s1600/DSCF2710.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2SdCnYEZ305-Utjgj6G_YmVI663BPEtpKlEHb_QWq9SwXdAvAK-coUCz3nqK6IOZwy9UOdpHyF-C00H4ms20ECZKSsmnXZFmWI9Z4Ojo3NAbMxarh2Nq8KsYR8q6VupT6VjPoDRsoYI/s320/DSCF2710.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589715048672036226" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiqtc0gaqUO7IaONsXmqxfqhw2R6gU7Et7rZsLErhh5VlTUOIvQ-YBIAFu8grE-IafpULIkaE8s6eLWxhSicg-u_opqYtiD4YWGxVodCBrJKN62qiglY2-SYPspR1RwKQvS3H0v0T3Nc/s1600/DSCF2713.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiqtc0gaqUO7IaONsXmqxfqhw2R6gU7Et7rZsLErhh5VlTUOIvQ-YBIAFu8grE-IafpULIkaE8s6eLWxhSicg-u_opqYtiD4YWGxVodCBrJKN62qiglY2-SYPspR1RwKQvS3H0v0T3Nc/s320/DSCF2713.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589715053369125570" border="0" /></a><br />So fish got shoulders now...I didn't know that!<br /><br />One of the fish tanks inside, no clue what kind of fish this is..so I just call it fishy LOL<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3B8K8QPP85YqAO409rs5L7Mbq7ZW9U56kMJutIcRepLH30dNrMjdI5W4RGKF39XxYG7ZFiwSv91oGESOzKUX2Hjyg4gU_rUY_TA6gasR3tiI772B8OAR7nxIew-wtUuLCsyZEHne1JWw/s1600/DSCF2703.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3B8K8QPP85YqAO409rs5L7Mbq7ZW9U56kMJutIcRepLH30dNrMjdI5W4RGKF39XxYG7ZFiwSv91oGESOzKUX2Hjyg4gU_rUY_TA6gasR3tiI772B8OAR7nxIew-wtUuLCsyZEHne1JWw/s320/DSCF2703.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589709622866798130" border="0" /></a><br />Here, fishy, fishy, fishy *fish swims away*<br /><br />This was another HUGE fish inside there<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyJrOv5kFvk-O-mnv5K2zbbELLhsI6-4R3M0xPOp8gOIc_2BK5trimCrs9yRUyqg0eGOeSWujKTHKpnQLKnuFP02cWdlhCc-VVoL2PmhGhmHw0XxBCsz51_JGNmhNPvvUkjImM_aU-Gc/s1600/DSCF2704.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyJrOv5kFvk-O-mnv5K2zbbELLhsI6-4R3M0xPOp8gOIc_2BK5trimCrs9yRUyqg0eGOeSWujKTHKpnQLKnuFP02cWdlhCc-VVoL2PmhGhmHw0XxBCsz51_JGNmhNPvvUkjImM_aU-Gc/s320/DSCF2704.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589711504036042034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bit dark but this fish looks like he got a spiky mustache LOL<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeWTd5QdJPxSbuJqhYWQcVNGhjw1f8S1Egs_u12t8Kb4ue0fj0HNQt-JBcW3o99sj0PA1qF95bizDqW1IR8WARw7TTMCIAUUVlvrE9Ndolpq_lBqPEmWosXxHomyh4HxbQo2dY6w1uA0/s1600/DSCF2706.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeWTd5QdJPxSbuJqhYWQcVNGhjw1f8S1Egs_u12t8Kb4ue0fj0HNQt-JBcW3o99sj0PA1qF95bizDqW1IR8WARw7TTMCIAUUVlvrE9Ndolpq_lBqPEmWosXxHomyh4HxbQo2dY6w1uA0/s320/DSCF2706.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589711511395811970" border="0" /></a><br /><br />NOT sure I would wanna fall in the fish tank where these fishies are...I wouldn't last long...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-SZObac_AWZOQovOUbNtbU2_i5SoSms6fP_joq18hceCuQcsGCip_LN-PLxPsYhxXZ1DEoD4v55EEh2FHd6GLfLay0YZSY6S2JGf22JOIbql2cfWaKfkiCebeWh2SyPGTp4gyhIzU3U4/s1600/DSCF2709.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-SZObac_AWZOQovOUbNtbU2_i5SoSms6fP_joq18hceCuQcsGCip_LN-PLxPsYhxXZ1DEoD4v55EEh2FHd6GLfLay0YZSY6S2JGf22JOIbql2cfWaKfkiCebeWh2SyPGTp4gyhIzU3U4/s320/DSCF2709.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589711520905758354" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQT2zktVayZoaickzRCl-mBPQ2OT5PtDy1_bpW6w-Ri0AaQCSYItrWftxGZ3TDpkIT_ifLp3pFj0-R3HsbUr8lkx3lS1GREWaxoiCTQsZj0EkQMF5L4oCH0H_C9v7VQ5UfjkioK4D3r4/s1600/DSCF2708.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQT2zktVayZoaickzRCl-mBPQ2OT5PtDy1_bpW6w-Ri0AaQCSYItrWftxGZ3TDpkIT_ifLp3pFj0-R3HsbUr8lkx3lS1GREWaxoiCTQsZj0EkQMF5L4oCH0H_C9v7VQ5UfjkioK4D3r4/s320/DSCF2708.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589711519012380082" border="0" /></a><br />Need I say more? YIKES..but they looked peaceful enough...but from a safe distance..LOL<br /><br />OK time to spot the butterflies who were EVERYWHERE in the Amazonas exhibition<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDO4t8kJs9JzWXPkWF0-3IQ546eLfviHrcL3EXcuOc_c41x_EBLcZyEbHRePu5_em6r0ei2K4DRrIcb0sjVclT9Bdme_qnCNvlVPP2ac4K4dFhwSYdHCPvm8M3VBsjkXQ9WessUMH3eOg/s1600/DSCF2726.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDO4t8kJs9JzWXPkWF0-3IQ546eLfviHrcL3EXcuOc_c41x_EBLcZyEbHRePu5_em6r0ei2K4DRrIcb0sjVclT9Bdme_qnCNvlVPP2ac4K4dFhwSYdHCPvm8M3VBsjkXQ9WessUMH3eOg/s320/DSCF2726.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589718826734924914" border="0" /></a><br />See any yet? No?<br /><br />How about now?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVe7Fw_CECHqBN3WFwGCTnJmcxcrkdhPxy98-obRXVGKqJeBoSzp863s-jJZxjrsZC9SQxUDvsYptbxuuebUjRnHK-21M_qLbIQUkUJdep6exA5_KLOpUx8MRarKoBhIszNVuW_OuO2s/s1600/DSCF2725.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVe7Fw_CECHqBN3WFwGCTnJmcxcrkdhPxy98-obRXVGKqJeBoSzp863s-jJZxjrsZC9SQxUDvsYptbxuuebUjRnHK-21M_qLbIQUkUJdep6exA5_KLOpUx8MRarKoBhIszNVuW_OuO2s/s320/DSCF2725.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589718824459354306" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No?<br /><br />How about NOW??<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYVUY8MrSEQGbEj9hvPBVAFxIatwwQGdU7Ca1-wmItw19L9p3dNTq3qqnP3vTejaRPPIkI-8pxmVJuW-t853P8uYyABLe6M7369cM0rbY9k0CBkubyFek0STI03MH3yhiJyOgH4H28VM/s1600/DSCF2727.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYVUY8MrSEQGbEj9hvPBVAFxIatwwQGdU7Ca1-wmItw19L9p3dNTq3qqnP3vTejaRPPIkI-8pxmVJuW-t853P8uYyABLe6M7369cM0rbY9k0CBkubyFek0STI03MH3yhiJyOgH4H28VM/s320/DSCF2727.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589718832970478546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFF_zCa5bHBfUdUf3i946wAW05w_gW7cWlEk7xvUbnb0ifveRqJsj3TJ-L9xW-RF909-lxA9v4UkI3itCp-EVG2-MFz5B5vgJz1OdVqvoEVid6oD_yRE7pShwkisdmcwRqUejc9dPibA/s1600/DSCF2728.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFF_zCa5bHBfUdUf3i946wAW05w_gW7cWlEk7xvUbnb0ifveRqJsj3TJ-L9xW-RF909-lxA9v4UkI3itCp-EVG2-MFz5B5vgJz1OdVqvoEVid6oD_yRE7pShwkisdmcwRqUejc9dPibA/s320/DSCF2728.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589718840047721858" border="0" /></a><br />This poor butterfly managed to fly inside in the Exhibition but I think it was ok to do so<br /><br />Butterfly, butterfly on the wall..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXd5-o-KiJc-oJBHffk2EOFLkzy3SZxeRTUSZE0nGetpCWcJdBMJeCSmRFu_JxUJd0cLmEKucqYHyY7bMA9jneLFF0ezeHQFvrKUVdbopFjIdRaL1jMlB3Q9jJHmRzhCOo1PuS1MjHtQQ/s1600/DSCF2729.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXd5-o-KiJc-oJBHffk2EOFLkzy3SZxeRTUSZE0nGetpCWcJdBMJeCSmRFu_JxUJd0cLmEKucqYHyY7bMA9jneLFF0ezeHQFvrKUVdbopFjIdRaL1jMlB3Q9jJHmRzhCOo1PuS1MjHtQQ/s320/DSCF2729.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589718845765048098" border="0" /></a><br /><br />OK some more butterflies..hey they are pretty!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZNaDI-qwtfUwGW0vLtsKCQJP6ERSCIqMkz_RnZXL3zqhFnn0lTw7i2E9CDSj1Jfv3gjDPIiuoTls_1OB9hRYYkGsv0q04YJodcZNZtqdV_vbd1iFvUjFVj-HDvvV2pIw-4Ped6jaMGI/s1600/DSCF2742.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZNaDI-qwtfUwGW0vLtsKCQJP6ERSCIqMkz_RnZXL3zqhFnn0lTw7i2E9CDSj1Jfv3gjDPIiuoTls_1OB9hRYYkGsv0q04YJodcZNZtqdV_vbd1iFvUjFVj-HDvvV2pIw-4Ped6jaMGI/s320/DSCF2742.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589722322399771858" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEP4M_1p4meXmjYmYjHYCGwdqJnWsPjZOoJEqgHgFX3ZaYb_c7D1Oz5Tj1MFwjcR5aF2gZY7Z32Rs_75mCCqth_yZksZHo0kQl2PhptTrN9zZgPHS2525iAOu1m1t05U1wKyPFoF0c5dk/s1600/DSCF2743.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEP4M_1p4meXmjYmYjHYCGwdqJnWsPjZOoJEqgHgFX3ZaYb_c7D1Oz5Tj1MFwjcR5aF2gZY7Z32Rs_75mCCqth_yZksZHo0kQl2PhptTrN9zZgPHS2525iAOu1m1t05U1wKyPFoF0c5dk/s320/DSCF2743.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589722327476801202" border="0" /></a><br /><br />OK last one<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZLsRgunO0Kg5T_caln2gQN_hM4w6DlhCXMas6iiekjTkT6DC2qWUtkOmZ-fU02mvsBkddv_u6RbHoP3PD_GeoE8ul99wSZqWjq8Jnz2tj3fKIzU0ECWnVQraE8Iy8i3JQLYT-Y1wUKA/s1600/DSCF2744.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZLsRgunO0Kg5T_caln2gQN_hM4w6DlhCXMas6iiekjTkT6DC2qWUtkOmZ-fU02mvsBkddv_u6RbHoP3PD_GeoE8ul99wSZqWjq8Jnz2tj3fKIzU0ECWnVQraE8Iy8i3JQLYT-Y1wUKA/s320/DSCF2744.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589722332839823154" border="0" /></a><br />There, all done with the butterflies :-D.<br /><br /><br />After this it was time to go into the exibition for creatures from the BC coast, lots of fishes, jelly fish, sea urchins and you name it. Sea plants, sea creatures, there was even an ancient fossile there on display.<br /><br />Another fave of mine there were the sea lions, cute and playful as always. I didn't get to see the show with them but saw them play around anyways, they are just so damn cute! Then it was time for the adorable sea otters, these furry things were zooming around like race cars, tehn stopped and one was obviously keen on doing some grooming on himself cos he kept doing that for ages, much to us humans' amusements, I suspect the sea otter knew this..he was like he was posing :p.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh2C8UbCLGNpZYcxjwClzc1uE9NrB0_-K1gvlHlYjuwZWdwr7d58mk_K7CSXaDljUE8cMnnVaxVD0XzL_hcQU6gEZeJVYgdx5RiezEoMgrR8MV6dpkoWrfpgdXyrg-eNti7hhaJhpDrw/s1600/DSCF2788.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh2C8UbCLGNpZYcxjwClzc1uE9NrB0_-K1gvlHlYjuwZWdwr7d58mk_K7CSXaDljUE8cMnnVaxVD0XzL_hcQU6gEZeJVYgdx5RiezEoMgrR8MV6dpkoWrfpgdXyrg-eNti7hhaJhpDrw/s320/DSCF2788.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589735196092396770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No,no,no, no pics please, I didn't get my makeup done yet!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBVr4pF33Lc9GSXb8wLJrDUCCdW551Ysm01lv8VsiWfdTOvtgWkBN8Uu0kmQg2errg9y1x1OzxeW-1zkq8vwr_Q336_MsJfKvoKbVc15BESbz-0SazR76kmJTwxmgbaB9FIPEnHCmt8U/s1600/DSCF2789.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBVr4pF33Lc9GSXb8wLJrDUCCdW551Ysm01lv8VsiWfdTOvtgWkBN8Uu0kmQg2errg9y1x1OzxeW-1zkq8vwr_Q336_MsJfKvoKbVc15BESbz-0SazR76kmJTwxmgbaB9FIPEnHCmt8U/s320/DSCF2789.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589735202668582930" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hey, where's my dinner??<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX12L_hvplVNun6fJRU9fqQyjYlGPt40jRvN46W5AWCT5tEYnV4QqpC1SGqvileuQUzOGEuQ7vAIoNntOMmZZXNaduyAmCtyOSctcgy8rGu62l0qALEEYD0ju5p06JqoxVBnl4muQZBqw/s1600/DSCF2811.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX12L_hvplVNun6fJRU9fqQyjYlGPt40jRvN46W5AWCT5tEYnV4QqpC1SGqvileuQUzOGEuQ7vAIoNntOMmZZXNaduyAmCtyOSctcgy8rGu62l0qALEEYD0ju5p06JqoxVBnl4muQZBqw/s320/DSCF2811.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589744062125053570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The sea otters:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyYEb_Wf6mEQPzpsGm6xMzoVHjtYYWDzV2S8B-6fW2FQz0rdV6Pm5h-3mny02tykTCx_gFgZzpCMX9-aaFJf_Q56fm10cNoFynxYRf4WSCcba1wzW41J8kaMsTl5QMeFPciv-r8zoGis/s1600/DSCF2797.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyYEb_Wf6mEQPzpsGm6xMzoVHjtYYWDzV2S8B-6fW2FQz0rdV6Pm5h-3mny02tykTCx_gFgZzpCMX9-aaFJf_Q56fm10cNoFynxYRf4WSCcba1wzW41J8kaMsTl5QMeFPciv-r8zoGis/s320/DSCF2797.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589741881016795410" border="0" /></a><br />Doin' some workout<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mESKsqEeWBhEhcxPryp1L0aM8ESdo21Yi_KNYsFDy0qzFUQ9AIEWZwEoEz2BahUS_3vZQnrsf4y7TxfmQrWCO6oPHfrstcD5mizy2JKeHdPK0UKSd_pDRRpJBIeIXDiHS3PnYoevYgc/s1600/DSCF2795.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mESKsqEeWBhEhcxPryp1L0aM8ESdo21Yi_KNYsFDy0qzFUQ9AIEWZwEoEz2BahUS_3vZQnrsf4y7TxfmQrWCO6oPHfrstcD5mizy2JKeHdPK0UKSd_pDRRpJBIeIXDiHS3PnYoevYgc/s320/DSCF2795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589741873602576274" border="0" /></a><br />Ahhh a nice long strech...ahh<br /><br />Roll up like a ball is good for you back the trainers say..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiL17SELNZ_23oz86waTq2-uxmki8jwKt6kNvi4UxY1LGOT38Xin0l829sEqIZryva5J0IuyqTGROSUYiTB3fGB4iYQPC2kfwQH5PX0_ocl_yMaSuxxABXueUFlM9aGHA2jdB3gq-K0E/s1600/DSCF2806.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiL17SELNZ_23oz86waTq2-uxmki8jwKt6kNvi4UxY1LGOT38Xin0l829sEqIZryva5J0IuyqTGROSUYiTB3fGB4iYQPC2kfwQH5PX0_ocl_yMaSuxxABXueUFlM9aGHA2jdB3gq-K0E/s320/DSCF2806.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589741889403089266" border="0" /></a><br /><br />See? I can almost curl up into a ball!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbX9WV3p22TDchdFtzysRanCaFAkYMLwblUXy6WrB0pdCUaMRst7I0CsecW2_iaDEIxvkowpOoq24-4BPaqDX7daccg8o33AYwu7tY_LKe0Va4CeQF9X1MGAyJXDNzsX-iAWlYRL3JDE/s1600/DSCF2807.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbX9WV3p22TDchdFtzysRanCaFAkYMLwblUXy6WrB0pdCUaMRst7I0CsecW2_iaDEIxvkowpOoq24-4BPaqDX7daccg8o33AYwu7tY_LKe0Va4CeQF9X1MGAyJXDNzsX-iAWlYRL3JDE/s320/DSCF2807.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589744057866567250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And here is the sea otter in full grooming mode:<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxqUmpaWPgBCFnlRUtbV600IetEV8e_byjDDMEy1KGnzcPKbGrcIuzS9EnlCSnxr9avKyk4sKsYiVlzKwc' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br />And then the dolphins, different breed than the one I swam with in Hawaii but man these were as adorable, black and white ones. Obviously anxious to have a show or something cos one of them kept playing all the time, too cute! Then there was the Beluga whales, I got some cute pics of them, how CUTE are they? I was awwwing all over the damn place LOL. I had to hold it in but man there was so much cutness in this aquarium it was cutness overload!<br /><br />Beluga wales, gorgeous creatures!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCbZNjSjHLnKOucR5d9_gYpFssG1hOVLIlXnjlMJT4b8V9r1w7qIPaLSXBEncx45vngkpkDHrEPLINqiii7uoY4rigbGAncSBVX36o3FoSZ-Flo9BoIiH_x8Q9jevzVxcfvDOZTlsWCw/s1600/DSCF2793.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCbZNjSjHLnKOucR5d9_gYpFssG1hOVLIlXnjlMJT4b8V9r1w7qIPaLSXBEncx45vngkpkDHrEPLINqiii7uoY4rigbGAncSBVX36o3FoSZ-Flo9BoIiH_x8Q9jevzVxcfvDOZTlsWCw/s320/DSCF2793.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589735213793738674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AEmC_11nA7-vqU3ByDRUAn9t1rSV0abTk814qBJNnvEIixRhPAwP4gPBJ1UY8AyWFtKzpAhz9nahVZ8ntxjppv63FNMbacjPFE9eIlRmDRMKdPV0bAi73_QmSOBP5DvHu0Od2DkUzeE/s1600/DSCF2794.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AEmC_11nA7-vqU3ByDRUAn9t1rSV0abTk814qBJNnvEIixRhPAwP4gPBJ1UY8AyWFtKzpAhz9nahVZ8ntxjppv63FNMbacjPFE9eIlRmDRMKdPV0bAi73_QmSOBP5DvHu0Od2DkUzeE/s320/DSCF2794.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589738256197983442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxj4xG0b2ICyMxLeRhTEUfohXSBS99j4cgzO17tDKyGt7_QzcIw_6Nne5QGUFvhQsces99S4sxaF1cRnsVR0vZ07FKBIFg5FeWAg6W5vybeMpD-isTltPZ6jYRf4rwdhoN72YbiDsBGYM/s1600/DSCF2799.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxj4xG0b2ICyMxLeRhTEUfohXSBS99j4cgzO17tDKyGt7_QzcIw_6Nne5QGUFvhQsces99S4sxaF1cRnsVR0vZ07FKBIFg5FeWAg6W5vybeMpD-isTltPZ6jYRf4rwdhoN72YbiDsBGYM/s320/DSCF2799.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589738262963263794" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4P-xsEHei_pG7ZO4uA7kR00STLz3vSIPRxnMF8FNsmIpYcCFWpYMUjwe_dzr0dxgOvcAo7J0SJU8vpG8JY96PvZUX-rT_JtdV5CEn9D-7-oeVUAiyVCgS5z6DJyf3OGb7JmMRaUphdk/s1600/DSCF2800.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4P-xsEHei_pG7ZO4uA7kR00STLz3vSIPRxnMF8FNsmIpYcCFWpYMUjwe_dzr0dxgOvcAo7J0SJU8vpG8JY96PvZUX-rT_JtdV5CEn9D-7-oeVUAiyVCgS5z6DJyf3OGb7JmMRaUphdk/s320/DSCF2800.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589738273271979842" border="0" /></a><br />Aren't they pretty??<br /><br />Playful dolphins!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluIMSO72LqHO5dyrO-NvlfqLLIWjda4QRzLjScuE653yG4rjTuehfZkFrK3EN5lnWaQuoUybJa0cVOEv1zysDuypTs4zz3ZrH6TwqGE7HsaGNeYhjvVb77DZv4z7pmI9OS_As_ydT3KE/s1600/DSCF2785.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluIMSO72LqHO5dyrO-NvlfqLLIWjda4QRzLjScuE653yG4rjTuehfZkFrK3EN5lnWaQuoUybJa0cVOEv1zysDuypTs4zz3ZrH6TwqGE7HsaGNeYhjvVb77DZv4z7pmI9OS_As_ydT3KE/s320/DSCF2785.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589733052864789698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMZyZB93GRMn_1GEeshpF9DuTEodTLNcrgyZNBTjF3M-mSh_HQ35U2l7JmXWlyY66gTAty0NmkQzV2qUUXQF2BLOv3_k67DYsJqv6rTcqyQL5oh2_IM0VKZWGMTRq6cuPbBg1ufnLkLg/s1600/DSCF2786.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMZyZB93GRMn_1GEeshpF9DuTEodTLNcrgyZNBTjF3M-mSh_HQ35U2l7JmXWlyY66gTAty0NmkQzV2qUUXQF2BLOv3_k67DYsJqv6rTcqyQL5oh2_IM0VKZWGMTRq6cuPbBg1ufnLkLg/s320/DSCF2786.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589735175095950674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGv2vDjGqrlfWz_ks6NZs67rA72w0cyPEVMF48NrYECIS0j2KEV0IdQZL2Wx8q3ld6dK73j4g1veLeqaWahJLWGgDBafi2okzmb7_1eq576yy1qch-VpIu0pk7LQuzrXs39RrmkMc5RU/s1600/DSCF2787.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGv2vDjGqrlfWz_ks6NZs67rA72w0cyPEVMF48NrYECIS0j2KEV0IdQZL2Wx8q3ld6dK73j4g1veLeqaWahJLWGgDBafi2okzmb7_1eq576yy1qch-VpIu0pk7LQuzrXs39RrmkMc5RU/s320/DSCF2787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589735186718265746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Playful Dolphins :-D<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwlr67RvK4CQM2rhRF8RKahsQQSPqDgXJSwuoewGiUxV-Wkls5bSlhmSOwmejvLkLrf-IOJCTFHvE7k9p1rjw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Then another dolphin creature I saw acted like it was posing for the freakin camera! LOL, hilarious, there was an adorable lil girl who waved at it..the dolpin was POSING for the camera asap I took the camera out! Funny.<br /><br />Meet Mr/Mrs posing Dolphin<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeD8GqDev8MYiKmWTWc-YCK1z_ZHcc63HjIAWMu27rgGilngmst4SLm_jERMqhQXoABcgTaJcpoWDZ9ZIevo_VDqpyz8hA2Drvv3-3NR-Hn76jZTdJ1kN8PLVs3BaSGH9oxZ9zgMIYac/s1600/DSCF2801.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeD8GqDev8MYiKmWTWc-YCK1z_ZHcc63HjIAWMu27rgGilngmst4SLm_jERMqhQXoABcgTaJcpoWDZ9ZIevo_VDqpyz8hA2Drvv3-3NR-Hn76jZTdJ1kN8PLVs3BaSGH9oxZ9zgMIYac/s320/DSCF2801.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589738278736326178" border="0" /></a><br />Oh wait, one more?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu4OlA77E3f4xD_LpdwM_94gdqvJrtCBbM3ujTVUw8Il2TiHn75z8O8oCBE3DfPpAAFFQDl6iCf96NB9tyLCgF1dOR2FTzKHEUX17GTKL7wXnRBvkkAB6taxLrA7t1xiUCiYYoCVrC50/s1600/DSCF2802.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu4OlA77E3f4xD_LpdwM_94gdqvJrtCBbM3ujTVUw8Il2TiHn75z8O8oCBE3DfPpAAFFQDl6iCf96NB9tyLCgF1dOR2FTzKHEUX17GTKL7wXnRBvkkAB6taxLrA7t1xiUCiYYoCVrC50/s320/DSCF2802.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589741862724522962" border="0" /></a><br />Wait, this pic is suppose to show the dolphin "standing up"! Somehow Blogger won't do this. So tilt your puter... but here is THE pose LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIZi6zwD9zrNC4FdclHY4tU3yS8vLJf5ovvNyaMOQ34Vo2vxq6Y3oT8V_aaKEVjVqmB4etoBotqtEDlarP43kZNUAveFv66iIHP9XTn1Cpjh9nfX9yhEJvJiaSmB5JcmM6rZ_Zf2gTf4/s1600/DSCF2803.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIZi6zwD9zrNC4FdclHY4tU3yS8vLJf5ovvNyaMOQ34Vo2vxq6Y3oT8V_aaKEVjVqmB4etoBotqtEDlarP43kZNUAveFv66iIHP9XTn1Cpjh9nfX9yhEJvJiaSmB5JcmM6rZ_Zf2gTf4/s320/DSCF2803.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589741864510309330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Jellyfish and sea urchins and plants etc was cool..they even had crystal clear ones, fish glowing in the darks..I did sadly not find Nemo anywhere in there but did find some fish that resembled him....but Nemo himself wasn't to be found.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFUKfRgCTkNFEseTczR8xs6IVvprfgcnZazXO6icVo3SsA78SjR1DiXtMZLNOb_SATblsLm7Dh8EAJt3iBFr9dbrGON0FUgZA9b1mLPaW4x1IJabZlRucpohy37TzZBrXhaNiOozf5wE/s1600/DSCF2771.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFUKfRgCTkNFEseTczR8xs6IVvprfgcnZazXO6icVo3SsA78SjR1DiXtMZLNOb_SATblsLm7Dh8EAJt3iBFr9dbrGON0FUgZA9b1mLPaW4x1IJabZlRucpohy37TzZBrXhaNiOozf5wE/s320/DSCF2771.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589730793906934514" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This looks like a flower, so I am just gonna nickname it seasunflower..*nods*<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEOYegP2bovA2Bp7yTl8QYObjgFOL_BLjiqzAsp2I9TzzyBHYEMW42_8Y7c_RTre_H9X21MtZdtwjWxUJxhUkn_LHquaiham-qU3GbUMp3w0ihJSAY6NXDlYX1xM5ns6DTlfbRJs17uo/s1600/DSCF2772.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEOYegP2bovA2Bp7yTl8QYObjgFOL_BLjiqzAsp2I9TzzyBHYEMW42_8Y7c_RTre_H9X21MtZdtwjWxUJxhUkn_LHquaiham-qU3GbUMp3w0ihJSAY6NXDlYX1xM5ns6DTlfbRJs17uo/s320/DSCF2772.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589733015703678146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-kH9CpTPkVvbz_NC9y0m-bBeQnmCr_ChzF2Pa5v3OCm1NPcpG2KoTsAPotWrf9XZ8CFyCdIioTNOwcdaLG15CQ9DVTEcDX5nIdL1ntez4N-qeYcwaZMEIN3N7S52PBg1oKGIXIWpsOA/s1600/DSCF2780.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-kH9CpTPkVvbz_NC9y0m-bBeQnmCr_ChzF2Pa5v3OCm1NPcpG2KoTsAPotWrf9XZ8CFyCdIioTNOwcdaLG15CQ9DVTEcDX5nIdL1ntez4N-qeYcwaZMEIN3N7S52PBg1oKGIXIWpsOA/s320/DSCF2780.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589733042814632418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Just looking at this makes my legs burn...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XEnJ5eOGw7G_04CMgkZNCvpWb149imY69Gh7Vc4bWhQRN2Sm8U4VnX_Sx0IvUQVwlT-WhHKg2KXRfgNDixF9IRgpyLBOvyYwLgZD4Mgb-T1MUTRYfkOEGBHcdOcHzTS5F5gryatTFH4/s1600/DSCF2779.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XEnJ5eOGw7G_04CMgkZNCvpWb149imY69Gh7Vc4bWhQRN2Sm8U4VnX_Sx0IvUQVwlT-WhHKg2KXRfgNDixF9IRgpyLBOvyYwLgZD4Mgb-T1MUTRYfkOEGBHcdOcHzTS5F5gryatTFH4/s320/DSCF2779.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589733033317193938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4kKmq_WhKFCG0G0WdxiT9kCy30Szc-btPwRr5caygdUdTAM5j7MHHO-d8_jO6J5IOIBzqc1g7ABIcWVUkrLhF_-XergN3XTKcL8aXgPZL0O0KK7c5SMmyK6smYsbuLn_n2z-15mmNio/s1600/DSCF2778.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4kKmq_WhKFCG0G0WdxiT9kCy30Szc-btPwRr5caygdUdTAM5j7MHHO-d8_jO6J5IOIBzqc1g7ABIcWVUkrLhF_-XergN3XTKcL8aXgPZL0O0KK7c5SMmyK6smYsbuLn_n2z-15mmNio/s320/DSCF2778.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589733024745406082" border="0" /></a><br />But it is a pretty picture!<br /><br /><br /><br />The hours, if you study just about everything in there, can fly away easily, there is so much to see. I did get to see alot but couldn't really read everything.<br /><br />On my way out from the Aquarium I saw this adorable black Squirrel, right before it I saw an equally adorable grey one but didn't take a pic of it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8RVq34-CIPe1efqShFa-wHCJzIoRi-i0FasB8NxCxrvcJOlO8JFpVRobpha51lKpF0O0ckwW5UIB63f0rMf_bnenmKogz4qu7ztAqtLKqjjU5_WHSSj9R4KwcOV-9QHx_WC3xaIQmy4/s1600/DSCF2813.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8RVq34-CIPe1efqShFa-wHCJzIoRi-i0FasB8NxCxrvcJOlO8JFpVRobpha51lKpF0O0ckwW5UIB63f0rMf_bnenmKogz4qu7ztAqtLKqjjU5_WHSSj9R4KwcOV-9QHx_WC3xaIQmy4/s320/DSCF2813.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589744073337107330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After this exciting adventure I headed back to the hotel to drop off my pic and then headed out to Yaletown, nearby Yaletown Roundhouse and ate at a Mexian restaurant there..that was my dinner for today. Since the weater today is so crappy, spitting down with rain it is mostly an indoor type of day, so I am staying in at my hotel tonight. Tomorrow is checkout time and to meet up with the Lundquist family for my stay there.Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-24366162261746198602011-03-29T12:59:00.000-07:002011-03-29T13:09:46.959-07:00Day 6, Monday March 28th. 2011<span style="font-family:arial;">Monday blues..<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ41N4L4F00fJu-8poqtZNO8gGgP1mO2fo9INEwqYg0-dtKV5t60HRJp0rcIuVGAg63pUtG9nuCSpTt27TFewpoZ6zFb8V4VUZ2OOef4WouSsGszlHM9Xi28ETUFV4pjlERWNhToz8lY8/s1600/garfield_monday_blues.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ41N4L4F00fJu-8poqtZNO8gGgP1mO2fo9INEwqYg0-dtKV5t60HRJp0rcIuVGAg63pUtG9nuCSpTt27TFewpoZ6zFb8V4VUZ2OOef4WouSsGszlHM9Xi28ETUFV4pjlERWNhToz8lY8/s320/garfield_monday_blues.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589595870143661954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Monday was a blah day...so this update won't be too long. I had nothing planned but one thing to do, that was just to do my laundry as I had ran out of clean clothes, I intentionally did not pack for 2 weeks cos that would be too heavy. So running out of clean clothes was not a surprise...yet doing laundry is still blah..</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DmkOV2Jewl6ZhZyL8CYmqU2h9mdSZ_xeAlbp73TGvsRKB6bx4UNuvalWE3SOPs-9PPCdVfCZQpvZYnWGLBcF1Xsl5yTtBVxdy41WHHz5bEiEpW2WkGilD9LsrQvqHYddW7DbSksgoDE/s1600/pic_Oversized-Dryers-for-all-your-blankets-quilts-comforters-sleeping-bags-and-much-more-_924431_large.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DmkOV2Jewl6ZhZyL8CYmqU2h9mdSZ_xeAlbp73TGvsRKB6bx4UNuvalWE3SOPs-9PPCdVfCZQpvZYnWGLBcF1Xsl5yTtBVxdy41WHHz5bEiEpW2WkGilD9LsrQvqHYddW7DbSksgoDE/s320/pic_Oversized-Dryers-for-all-your-blankets-quilts-comforters-sleeping-bags-and-much-more-_924431_large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589595868679959330" border="0" /></a><br />Not a fun place to hang out in but necessary if ya need clean clothes!<br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And after having a big lunch at Nando's and then walking back to my hotel it was late afternoon..yes doing laundry at a laundrette takes HOURS..pffff. So I decided to stay in my hotel that evening just chillin in my room watching TV, did have a light dinner at Moxies Classic Grill as I could access that from my hotel lobby. After that I just holed up in my room and watched TV till I fell asleep lol. That was all for Monday, exciting day huh? NOT lol.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-38272447571047705532011-03-28T11:21:00.000-07:002011-03-28T11:34:07.368-07:00Day 5, Sunday March 27th. 2011So then the Bon Jovi crazed weekend was over...<br /><br />I spent most of the day with Becky aka Jovibecky on Twitter as her friend Nozomo (not really sure how to spell her name so if I got it wrong, apologies!) had to leave early Sunday morning. Becky checked out around noon from her hotel and came by my hotel to chill there untill it was time for her to go back to the airport for her flight back to LA.<br /><br />We had more giggles in my hotelroom...added eachother on Facebook and updated our blogs from the Saturday night's Bon Jovi show. After that we went out to Subway for a quick lunch and then it was time for her to get to the Vancouver City Centre train station to get back to the airport. I then headed back to my hotelroom to chill. In the evening I went out to meet Theresa aka RobbedMyHeart on twitter. We went to the Blue Water Cafè in Yaletown which is a very upscale raw food and seafood restaurant there. Robert Pattinson likes to go there, Jon Bon Jovi and David Bryan was spotted having dinner there...I had a raw tuna dish which tasted very good! Cost CAD 16 too... yeah eating with the rich&famous is NOT cheap lol.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dxHFySQih6zB1HwhuvC2zjEOic3tpQa7EV5LtR0G5TFQyb_q4SGRF8lQW5nP95NDZ-3whSQCPw7-76K5KAJIe9x3ZjAEyxSG8lO9X7LNJ32Np9iR23iI-CkTKVj1Dc5FbED_erYwT1w/s1600/IMG_0084.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dxHFySQih6zB1HwhuvC2zjEOic3tpQa7EV5LtR0G5TFQyb_q4SGRF8lQW5nP95NDZ-3whSQCPw7-76K5KAJIe9x3ZjAEyxSG8lO9X7LNJ32Np9iR23iI-CkTKVj1Dc5FbED_erYwT1w/s320/IMG_0084.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589200141522060162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbxYoSPDiDOTgS9z0tIOvjxFMv2NMubn7ZZuSy8gAzg3xB365FdIysJxGIXxnNQo0MjIRYBEu4JSjKp7izUu2mHoLHwnHFYwSO93TV3_CT3VCAR1OTIFYZ48yTgFhOSY3wFf8Biq0gzQ/s1600/IMG_0083.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbxYoSPDiDOTgS9z0tIOvjxFMv2NMubn7ZZuSy8gAzg3xB365FdIysJxGIXxnNQo0MjIRYBEu4JSjKp7izUu2mHoLHwnHFYwSO93TV3_CT3VCAR1OTIFYZ48yTgFhOSY3wFf8Biq0gzQ/s320/IMG_0083.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589200137343987698" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Then Theresa asked me if I had tried the traditional dish Poutine which basically is French Fries with cheese and gravy. It can have several toppings too. I had one with Chicken. The cheese HAS to be regular cheese though..nothing fake. It was yummy but man what a colesterol bomb in one meal! Not something you'd eat too often!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHG5kLSzhMHESC8oXZlqNqApuKtEyKwY-2jB1domTO8dpw5UZsoh3j9-SNMM1iwv3zyojvEDvTtNYOfD5NQGkZVgg1lQxZGQew14l4aJ_G5RLJ7RiUmo-X5IoFOoP_RxmiJWQrAOZ_yiQ/s1600/IMG_0298.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHG5kLSzhMHESC8oXZlqNqApuKtEyKwY-2jB1domTO8dpw5UZsoh3j9-SNMM1iwv3zyojvEDvTtNYOfD5NQGkZVgg1lQxZGQew14l4aJ_G5RLJ7RiUmo-X5IoFOoP_RxmiJWQrAOZ_yiQ/s320/IMG_0298.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589200123552943458" border="0" /></a><br />Poutine with Chicken toppings<br /><br />Then we went to this place called the Moose Bar (it had another name before that but the name escapes me.). Yes it was called Moose bar and no it did NOT have Richie's face in the name! :p lol. Had a couple of beers there and then I headed back to Yaletown to meet up with 3 ohter Twilght fans who were meeting up at the Glow Bar & Grill. I had a couple of beers there and chatted away. Then it was time to head back to my hotelroom as I was tired, I went to bed LATE...zzzzzz.Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-82195480615152495302011-03-27T10:06:00.000-07:002011-03-27T15:12:47.188-07:00Day 4, Saturday March 26th. 2011Well the last day of the 2 Bon Jovi shows came by. I didn't feel sad tough cos I know I got plenty more shows to see later on this June. I was more excited cos of where my seat was... I was literally 2 and a half row (yes literally lol) from the circle stage wich meant that when the boys were out on the circle I WOULD get good pics, well good for MY camera that is.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAkorVzCuEzkUCW6FQAGCir3VDjKnCb8lP0eqjrNaR4i1HbugB2nYrV1qsVmlutQbG2gmtScJkID1LjZ13Fi__n70XVgqS6ZbG_alRyjaHSxT_mamyGy2TiSUV88Z-KWJSL07RB8wHWo/s1600/DSCF2619.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAkorVzCuEzkUCW6FQAGCir3VDjKnCb8lP0eqjrNaR4i1HbugB2nYrV1qsVmlutQbG2gmtScJkID1LjZ13Fi__n70XVgqS6ZbG_alRyjaHSxT_mamyGy2TiSUV88Z-KWJSL07RB8wHWo/s320/DSCF2619.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588860567562779410" border="0" /></a><br />Mel Kulak and I inside the venue<br /><br />The day started as usual me getting up, showering and I headed out to Tim Hortons to get some breakfast, then walked around a little bit. I checked my twitter and JoviBecky or Becky as her name is had sent me a Direct Message saying she and Nozomi (her friend from Tokyo, lovely lady!) was heading out and if I wanted to meet up with them, of course I did. I had no plans!<br /><br />So after a bit back and forth we agreed that they came by my hotel and we just walked around from there. We shared lots of laughs and stories. They were FUN to hang out with, of the goofy and LOL kind.<br /><br />Then it was time to get ready for the show, we all got to our respective hotels, got ready and met up around 4 PM ish to get our tickets, then headed out to have some drinks with more Backstage With Jon Bon Jovi ppl who stayed at the Westin hotel on Robson st. They had a free bottle of Champagne that we got to enjoy with them, been a while since I had Champagne and and it was pretty good :-D. No it wasn't enough to get us drunk LOL. Another fun gang to hang out with before the show.<br /><br />Then we stopped by McDonalds for a quick bite to eat before we went back to the venue. Yes McDonalds..I haven't HAD that in years...and well even if I was hungry and it was good to have food I know why...it just doesn't taste all that great anymore lol. I am over McDonalds but it was just handy heh.<br /><br />So time to get to the show. We got inside...and I did some more merchandise shopping. LOL. I got inside the venue and I was pretty much in AWE of my seat. I didn't expect it to be THAT close to the circle stage for some reason. I gotta say I got lucky with my Vancouver tickets! Not too shabby for the buying tix at a North American show with the fc for the first time (outside a fan club trip that is). Also one of the security guys who was up there at the time I sat down recognized me from last night LOL. Nice guy and he raved about Friday's show. I told him I had more shows to see in Europe, he asked me where I was from and I said Norway, the guy was shocked...I mean seriously?! There were ppl from Japan there too! Norway ain't that shocking pp! LMAO! Oh beware the vikings are coming..wait that was for the Irish...hehe (slight bit of madness there, ahem..)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiL3wFb1BWOQTZo0YJRsDUMIqzULOZ5yvUpwTQCsSPDaFE89_aFa-v717d4jwK4YLYCqtJXrooxToFI2QvMNJlR5GoT4F05WHdBWi_WizZ-wUUirQcSCxVh-Nq0j4PN-A-U965Aux60QY/s1600/DSCF2684.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiL3wFb1BWOQTZo0YJRsDUMIqzULOZ5yvUpwTQCsSPDaFE89_aFa-v717d4jwK4YLYCqtJXrooxToFI2QvMNJlR5GoT4F05WHdBWi_WizZ-wUUirQcSCxVh-Nq0j4PN-A-U965Aux60QY/s320/DSCF2684.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588873349704015298" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There were no opening act this time, this was an "Evening With Bon Jovi" and what an evening it was gonna be! Key words were total setlist shakeup, CRAZY crowd (both good and bad LOL) and Boys on FIRE.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmvv4z7xu5zNq6rfoTq1vehHwEcKs7uvQb7SCFXBYV5OlmvMeYnhrhnMCIaOoCINy6GPgG7y55-ZQ3Yq7CGkLLSmnoYvRPMvXApNT4VB_MgO2LJIa4bLLtuyQ88vt7zWKyfq74cvqjxs/s1600/DSCF2628.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmvv4z7xu5zNq6rfoTq1vehHwEcKs7uvQb7SCFXBYV5OlmvMeYnhrhnMCIaOoCINy6GPgG7y55-ZQ3Yq7CGkLLSmnoYvRPMvXApNT4VB_MgO2LJIa4bLLtuyQ88vt7zWKyfq74cvqjxs/s320/DSCF2628.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588860610540264882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From here on I'll go a little back and forth on what happened at the show as I do not have it all in my memory in chronological order..just sayin', hehe.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULQ_v0ka6oc4LXi2XBrpU37Dtm0BiC3fnG1IQr3D2dCpEH_cj17tMYGW255ZbxNXLvFyE235DLDUO0eMPz5dpW1aS5YDT3krF6X0pj7tb0s2mORP4QzLOUfM621Sk9dAWcIdrvfIqzVg/s1600/DSCF2633.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULQ_v0ka6oc4LXi2XBrpU37Dtm0BiC3fnG1IQr3D2dCpEH_cj17tMYGW255ZbxNXLvFyE235DLDUO0eMPz5dpW1aS5YDT3krF6X0pj7tb0s2mORP4QzLOUfM621Sk9dAWcIdrvfIqzVg/s320/DSCF2633.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588863410769939938" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The show started with a major surprise to all in the venue, maybe not for those sitting at the exact location but for everyone else it was! The show opener was Last Man Standing and I LOVE that as an opener, but the song wasn't the surprise...the surprise was where Jon Bon Jovi was located..he was RIGHT in the back of the venue in a small platform so the ppl in the back got a GREAT first view of him. Bet they were happy! He was there for that one song and then walked back with security thru the crowd...crowd was nuts but he got back to the stage just fine it seemed to me :-).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzO-ZE1YZbZlITB4zoGhZ8ftYvIfqtpffZtZRKa9imJLHnPRVz1faGQGT9LjnvIdMeQauEWXPyMVQZ8eIi-VL5_woZiATi3mJ43w47n1SOHVgHvEbf9fEYrJywGips3IzScRhmOXNzXrc/s1600/DSCF2623.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzO-ZE1YZbZlITB4zoGhZ8ftYvIfqtpffZtZRKa9imJLHnPRVz1faGQGT9LjnvIdMeQauEWXPyMVQZ8eIi-VL5_woZiATi3mJ43w47n1SOHVgHvEbf9fEYrJywGips3IzScRhmOXNzXrc/s320/DSCF2623.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588860590308562562" border="0" /></a><br />Yep the tiny BACKSIDE is JBJ in the back of the arena.<br /><br />Then he got onstage and the show was definetly showing signs to be a GREAT one. Crowd was LOUD AND NUTS! I think this Vancouver show has had the loudest crowd I have experienced in the North American shows I have attended. Next to me I had a couple of guys with some girlfriends who were at times slightly annoying (hence the bad part of a crazy crowd), they also started to smoke and at that time I turned around asking them to stop that, they were nice and stopped..but come on, it is the law and in a tight spot you do NOT smoke inside...simple fact! They were nice to me tho so cannot be too annoyed LOL. The security next to me again let some ppl in the back up to where I was so it got a little cramped up there. They were slightly annoying at times too. The guys jumped the row infront of me and got up close to the circle stage. Security tried to get them back but they refused..I thought they'd get kicked out but nope, the security guy just let it slide! I was shocked..is that how laid back they are here? LOL.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ACh2lDgtpHYJYA8qywzX6SPFVBWp_mzL-Rjha2V2HBIDoOiWAQHJAWf1kPRdsT0rlnuLVDDsSFkxiId5AHbYsOGiZFbGQZ68iQgRue6K5BoqYH7w8uQbmwrDsgQJzr4l4-4CtX9RoHU/s1600/DSCF2670.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ACh2lDgtpHYJYA8qywzX6SPFVBWp_mzL-Rjha2V2HBIDoOiWAQHJAWf1kPRdsT0rlnuLVDDsSFkxiId5AHbYsOGiZFbGQZ68iQgRue6K5BoqYH7w8uQbmwrDsgQJzr4l4-4CtX9RoHU/s320/DSCF2670.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588873319087390738" border="0" /></a><br /><br />But regardless of that slight annoyance, it just wasn't enough to ruin a kickass show! Also the crowd was just too into the show I had to just let it all go and just enjoy. I was slightly unfocused at times as I did the play by play and my iPhone 3G decided to disagree with me being slow and arguementative but thankfully it decided to behave again LOL. I don't regret doing PBP but I don't think I'll keep doing it in Europe like I did here...I'll write up the songs for a bit then tweet it instead of doing it for every song. Easier that wasy and I can get into the show more! But don't get me wrong it was fun to do, and inspite of all mispellings and not knowing one song lmao (it was Squeezebox cos I haven't heard that one before) it was fun and ppl's disbelief when I tweeted Something To Believe In was too cute :-D. That is why this is fun.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZ2bfkrAUC1U272eWpm4PPDJPghPqW1Doj3KWHESqNazlUs3yFORCuQ46gXig_S6PDdpA-HiINF-ia8h6Qxsd93NhUs16P44TAJefxZOrgxFgQu4iBamHuk7u3DDrTxjjYtrH53sRktg/s1600/DSCF2645.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZ2bfkrAUC1U272eWpm4PPDJPghPqW1Doj3KWHESqNazlUs3yFORCuQ46gXig_S6PDdpA-HiINF-ia8h6Qxsd93NhUs16P44TAJefxZOrgxFgQu4iBamHuk7u3DDrTxjjYtrH53sRktg/s320/DSCF2645.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588863455497000786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Time for some Jukebox fun..LOL<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRWNClhfUtnSmQ3svXJWArcNrCo05bBWsG9MzADX-K2t-u6gW1xyZ8G5eYxZXJ030RPzCQdqoTIFQz3KFCsSFo7ByYSuUOVMXIxLJZpyrHGa-f56s0BBsYwM0ZE0LtBIy6hQHpHpRnJU/s1600/DSCF2643.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRWNClhfUtnSmQ3svXJWArcNrCo05bBWsG9MzADX-K2t-u6gW1xyZ8G5eYxZXJ030RPzCQdqoTIFQz3KFCsSFo7ByYSuUOVMXIxLJZpyrHGa-f56s0BBsYwM0ZE0LtBIy6hQHpHpRnJU/s320/DSCF2643.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588863446201474434" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There was some moments in the show I had to crack up, forgot which song it was but during one song Richie did his solo and JBJ just did that most hilarious stare like he was trying to study how he plays..oh Jon you and your faces when you do this, KILLS me lmao! Also Richie was on FIRE with his solo..he just let EVERYTHING go and let it all rip. The solos were amazing!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6-O0w-j3hrK7E5_Cr4FnsjIFkY8smr0Tpw_RAI4Ax9BSZbpA4B9GtzOtA_B4C3F39GeswNxEqgs46UoE_E98yqxRLxX34daSruTFMdSbvvMslQPpFPQkF2xCB3rHRof-7s8uOu7XKmc/s1600/DSCF2621.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6-O0w-j3hrK7E5_Cr4FnsjIFkY8smr0Tpw_RAI4Ax9BSZbpA4B9GtzOtA_B4C3F39GeswNxEqgs46UoE_E98yqxRLxX34daSruTFMdSbvvMslQPpFPQkF2xCB3rHRof-7s8uOu7XKmc/s320/DSCF2621.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588860582393131826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kvQ8xA_6EtBdOQiHBBhrPVMr1V0uutkOMGX7Ozppnu8QRtx9A9ekQvgUf5DQbYU-3C1NKdns1HnMS-x-323zPZdBqld-J4Ix26uLVf5TqnVjCt4PxwYmX8MeZ1MpnQE9E8uCxyg0TiA/s1600/DSCF2625.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kvQ8xA_6EtBdOQiHBBhrPVMr1V0uutkOMGX7Ozppnu8QRtx9A9ekQvgUf5DQbYU-3C1NKdns1HnMS-x-323zPZdBqld-J4Ix26uLVf5TqnVjCt4PxwYmX8MeZ1MpnQE9E8uCxyg0TiA/s320/DSCF2625.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588860600318120002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlne9QZ51bmTRRZYZYxahHjUHWUCArTpc1BLKCBUcfI7Hw9XigIMndbTIEVU3v8lQsErXMiHNQTqwRInSgW5tYNOUQcJ72t2InRjO36-HeGm6pMDCx4_N9dRC0tpwkybmP0Ki3Gj-gp8/s1600/DSCF2642.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlne9QZ51bmTRRZYZYxahHjUHWUCArTpc1BLKCBUcfI7Hw9XigIMndbTIEVU3v8lQsErXMiHNQTqwRInSgW5tYNOUQcJ72t2InRjO36-HeGm6pMDCx4_N9dRC0tpwkybmP0Ki3Gj-gp8/s320/DSCF2642.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588863434721611778" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Again when it was time for Lay Your Hands On Me with Richie, NOBODY where I was anyways sat down, they actually cheered LOUDER, it was like being in Europe then! The guys next to me and another one on the other side must have been Richie fans cos they were shouting "GO RICHIE!!" and were like doing this air guitar thing..hilarious LOL. Made me happy and whaterver annoyance they may have caused before that or after..I forgave them for that just cos they were so into it. EVERY solo he did they went for it! Can't be upset with guys like that really LOL. Richie of course made his hilarious faces during these solos...lol<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAQwsO37NPVUSv7vzjC-Yr5WKjHipLFTeig-AU_j7yE7puvhuXUzFdE6XD8UT_z4SUYLBFZS6Ag-nANGZ53FDaByHFEKV2h3REu3u1I3xq9BMWVAkVRERYZOBiD33cKnyBu4o5dtl8BY/s1600/DSCF2676.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAQwsO37NPVUSv7vzjC-Yr5WKjHipLFTeig-AU_j7yE7puvhuXUzFdE6XD8UT_z4SUYLBFZS6Ag-nANGZ53FDaByHFEKV2h3REu3u1I3xq9BMWVAkVRERYZOBiD33cKnyBu4o5dtl8BY/s320/DSCF2676.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588875024068192290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNONE4bY8xcnIXJaBGTNCpcbfP_3RLJHFbWfunGOtBLyLMmUHsjK8GdMnXvVvIUfl4sCEsQygDzsl2KxWp113AlmKFILP_0RqOmIq03fPm6_Y6sncsoL-a0xOQ3Z2ypeS7OdvVjeBie4U/s1600/DSCF2631.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNONE4bY8xcnIXJaBGTNCpcbfP_3RLJHFbWfunGOtBLyLMmUHsjK8GdMnXvVvIUfl4sCEsQygDzsl2KxWp113AlmKFILP_0RqOmIq03fPm6_Y6sncsoL-a0xOQ3Z2ypeS7OdvVjeBie4U/s320/DSCF2631.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588863419948344146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When the boys hit the circle stage the place around me got really cramped. First it was JBJ there..and of course the girls went nuts LOL. It was ok though I expected that..One girl had her arms in the way all the time so I politely asked her to take them down so I could take some pics. She was totally cool and went "sure". Down the arms went, I snapped some and said "thanks" I got a smile and "sure no problem!" and up the arms went LOL. So sweet and funny at the same time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lUzYDWDVklPR5-GHbO0WBZGK2JesfTDyLDksNut9Af6k9eDnJCJaabNhHaFxJOQ4qXV_PjQaoR2VyGn10rIaCcYgUQCkGQgJVtyVjpozorBUV3bNQOQ7AurZPNTfDeu201HHqJOGQDE/s1600/DSCF2652.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lUzYDWDVklPR5-GHbO0WBZGK2JesfTDyLDksNut9Af6k9eDnJCJaabNhHaFxJOQ4qXV_PjQaoR2VyGn10rIaCcYgUQCkGQgJVtyVjpozorBUV3bNQOQ7AurZPNTfDeu201HHqJOGQDE/s320/DSCF2652.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588868189552503890" border="0" /></a><br />A bit blurry but I love Jon's expression on this pic LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfBHnxQQqNuNoWswvxgnUZbZmzueapcxHAStcv81yXgqHrWwyNfsGVCoLFAiyV9Jmq61v5V1XiHearqYGbohrlGwY_Nvst9SIHXcicTO6zL_Tr6jqFySP_c-JRp9-YlW9EGn3GFLvZ88/s1600/DSCF2653.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfBHnxQQqNuNoWswvxgnUZbZmzueapcxHAStcv81yXgqHrWwyNfsGVCoLFAiyV9Jmq61v5V1XiHearqYGbohrlGwY_Nvst9SIHXcicTO6zL_Tr6jqFySP_c-JRp9-YlW9EGn3GFLvZ88/s320/DSCF2653.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588868195761333650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9paxQsUrA2nC8uXn-VRoOXKKDYFa3jvl1IV0q8UVMcqizBWgQ8YTAPvJydDIxBcvUE0Lztx8Fz5PKRg_IvkJQpqO4MCsqMyBC5wGchRhTfXz6eFppe7e8ugU5XOZJPwOxjOprdSOppi4/s1600/DSCF2661.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9paxQsUrA2nC8uXn-VRoOXKKDYFa3jvl1IV0q8UVMcqizBWgQ8YTAPvJydDIxBcvUE0Lztx8Fz5PKRg_IvkJQpqO4MCsqMyBC5wGchRhTfXz6eFppe7e8ugU5XOZJPwOxjOprdSOppi4/s320/DSCF2661.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588868224872481282" border="0" /></a><br /><br />What'cha looking for Richie??<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sFuyv1c_wAjofe_hHZzSbECc4O7wt8QgOnr9OJqcMpGhRaNRKP8aqp5LMNswJ2-0oNztmFvQWxrswTfQYk4oTxNJZMZVrIN4AX2x85Oic-U9fZfiEVxTrZBEY5n3qYIn2KMOsIE_fR0/s1600/DSCF2655.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sFuyv1c_wAjofe_hHZzSbECc4O7wt8QgOnr9OJqcMpGhRaNRKP8aqp5LMNswJ2-0oNztmFvQWxrswTfQYk4oTxNJZMZVrIN4AX2x85Oic-U9fZfiEVxTrZBEY5n3qYIn2KMOsIE_fR0/s320/DSCF2655.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588870532951252930" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I got some great pics of Tico finally that I think will be appreciated by some European Tico fans hehe.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0uTQB9P4peipPZmiIl9ukDZPiVz96jNlI-PAeavosJo-LFJCe02yJTTsntaN_8O-TqydcOwMifylrZQ_V-y9JJ1wiLoZ0udLx5cpTQXsMKrq4vZSgySAQgQiJcaIOzwQUqRbI6k7Hqw/s1600/DSCF2666.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaUM39zry1Aaxq0iSqMVprQokn3WIVdwGg4Nn_HjxSaNJK8qNwkbBormj0GeBRWgwcnYnkam6iyeIlHF6WAtDlvdpU4QN58T0sdeaDlgU9lSKW7Nieg479aO9Xzc8DGo8HeSpnLBp8GA/s320/DSCF2660.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588870553672453794" border="0" /></a><br />Tico and Richie rockin' out on the circle stage<br /><br />Got some of Dave and JBJ together too<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-pwvkSj7vV07UQwUKvrifxFdjFSGtWFXHLd_PIHwXd9JyhGf6bKL8OzF9ybmRey5Oe_5HB86FyrJi4oL70Fm9_WIzYJa_uZjF2C3KjWhxoVvX-51lXJ_Z83MlSd_GBFREWsySzS9aCc/s1600/DSCF2665.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-pwvkSj7vV07UQwUKvrifxFdjFSGtWFXHLd_PIHwXd9JyhGf6bKL8OzF9ybmRey5Oe_5HB86FyrJi4oL70Fm9_WIzYJa_uZjF2C3KjWhxoVvX-51lXJ_Z83MlSd_GBFREWsySzS9aCc/s320/DSCF2665.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588870569655707186" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Richie and JBJ of course<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9BJfzTZdxgdM5dZ9y5ekQKT3h-sxi_h_32OYG6Ex3jzKImrqnCx8c31flfxdqmsCldXcAj2gnxvbAMedNJiWhDu7l7sPNKeMPSl55gVucpALu2CTCnMBTUtFcRk0VypK6mP3DAIuPZU/s1600/DSCF2669.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9BJfzTZdxgdM5dZ9y5ekQKT3h-sxi_h_32OYG6Ex3jzKImrqnCx8c31flfxdqmsCldXcAj2gnxvbAMedNJiWhDu7l7sPNKeMPSl55gVucpALu2CTCnMBTUtFcRk0VypK6mP3DAIuPZU/s320/DSCF2669.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588870563195749762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1SF4StlXgHYxC1mdfyhNLM7m72zcxVn7t6pE8byK3S-CjUQC8_EyUPQ6dls9rO6u1NobxvcVrWJ8g2RJ_FSF9LylSYhuc-IQtGJjItSp42utocLQXDuN8ma7lcYd4bC_LsmDUbi17JY/s1600/DSCF2659.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1SF4StlXgHYxC1mdfyhNLM7m72zcxVn7t6pE8byK3S-CjUQC8_EyUPQ6dls9rO6u1NobxvcVrWJ8g2RJ_FSF9LylSYhuc-IQtGJjItSp42utocLQXDuN8ma7lcYd4bC_LsmDUbi17JY/s320/DSCF2659.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588870547300798226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Towards the end of the show I heard that JBJ hurt his leg or he atleast winced a bit and rubbed his leg. I didn't see exactly what happened so I can't say what caused hit..maybe he tripped but I didn't see anything out of the ordinary happening. He sure didn't let it show much from where I was seated.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAL34bLUCXKPVdusJSrAXMh90VWg20xUHYJ4IkDI6SD_UZuJUvZqTNHMxWASZdqsgzJ6ChWxueK-y_q67zKcNwoKEyXUvL09nZBxhEhenjlnvRbeIb_nu4I95Rygcei6Z40h10OztO1M/s1600/DSCF2682.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAL34bLUCXKPVdusJSrAXMh90VWg20xUHYJ4IkDI6SD_UZuJUvZqTNHMxWASZdqsgzJ6ChWxueK-y_q67zKcNwoKEyXUvL09nZBxhEhenjlnvRbeIb_nu4I95Rygcei6Z40h10OztO1M/s320/DSCF2682.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588873322868028658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Being the great crowd pleaser he is someone in front row had made him a Chanucks Hockey shirt and it had Bon Jovi on the back, they threw it up on stage to JBJ and of course he put it on..he had it on for about a song or so and it got too warm so it went off..and he threw it back, regretted it instantly and said "give it back!" lol. But whoever threw that up to him didn't give it back LOL. Someone else tried to throw up the Canadian flag but he threw that again, he did that the night before..no need to repeat that LOL. Silly JBJ.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhk1zSlmSwDZAdX-O80kE9S4tb9rjkc33GuKtU4sZmIKaEarNfK2O4qJ1xeXRU8IP4eNw8Ii_P8qarjakKuZX921lonel8chDKY-hI16wCjeyDXtw37qQzoGiznY8WeVdP_11iusdwe8/s1600/DSCF2694.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhk1zSlmSwDZAdX-O80kE9S4tb9rjkc33GuKtU4sZmIKaEarNfK2O4qJ1xeXRU8IP4eNw8Ii_P8qarjakKuZX921lonel8chDKY-hI16wCjeyDXtw37qQzoGiznY8WeVdP_11iusdwe8/s320/DSCF2694.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588873335123526258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4J3cfgf2xbAQKtixs1JBYELxtMQflGmAz8TzE7oKmKv73kgbbb5-Wgl7Bu0L9h3YdharafO5lzrS1qA6oHDxi3c_UrCtkDw0ZvUxpfj38W-u0rkEmtAZwl4s1iXD1APgxKm6T-YBA7Q/s1600/DSCF2692.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4J3cfgf2xbAQKtixs1JBYELxtMQflGmAz8TzE7oKmKv73kgbbb5-Wgl7Bu0L9h3YdharafO5lzrS1qA6oHDxi3c_UrCtkDw0ZvUxpfj38W-u0rkEmtAZwl4s1iXD1APgxKm6T-YBA7Q/s320/DSCF2692.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588873339864946818" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Inbetween songs he did talk about how special Vancouver has been for the band, thanking the fans here for all their support and all that. Of course he got loud cheers back. Well it was only right of him to say so cos it was no lie, it is here they recorded their 3 biggest albums to date so...yep that speech was cool.<br /><br />Another hilarious moment was when JBJ looked at the video screens behind him during Living On a Prayer he cracked up cos there was some crazy guy in a video probably dressd up like Capt. Crash. He showed it to Richie who also laughed. Funny.<br /><br />After the show, I tried to look for my friends cos we didn't agree on a meeting point after the show, after wondering around for a little bit inside the venue I decided to head back to the hotel not sure if they'd show up there. I got up to my room being prepared to hit the hotel bar alone but then my room phone rang and it was them! They had done the same thing, then went to my hotel figuring I was there. Well done ladies! So I quickly went to the lobby and out we went. We wondered around for a little bit and decided to go into the hotel bar at Westin hotel as it seemed to be a cool place to be. Not too crowded either. It was.<br /><br />The bartender there was funny, we had lotsa laughs and showed him pics as he asked us to see some, ppl would tell him they went to the show and how great it was but nobody showed him pics! LOL. Then Becky was trying to say where Nozomi and I was from, she got Japan right but then it came to me, she said she's from Norwegia..LMAO. She meant to say that I was Norwegian but it just came out that way. Prior to this bar visit I had also said that in Norwegian we got some words in Norwegian that means different things, she just hooked up on that and it just became to be Living on a bean and the bartender jumped in with Jack in the beanstalk..hilarious stuff but you had to be there to fully enjoy it. Of course the guy got some tip from us LOL.<br /><br />After this it was time to go back to bed...we were tired..even though it wasn't really that late..it kinda FELT late cos well we're used to Bon Jovi hitting the stage around 9 PM but with An Evening With.. they got onstage like almost an hr earlier! I got back into my hotelroom around 1:30 AM and just crashed..but not cos of Jetlag but cos of just simply being tired :-D.<br /><br />So that is all for this update really.<br /><br />The setlist for Saturday's show thanks to @JoviBecky on twitter:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlZJys9L-6ZRt08utLG3tRf8fwgaZoKSkpRp39sNtwWn82s1rNPKetM1m06LSYsfcuCIpwsfP-smugK5Ogg6sPrmmaG_P2xCc_ue32LLqQd7TqFjutc86NBElCMfdKGeXTBTsHnbhGKY/s1600/setlistVancouverMarch26th2011.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlZJys9L-6ZRt08utLG3tRf8fwgaZoKSkpRp39sNtwWn82s1rNPKetM1m06LSYsfcuCIpwsfP-smugK5Ogg6sPrmmaG_P2xCc_ue32LLqQd7TqFjutc86NBElCMfdKGeXTBTsHnbhGKY/s320/setlistVancouverMarch26th2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588885954015664418" border="0" /></a>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-68803534041353594502011-03-26T08:47:00.000-07:002011-03-26T09:43:58.793-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">Day 3, Friday March 25th 2011</span><br />I got up knowing that THIS WAS THE DAY!!! Yes the day I'd get to see Bon Jovi live in concert, IN Vancouver, IN the city where they recorded 3 of their biggest albums...Slippery When Wet, New Jersey and Keep The Faith.<br /><br />So I got up, had some breakfast somewhere and then my friend Mel contacted me and we met up and spent some time talking. Then later I met up with some ladies from Backstage With Jon Bon Jovi before the show, Tonja and her daughter, Freeda and her friend Jodie (hope I got her name right) who wasn't a fan but just went to the show. I bet she is a fan NOW!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ATPvDSln5g2a_zzI3Ul_LfSYV1C6HhPnR0XEcgRWujIvLByPOwNh7vUhnz_ZeMsgRPhiSuqU_PcAIW4HrPlRXa0DHU21HiqnPLiL_tbYe_MLkyeFw7gJT-6SDDHJ7lEy4nnfiYLCIZA/s1600/DSCF2510.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ATPvDSln5g2a_zzI3Ul_LfSYV1C6HhPnR0XEcgRWujIvLByPOwNh7vUhnz_ZeMsgRPhiSuqU_PcAIW4HrPlRXa0DHU21HiqnPLiL_tbYe_MLkyeFw7gJT-6SDDHJ7lEy4nnfiYLCIZA/s320/DSCF2510.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588422693431109074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />We had a blast talking, time flew by, I tried to find my other friend Lynn to join us but poor woman had a hard time finding a place to park! Jodie said that "I don't think you have a friend, you just got someone txting ya.." LMAO.<br /><br />Then it was time to get our tickets..I was a lil nervous at this point cos have had some concerns if BWJBJ or concertmaps would mess up my fanclub ticket, no neeed to worry though, I checked it and it was there in it's glory, Row 7, seat 2 and my gate entry was gate 3. After picking up my ticket I had to go BACK to my hotel and charge my camera as I discovered it was running out of "juice" grrr...luckily my hotel is literally like 5 - 10 walk from the venue, depending on where from the venue you walked from lol. Yes I managed to get THE closest hotel not knowing I did. Happy me!<br /><br />So while the camera was charging I sat in the Moxies bar and Grill, bar counter and had a couple of HUGE Coronas..at CAD 6.99 + taxes each..same price for the smaller bottles so the Norwegian in me got the big ones! STILL cheaper than home!!! Even with a pretty strong CAD currency rate.<br /><br />And then it was time to head to my gate where I finally met my friends Lynn and Marnie. We didn't get to chat long cos I was heading into the venue, Jon was going there too but he was also in the upper level so didn't see him. We did text before the show though.<br /><br />And well inside I saw my seat..I was VERY happy! I was at the edge of row 7, a Japanese girl who now lives in Vancouver was in seat 1. So I was on the corner of the circle stage on Richie's side. Yep I love that side! I asked the security guy how far down seat 14 was (my seat for Saturday's show) and he said at the aisle there and that is like 3 ROWS from the circle stage on that side..Me SUPER happy again!!<br /><br />And then it was time for the opener, Ryan Star, he did sound pretty good really but the sound wasn't that clear as is usually the case with openers. It was good enough to think he sounded pretty good!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKDKrzE9cYnXcPZR9XYtIQe-N8ubbYDHa8sPoueyqcnLwnWksiT06CC1WDjm4sWwkQjtOv-u-9K9VX06L-aNwfyy__3DZkZpT5E3EogYnJ8AR0lm4jxZBGHvH9YRTyjsiTQdH_h4y-yU/s1600/DSCF2514.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKDKrzE9cYnXcPZR9XYtIQe-N8ubbYDHa8sPoueyqcnLwnWksiT06CC1WDjm4sWwkQjtOv-u-9K9VX06L-aNwfyy__3DZkZpT5E3EogYnJ8AR0lm4jxZBGHvH9YRTyjsiTQdH_h4y-yU/s320/DSCF2514.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588422701140242850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqFDlh6ukIzsIcDYiE-S4uRYvP8Dd5wGV6KsIds1Kx1JCCcywS4eDpEaRQdi7j2sjwuvp87gGs8FwI53oBk9P2XJT37oO7foktDFjYdcl1U7dbmVg-sf-_wY-QaK1NzdZWekuyA5KYEug/s1600/DSCF2516.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqFDlh6ukIzsIcDYiE-S4uRYvP8Dd5wGV6KsIds1Kx1JCCcywS4eDpEaRQdi7j2sjwuvp87gGs8FwI53oBk9P2XJT37oO7foktDFjYdcl1U7dbmVg-sf-_wY-QaK1NzdZWekuyA5KYEug/s320/DSCF2516.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588422705880349682" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Tonja and her daughter were big fans of Ryan Star so they REALLY did enjoy this opening act :-D<br /><br />Then after some potty breaks...and getting a soft drink to last me thru Bon Jovi if I got thirsty..then it was showtime!! Me getting my camera ready and my iPhone 3G ready which is what I use here in Vancouver as it is unlocked so I got a Rogers pay as you go sim card with a cool data plan on it.<br /><br />Then it was time...and boy that crowd was loud..and even if they did lose some of it in places it came back in full force. My only complaint is that the venue security let some buddies of them get into the row in front of me cos they knew them and the ppl there mysteriously had moved elsewhere. I guess row/seat jumping isn't that carefully watched at the Rogers Arena? But that didn't put a damper on my excitement as they were there only for like 4 songs. The crowd was still LOUD and I LOVE the Vancouver crowd for NOT sitting down or leaving to get drinks, food or whatever when Richie sang Lay Your Hands On Me. They cheered happily with him, sang along and so on. BIG plus for me! BIG!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQhIoAsqDi7IhzfRaX3VmFyZLRFiAneryEMbJPpITekuzJtzyZ25clxhZKRmVGMq4lypNhbrmSs3R01mEemov5JfXURyE7Qetar5z19qS6oLaQ-8V2vZX0AzzG_awy5P6wRGP5UbgeYs/s1600/DSCF2532.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQhIoAsqDi7IhzfRaX3VmFyZLRFiAneryEMbJPpITekuzJtzyZ25clxhZKRmVGMq4lypNhbrmSs3R01mEemov5JfXURyE7Qetar5z19qS6oLaQ-8V2vZX0AzzG_awy5P6wRGP5UbgeYs/s320/DSCF2532.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588427163584556594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyKoHPESmFNa4YuwSBFEWw3yz_-ZpzExTbtZ3iJVa0dULCm8o0wkZUFq6pL4xHbVGa2oM1JEWlhPc-Axtq7elx5KkJhQU9BTCDv5gU9sqYHHukEJNgWpqjXDpEnhcRwMe4oMrVTmBCTE/s1600/DSCF2565.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyKoHPESmFNa4YuwSBFEWw3yz_-ZpzExTbtZ3iJVa0dULCm8o0wkZUFq6pL4xHbVGa2oM1JEWlhPc-Axtq7elx5KkJhQU9BTCDv5gU9sqYHHukEJNgWpqjXDpEnhcRwMe4oMrVTmBCTE/s320/DSCF2565.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588429611927954354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnyfzjubJ8Eewg-MNeKMYY7p0QcHWYWSeWN_AmrJ05ih6wsbNZ3fp5yjHuGhlyYgIpqjRYLCfy35Wt0D5XhLXrKJPoohsy5XROz9jfVV5kavAJT8uqiIfDOnFKXeXoQxV6auBnaOgd80/s1600/DSCF2519.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnyfzjubJ8Eewg-MNeKMYY7p0QcHWYWSeWN_AmrJ05ih6wsbNZ3fp5yjHuGhlyYgIpqjRYLCfy35Wt0D5XhLXrKJPoohsy5XROz9jfVV5kavAJT8uqiIfDOnFKXeXoQxV6auBnaOgd80/s320/DSCF2519.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588422711592411138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No idea who the dude filming is but..LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-JUlNQWt5houk5zOVUF1McPzn_8Wc8D_d6fnDUpZaPETgCC0P8ykf-7eekthIGx3LfxAsMMFpKie13Kb5ceq7scBGYsN6mJ7FU6LLLX28FKDnfT9oAQdxqE1aViss3sFhawx40ZK1-M/s1600/DSCF2521.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-JUlNQWt5houk5zOVUF1McPzn_8Wc8D_d6fnDUpZaPETgCC0P8ykf-7eekthIGx3LfxAsMMFpKie13Kb5ceq7scBGYsN6mJ7FU6LLLX28FKDnfT9oAQdxqE1aViss3sFhawx40ZK1-M/s320/DSCF2521.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588422715128730802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and I kept tweeting seeing my phone was slowly but surely dying but it did it's job like a hero and lasted thru the entire show. It will be FULLY charged for Saturday for sure.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwveJsGppb_ZRpSSCnULE023tnTU1-p93DD84HqiKQdpVaqmFBdCteI5WWSPSq1z2uckxLRntbcJDhDIwGoNJeAPM_TKgxM7Z-YweZapDTWMDq7W_kxhucOUg75k8JhUqeQjzcG2URwI/s1600/DSCF2522.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwveJsGppb_ZRpSSCnULE023tnTU1-p93DD84HqiKQdpVaqmFBdCteI5WWSPSq1z2uckxLRntbcJDhDIwGoNJeAPM_TKgxM7Z-YweZapDTWMDq7W_kxhucOUg75k8JhUqeQjzcG2URwI/s320/DSCF2522.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588427144768912834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyd3vhlRfnYw0i5vhCtc8zZ_I0w995bTwcwCwZ5qk7xt32IhHFQGB4qgM1-pMNprrX7Zzszm0gndsnl509ROTgXrbzDXFqSZQh4qt_7VZJd4zKy2NO8gJPGPwWzDx9qYEAaDPNAgXG4j4/s1600/DSCF2536.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyd3vhlRfnYw0i5vhCtc8zZ_I0w995bTwcwCwZ5qk7xt32IhHFQGB4qgM1-pMNprrX7Zzszm0gndsnl509ROTgXrbzDXFqSZQh4qt_7VZJd4zKy2NO8gJPGPwWzDx9qYEAaDPNAgXG4j4/s320/DSCF2536.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588427170572586994" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After the show I headed back to the hotel, dropped of my merchandise I got at the show...and then headed back to the Moxies Bar and Grill to have some food, I got some huge chicken salad dish..a Mayan Chicken something..I couldn't eat it all! Then my plan on updating this blog went to bust as I was too tried to even LOOK at a computer as this jetlag was still bothereing me. Don't feel it too bad today cos I really did get a good night's sleep. I guess Bon Jovi was the right Bad Medicine for that hehe. Speaking of Bad Medicine, Richie did his lil dance discretely in the second chorus of that song..as well as he did the Have a Nice Day flipping the bird gesture on occasion during that song..but he holds it back more here it seems than he does in Europe..WHY is that? Are we Europeans more er...robust so we can take this? I doubt Vancoverians are that sensitive LOL. So just go for it Richie..let it all out in the open baby!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrf9XxdyF_f5pBJ4MsW11989KUtcxzqkGqUOkx1Wc6x4Y1ya3DxEgpIUg0sKIdCo71fwd_6c7Cvy_PMiGhyCCIqgVe8Ha5H5dN0YkCpsC2oIpVNp8SPBPVelp9IzDWPeda0jl9M7iajjM/s1600/DSCF2567.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrf9XxdyF_f5pBJ4MsW11989KUtcxzqkGqUOkx1Wc6x4Y1ya3DxEgpIUg0sKIdCo71fwd_6c7Cvy_PMiGhyCCIqgVe8Ha5H5dN0YkCpsC2oIpVNp8SPBPVelp9IzDWPeda0jl9M7iajjM/s320/DSCF2567.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588429615755074354" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And yes I got pics..boy I got pics..some are good some are well ok lol. I do not have the best camera for concert pictures!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3TTxZL4ZVXE7Gj2bhRexac6SBUHYrjaQpiCsqcq_MFrVtCWfwb9Bs51gr54Z5qv40cKm-W4mg5iJH1POtdPPGvHKvLyTngyoqBaExWyxQd4ZmIayiGWIFDN15ruLJr70DwlqxwZlDMoI/s1600/DSCF2529.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3TTxZL4ZVXE7Gj2bhRexac6SBUHYrjaQpiCsqcq_MFrVtCWfwb9Bs51gr54Z5qv40cKm-W4mg5iJH1POtdPPGvHKvLyTngyoqBaExWyxQd4ZmIayiGWIFDN15ruLJr70DwlqxwZlDMoI/s320/DSCF2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588427159836630210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7OgRG10ZjFXDqYk1niKmgL24brhyphenhyphensCsSZbpk3aZkqpRgGxdfpXa9omR8ARJkUYQlK4QQo-ETmS8nsX1C1FTmUO8Jq6fe6hojEs32-2kl3OTFB4vb9QyzIGm_1TFHAIsw0u6jqXjVbzcI/s1600/DSCF2526.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7OgRG10ZjFXDqYk1niKmgL24brhyphenhyphensCsSZbpk3aZkqpRgGxdfpXa9omR8ARJkUYQlK4QQo-ETmS8nsX1C1FTmUO8Jq6fe6hojEs32-2kl3OTFB4vb9QyzIGm_1TFHAIsw0u6jqXjVbzcI/s320/DSCF2526.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588427155035330994" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Pics from the boys out on the Circle Stage..why do we not get this in Europe? WHY??<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmEs1ySgDrltiEJqHUWZUDpQq0F_UoMuclogMCxDz4hmIte8-ulzdFOMR0wVGPbZ7r4SP7LPr-qzuTyqIHcScNWy_wID5kyyK0Ln9chQfXKFQx7TyMP-E1xJsSA79wvq5hEPffP3u7Hk/s1600/DSCF2581.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmEs1ySgDrltiEJqHUWZUDpQq0F_UoMuclogMCxDz4hmIte8-ulzdFOMR0wVGPbZ7r4SP7LPr-qzuTyqIHcScNWy_wID5kyyK0Ln9chQfXKFQx7TyMP-E1xJsSA79wvq5hEPffP3u7Hk/s320/DSCF2581.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588429639315304930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchQzpozkFUxvGAor7Of_5MGpMBcSvaVktKZmOGEmyRDwlY3c81MyOo0qppTIOTVG0p9rI1l05PxHgcJD4k4fhHxe-kMKzEXElHOFNDJI0XGGAGJW4jFkVTPB-paWyOdIPfUK96FXD2fI/s1600/DSCF2572.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchQzpozkFUxvGAor7Of_5MGpMBcSvaVktKZmOGEmyRDwlY3c81MyOo0qppTIOTVG0p9rI1l05PxHgcJD4k4fhHxe-kMKzEXElHOFNDJI0XGGAGJW4jFkVTPB-paWyOdIPfUK96FXD2fI/s320/DSCF2572.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588429633787763778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKU_fzf9WJEnwV6x0PUlGmK57TZE1fhyphenhyphenbdCqrJz1mW1dv0FIs3Kdi_mIbipOrvuCg7u7JJBJF-soJhLU9zRRO5fN5o4Tqv_nRwwn2rSaG1PKkcUES09yQBAPYJ_JrCzAs3LaS2dWiNgM/s1600/DSCF2570.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKU_fzf9WJEnwV6x0PUlGmK57TZE1fhyphenhyphenbdCqrJz1mW1dv0FIs3Kdi_mIbipOrvuCg7u7JJBJF-soJhLU9zRRO5fN5o4Tqv_nRwwn2rSaG1PKkcUES09yQBAPYJ_JrCzAs3LaS2dWiNgM/s320/DSCF2570.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588429620194366162" border="0" /></a>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-12241770324854115942011-03-24T21:25:00.000-07:002011-03-24T21:34:42.472-07:00Day 2 cont...<span style="font-weight: bold;">Day 2 cont... Thursday March 24th 2011 part 2</span><br />OK took a walk around the Rogers Arena, seen some pics of BC stadium that ppl thinks it is Rogers Arena but the Arena is right across the street from BC Stadium.<br /><br />So I took some pics of it with the advertisement for the Bon Jovi shows this weekend.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACtd3Grn-EsYAAt-4gWzrSw_v93DLx7pLY6Fyqf8vUi3FNxWSbPo2IwsRP7Dv8Mfxu72nlFUkaORFz878DBvXN8TLyKs-zGfnRmg2gbaKIgApxFAcRKyUwPs4HhlhVtH2Zr37Tmf7Dmo/s1600/DSCF2505.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACtd3Grn-EsYAAt-4gWzrSw_v93DLx7pLY6Fyqf8vUi3FNxWSbPo2IwsRP7Dv8Mfxu72nlFUkaORFz878DBvXN8TLyKs-zGfnRmg2gbaKIgApxFAcRKyUwPs4HhlhVtH2Zr37Tmf7Dmo/s320/DSCF2505.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587870751214326722" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUQ6zvCSJzNILdyfqLXGrx43u8Y3C8lRvUlq8wATtkJhhE0E2hnalcJcpdMSKFdYLa_iR0vVqSacSBchKc1CEcCIWnitOmO7xXIQdS3Q9cLdyOBGgKTumJd9SZVonSYMlTIwEYqkHNKs/s1600/DSCF2504.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUQ6zvCSJzNILdyfqLXGrx43u8Y3C8lRvUlq8wATtkJhhE0E2hnalcJcpdMSKFdYLa_iR0vVqSacSBchKc1CEcCIWnitOmO7xXIQdS3Q9cLdyOBGgKTumJd9SZVonSYMlTIwEYqkHNKs/s320/DSCF2504.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587870760360128978" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and then a cool view across the streed towards the Riverside front<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RR_q-mup7kFmq84dgrrTR_-5s0vQMaGklP9TsWIP1jcUq_wWBQAxkj9MuZYMbuKfqr9ATBjoqFvky0CPa5zd-ErivgPoTDibRcmEO4Qh17amIXzVGtUA9mVOPmmUrTjRRJXa-bf2UDc/s1600/DSCF2506.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RR_q-mup7kFmq84dgrrTR_-5s0vQMaGklP9TsWIP1jcUq_wWBQAxkj9MuZYMbuKfqr9ATBjoqFvky0CPa5zd-ErivgPoTDibRcmEO4Qh17amIXzVGtUA9mVOPmmUrTjRRJXa-bf2UDc/s320/DSCF2506.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587870762693356882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So that is all for today, I had some dinner at an great Italian restaurant, not really cheap but it was great! Am gonna chill for a bit then off to bed so I am fully rested for tomorrow's adventures!Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-25622200751129043312011-03-24T14:44:00.000-07:002011-03-24T16:28:53.766-07:00My second Vancouver visit<span style="font-weight: bold;">Day 1, Wednesday, March 23rd 2001</span><br />I left my house in Norway for work on Tuesday March 22nd..and then went to Oslo after work to stay overnight at Gardemoen Airport Hotel as my flight was leaving early next morning, at 7:50 AM..eek.<br /><br />I got up at 4:40 AM on March 23rd. Had breakfast, went to the airport, checked in and had plenty of time to wait at the airport as both check in and security for some reason went by REALLY fast. Guess not many did travel at this time of year on a Wednesday morning! So when the time came to board my flight I got on board, sat down and ended up to a lady who's a big Bon Jovi fan AND a Backstage With Jon Bon Jovi member lol. Small world, she was going to Cancun, Mexico so she had a LONGGGGG flight ahead of her after changing flights at Heathrow airport in London. I had a few hrs to wait at that airport before bording my Vancouver flight.<br /><br />The flight itself was nice..hardly any turbulence at all..the young couple across the aisle from me had some major bad luck with spilling beer and something else...unintentionally. LOL<br /><br />I landed, and again surprisingly hardly any line to get thru immigration at YVR (the Vancouver International Airport) and didn't even get stopped at customs, I guess they saw in my passport I have been here before lol. They only had a few questions for me at immigration: How long was I gonna be in Vancouver? Personal or business trip and where I was staying, then asked me how I got to know my friends here...I answered without any problems of course..the lady said have a nice visit and on I went. I had to wait for a bit at baggage claim though and got worried that my suitcase had gone missing. Luckily it did not. Then it was time to get to downtown Vancouver and as usual the Canada Line was a trusted ally hehe. I got off at Vancouver City Centre station and walked down West Georgia street and found my hotel. Checked in..waited for my friend Katie (Vampirefreak101 on twitter) to arrive as she was spending her last night in Vancouver with me.<br /><br />She came to my hotel around 6 AM and we walked around for a bit, had some Tex Mex food at a place I ate at on my last Vancouver visit. Then we went to the City Centre Plaza hotel, right across the streed from Sheraton Wall Centre hotel where her friend were staying. They had a HUGE room there..was like a suite and a great view to the Sheraton Wall Centre hotel. We chatted there for a bit and then my jetlag got the best of me so it was time to leave. We got back at my hotel around 10:30 PM I think and I just had to go to bed. I slept OK enough I guess but woke up now and then, Katie had to get up around 4 AM cos she was leaving EARLY as hell with her friends to Squarmish to try to find some Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn filming sites...I think she'll blog about that on her blog how it went.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Day 2, Thursday March 24th 2011<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Got up at around 9 AM..and I had 2 things to do on my schedule this morning: breakfast and sorting out my Rogers Pay as you go sim card that I got the last time I was in Vancouver. I was afraid it had been discontinued or disabled as it's been so long since I last used it. The guy at the store helped me out and was surpised to see it was still active. Just didn't have any credit on it. I was not suprised of course lol. After that was checked out I got to the closest 7/11 store to get a voucher for my PAYG card. I put $100 in it and after a bit back and forth with not getting my phone to work with the internet I got more help at another Rogers store and now got a $45 data plan that will be renewed in 30 days unless I cancel it before I go home (wich I will do).<br /><br />The guy at the first Rogers store I went to was a Bon Jovi fan LOL. He had planned to go see one of the shows but never got around to buy tix..told him there might be tix still avaliable so check on Ticketmaster.ca for it hehe.<br /><br />Then I headed off to Robson Street, and my only intention was to well by a couple of tops..I ended up buying like 7 of them and FINALLY got a new pair of Sketcher's Shape Ups as the pair I had gotten in NYC last year got stolen from me. Now I got a black pair..yay! Same price as in US too. Here are the pics of my purchases LOL:<br /><br />My Espirit tops:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTFI1Ycg2hyljyy-IcwP1bDbb-oDPsVKcJDY7kNrZ1o1zXrZSTuD3g6rcupe6iW15VSvJDLtuEjg-_IU0G52Z-4G0iuT0N89j7HZw4Pi7CA3rAD1d3v0oxAfDqblReE7-ndkdfePdd4Q/s1600/IMG_0075.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTFI1Ycg2hyljyy-IcwP1bDbb-oDPsVKcJDY7kNrZ1o1zXrZSTuD3g6rcupe6iW15VSvJDLtuEjg-_IU0G52Z-4G0iuT0N89j7HZw4Pi7CA3rAD1d3v0oxAfDqblReE7-ndkdfePdd4Q/s320/IMG_0075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587786797312045778" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMeAKKJdhjQQNau9egCHUhj8jfY1zLPi5sTaq1o0XYaQeogJ-ej4ebKKb5eM-t4syAJhTVmz534gzQlewj6bGNzxGfUhHY5JdsLCsq3HLjANbWkPPizdSyDZ-tnOSFoQ7OBbmlyavnOs/s1600/IMG_0073.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMeAKKJdhjQQNau9egCHUhj8jfY1zLPi5sTaq1o0XYaQeogJ-ej4ebKKb5eM-t4syAJhTVmz534gzQlewj6bGNzxGfUhHY5JdsLCsq3HLjANbWkPPizdSyDZ-tnOSFoQ7OBbmlyavnOs/s320/IMG_0073.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587786786733165058" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWVvPMy4hPixhjeQvOtc-dD8XvlE5b8mxo62nFjujSizJfukMn-6FRd6XLhy_0emlNbHW9qY1yQTyAU5DtJSUkINzCPyrfSG6aIJP3Rjhkt-9QMoRvM6OQDlTfQcimjF5wLccgrVsjXBw/s1600/IMG_0072.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpSPRt8GrwWphmGJknelr6UmA9RvpcJmuqjOKD7zzhWWwIzao1aze-H3RxTh4g8iMv4J78JxhjZ1GnZ5Qif-zBbAFwpBt2MF-Spi3DUqWlgG0FY6Txm8S1-nW1-_SeZiotyJJSmXaRAs/s320/IMG_0079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587792197809629090" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And finally a Tommy Hilfigers belt LOL<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBWXrTYU4JLZxyrALoQ0A-BoEPIYdEzkOBu51fs4CiEC77F3S105MCL6Ex2T4-iDqh9EMGX9KJ1JuVuGk4Jxl7Cl-rVEaDUiYNLhLz9VjMEpvMuJzrGVKU0IP3Z-AwQUyLk7CB_UivK0/s1600/IMG_0081.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBWXrTYU4JLZxyrALoQ0A-BoEPIYdEzkOBu51fs4CiEC77F3S105MCL6Ex2T4-iDqh9EMGX9KJ1JuVuGk4Jxl7Cl-rVEaDUiYNLhLz9VjMEpvMuJzrGVKU0IP3Z-AwQUyLk7CB_UivK0/s320/IMG_0081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587792214579937074" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So after visting the Tommy Hilfiger and Espirit shop on Robson Street I have had enough with shopping and went to have lunch at Round Robin I believe the place was called. There one of the waitresses chatted with me cos she asked where I was from and I was suddenly very interesting to talk to LOL!<br /><br />So am now back in my hotel, updating this blog that hasn't been updated in what feels like forever, sadly no pics yet though but that will come. I promise!<br /><br />What tonight will bring I am not sure about but for now the stay has started out nicely. My hotel is literally next door to Rogers Arena. Not walked down there yet but I thought I'd do that shortly and snap some pics...then I'll see what tonight brings...<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-19323499957117280012009-11-13T11:01:00.000-08:002009-11-13T14:43:47.506-08:00My The Twilight Saga New Moon London fan event experienceI was front row at the London fan event for the Twilight Saga New Moon on Wednesday November 11th 2009. So here is my um.."report" from that.<br /><div><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>892</o:Words> <o:characters>5085</o:Characters> <o:company>Vestfold Fylkeskommune</o:Company> <o:lines>42</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>10</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>6244</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:hyphenationzone>21</w:HyphenationZone> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pkt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pkt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page Section1 {size:595.0pt 842.0pt; margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Vanlig tabell"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">My trip to London for the UK Twilight Saga New Moon fan event on Nov. 11th 2009</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I left Norway on Tuesday Nov 10th and well arrived safe and sound to my hotel, contacted my friends who was already in London and another friend on her way to the hotel I was staying in.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">On the London underground they got some cool posters and when it is time to promote my faves: Bon Jovi and The Twilight Saga New Moon they manage to put up some really cool stuff LOL. The pics aren't that great cos I took these with my Iphone in a hurry...but here they are none the less:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bon Jovi poster for promoting their Residency at the O2 Arena next June:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1AnNEFu6jga0x1ul3I6T7FMfxfYbKsqRAxQ9QvVXE2BvZE6Co8axXG_tpILnuI52Lu9Sr2BKiHb2BSg6B960WPqZAbkgERbfWiFO1ZvPOSCfCDSByiCz1o71-QgfM-yPEiwKK3cZ-7rA/s1600-h/IMG_0102.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1AnNEFu6jga0x1ul3I6T7FMfxfYbKsqRAxQ9QvVXE2BvZE6Co8axXG_tpILnuI52Lu9Sr2BKiHb2BSg6B960WPqZAbkgERbfWiFO1ZvPOSCfCDSByiCz1o71-QgfM-yPEiwKK3cZ-7rA/s320/IMG_0102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403684329743988994" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></a> </span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-YKte-nwPPnMvRpI9uqMpuMSj1le2Q53Hqht8FdjsOxDvdScLPNCPPt8ptJ0UkUqEHEa8efQxA-rsol67o8odQzFhWQ-GkUzRgF6mYERiy2Pip36zsR173kE3G3KyueFiobPQcu7ZIkk/s1600-h/IMG_0103.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-YKte-nwPPnMvRpI9uqMpuMSj1le2Q53Hqht8FdjsOxDvdScLPNCPPt8ptJ0UkUqEHEa8efQxA-rsol67o8odQzFhWQ-GkUzRgF6mYERiy2Pip36zsR173kE3G3KyueFiobPQcu7ZIkk/s320/IMG_0103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403685211733712818" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-YKte-nwPPnMvRpI9uqMpuMSj1le2Q53Hqht8FdjsOxDvdScLPNCPPt8ptJ0UkUqEHEa8efQxA-rsol67o8odQzFhWQ-GkUzRgF6mYERiy2Pip36zsR173kE3G3KyueFiobPQcu7ZIkk/s1600-h/IMG_0103.JPG"></a>Never a trip without these boys taking part of it...lol</div><div><br /></div><div>Then yep there was posters for New Moon too, and sorry for any Team Jacob fans..I am strictly team Edward/Vampires so I took THOSE pics only..ya can see a lil bit of Jacob though lol:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipo6dTGYgxaS5FhdIGxwHa5vaDG5DdK9hKtZC2cZStTVEURjDY6BCSsAhsdY9IxyVU6d-sgEVAFs8VjCvqfLQIJDHeZUZDgajR4q43FrANtwU64fdkF58k7RrFNT0rUfPjhvSHySAuP1E/s1600-h/IMG_0104.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipo6dTGYgxaS5FhdIGxwHa5vaDG5DdK9hKtZC2cZStTVEURjDY6BCSsAhsdY9IxyVU6d-sgEVAFs8VjCvqfLQIJDHeZUZDgajR4q43FrANtwU64fdkF58k7RrFNT0rUfPjhvSHySAuP1E/s320/IMG_0104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403685214714867522" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipo6dTGYgxaS5FhdIGxwHa5vaDG5DdK9hKtZC2cZStTVEURjDY6BCSsAhsdY9IxyVU6d-sgEVAFs8VjCvqfLQIJDHeZUZDgajR4q43FrANtwU64fdkF58k7RrFNT0rUfPjhvSHySAuP1E/s1600-h/IMG_0104.JPG"></a>Then the Volturi which I found really cool!:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtD9I1mXP4xlQ52qESEb0xIjh0GDOBkgWLDPtBc7eK1yrKG_oHjcSpJTWowuAxiUpR6oexnJNnN7GJlaphAvTYUY2KO_vxl21EADDe8RhXIPB26gL8yNeb1HTunTrY31rruuhSIHXwS8/s1600-h/IMG_0106.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtD9I1mXP4xlQ52qESEb0xIjh0GDOBkgWLDPtBc7eK1yrKG_oHjcSpJTWowuAxiUpR6oexnJNnN7GJlaphAvTYUY2KO_vxl21EADDe8RhXIPB26gL8yNeb1HTunTrY31rruuhSIHXwS8/s320/IMG_0106.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403685218374780770" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">When we all got together eventually we got a hot tip about a possible arrival with Rob and co from Paris. So after having dinner at some Asian restaurant we rushed to Paddington st to catch the express train to the airport and um..well silly things happend that will make us laugh for a while I think! After finally getting on the train and paid no less than £23 ONE WAY to get to the airport we started to wait, and wait and wait. At the end of the night it was clear that they wouldn’t arrive where we were hehe. As pics have since shown they arrived at some private airport I think?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Anyways the next day we got up EARLY. I am talking 5:40 am early. Then finally managed to make our way to Battersea Park where the event would take place. We got there by 7:45 am. Not too many people there but well the security there either wasn’t clear on how they would sort out the line for those picking up tickets and those who were there for the red carpet arrivals. After being moved here’n’there for a bit things started to look like they had a plan and the end result it turned out to be a good one. They ended up having the people for the red carpet in one line and when it was time to go inside they took us group by group of 10 ppl. This to avoid people running and to make it fair for those who had camped out/came early.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Some pics from the line to get into the red carpet area for the event:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Some of "my group" in the red carpet line:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8y9VNFC0-8PTTvUYAbI2m1t5y9sbUgFNi_M3FmRZJbL5StLAsGRSoLNU7T0VcE0JHgx-cBxvZopPd3xUTOINGfBLzWke80wrnOwUfFOnsGPeInYf_lnJdc8Tnr2rWGn8pvcUWHN_Cvz8/s1600-h/DSCF1395.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8y9VNFC0-8PTTvUYAbI2m1t5y9sbUgFNi_M3FmRZJbL5StLAsGRSoLNU7T0VcE0JHgx-cBxvZopPd3xUTOINGfBLzWke80wrnOwUfFOnsGPeInYf_lnJdc8Tnr2rWGn8pvcUWHN_Cvz8/s320/DSCF1395.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403666510807937682" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_URG7MMJ4kt0GttJaFJWF0bAfu9s7NpdN6Yf8c-28t09LaN9d-scGWLi2LF5RWy-K7Zz2oDWr5JXwxUTsyRP1x4mtShse3NMt_nlt2VwKOAzpsbSauF1UxUQUX0AisB5PxTHskZPY-4/s1600-h/DSCF1393.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_URG7MMJ4kt0GttJaFJWF0bAfu9s7NpdN6Yf8c-28t09LaN9d-scGWLi2LF5RWy-K7Zz2oDWr5JXwxUTsyRP1x4mtShse3NMt_nlt2VwKOAzpsbSauF1UxUQUX0AisB5PxTHskZPY-4/s320/DSCF1393.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403666494791955314" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Drooling over Rob pics in a magazine hehe</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuSv-rg8rfsDIDLY4Rq82Gh-l44459puYY_hV7U9DSiDQVaslrobJ7INfn-GlkCiBKn8PBLU-hNS9s6e0bCfhPVG1c93Mlu2UV5lBeHFwP1ZAsSK1oxcaJHGOJ7Uc36XrL7DLN6NUJBg/s1600-h/DSCF1394.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuSv-rg8rfsDIDLY4Rq82Gh-l44459puYY_hV7U9DSiDQVaslrobJ7INfn-GlkCiBKn8PBLU-hNS9s6e0bCfhPVG1c93Mlu2UV5lBeHFwP1ZAsSK1oxcaJHGOJ7Uc36XrL7DLN6NUJBg/s320/DSCF1394.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403666504861097186" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Worked like a charm for us! We ended up FRONT ROW at the actual red carpet arrival area. They had barriers around in the back too where the cast would go around to sign stuff. But our spot was perfect! Sure it got a little boring waiting for the action to start but when it finally started then things got moving quickly. It was funny how the media folks went up and down the front rows making people scream. My voice was going BEFORE all this happened due to a cold so all that shouting etc did NOT help lol. Then to boot we got interviewed<span style=""> </span>quite a few times both on camera and by magazines/newspapers (not sure if any of that will be used or got used though!). So well by the time the ppl we were all waiting for my voice was well really bad lol.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">This is how the area looked like when we got there:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">These posters were hot commodity after the event...nope I didn't get one as I had only a carry on luggage to bring on the plane. No room for these posters either as they were HUGE lol</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9ykD4zFb0sVbaVidXHEGA6jEbxPYeC528Edrch7zNGiyOCHrB6vpxMibSerlRa1JnR4_LosglDu0tL-xVXxtMVK-0_iF2lyB0avp4ENNhyphenhyphenbhEhCvy_8b9ejQD7g37rRloH9wTGWWie0/s1600-h/DSCF1397.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9ykD4zFb0sVbaVidXHEGA6jEbxPYeC528Edrch7zNGiyOCHrB6vpxMibSerlRa1JnR4_LosglDu0tL-xVXxtMVK-0_iF2lyB0avp4ENNhyphenhyphenbhEhCvy_8b9ejQD7g37rRloH9wTGWWie0/s320/DSCF1397.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403668582003261554" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Yep it rained on and off but thankfully I had my umbrella with me, it didn't rain constantly though..</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9ykD4zFb0sVbaVidXHEGA6jEbxPYeC528Edrch7zNGiyOCHrB6vpxMibSerlRa1JnR4_LosglDu0tL-xVXxtMVK-0_iF2lyB0avp4ENNhyphenhyphenbhEhCvy_8b9ejQD7g37rRloH9wTGWWie0/s1600-h/DSCF1397.JPG"></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszla61lN5kkuFNqYWIN1bFswjBQd8BZDfTnknlF1DPvizdyAKriCRXo9SdkqXxu3LFt2QekftH1LJ4KRsrd8yyULDwfLNNUFQPZoab45UdJOV2iIw2E-oCJ70La8xFNJUUSoZQ-iKqPk/s1600-h/DSCF1398.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszla61lN5kkuFNqYWIN1bFswjBQd8BZDfTnknlF1DPvizdyAKriCRXo9SdkqXxu3LFt2QekftH1LJ4KRsrd8yyULDwfLNNUFQPZoab45UdJOV2iIw2E-oCJ70La8xFNJUUSoZQ-iKqPk/s320/DSCF1398.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403677374813646498" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Our view of one of the 2 giant screens I saw there:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFuK8B7qbv90Et-WGcl1CZ1mbXT6su2zQCliUgidF8hbl1NEoyDEt96_4ZuhnOPxqcM4dzDcvjy6rYm7EBoQ0Vqu6dQm-ExfQvyAmo6E9HEw686BXq5ChzSnaYS9heL4uJTJwe2lyS0s/s1600-h/DSCF1399.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFuK8B7qbv90Et-WGcl1CZ1mbXT6su2zQCliUgidF8hbl1NEoyDEt96_4ZuhnOPxqcM4dzDcvjy6rYm7EBoQ0Vqu6dQm-ExfQvyAmo6E9HEw686BXq5ChzSnaYS9heL4uJTJwe2lyS0s/s320/DSCF1399.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403669543913823842" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Laila and I trying to practice our poses for pics that night? lol</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfURw5eT2QIQr2ytxIDMSacWswVMt0K0CWMip0A6djTSxqbI2_UBx2QyEk3MCMlg4wxQPclnX_Qbjv8kf4MqkBStZNwDC9m6lb4dUlZUBBmsIUxrDULS7FMGHvygRuXeQhtfnsIRt_fzA/s1600-h/DSCF1402.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfURw5eT2QIQr2ytxIDMSacWswVMt0K0CWMip0A6djTSxqbI2_UBx2QyEk3MCMlg4wxQPclnX_Qbjv8kf4MqkBStZNwDC9m6lb4dUlZUBBmsIUxrDULS7FMGHvygRuXeQhtfnsIRt_fzA/s320/DSCF1402.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403669552991036706" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">The anticipation is increasing as it drew closer to the start of the red carpet action:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoH_4ysctfF6M1FO-YmZ6zKPHRkGXmBjngi8-NKxL93zKhULPMvjvBhFwEugwMjnCJjEkGe2bIYtNMse_n60JvhlbThOBPxXWRXNcYqsWeAYbfL0-SmmnzJjqvti-x7KHxfVQJHt6Drao/s1600-h/DSCF1403.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoH_4ysctfF6M1FO-YmZ6zKPHRkGXmBjngi8-NKxL93zKhULPMvjvBhFwEugwMjnCJjEkGe2bIYtNMse_n60JvhlbThOBPxXWRXNcYqsWeAYbfL0-SmmnzJjqvti-x7KHxfVQJHt6Drao/s320/DSCF1403.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403669556885955154" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Our group is getting very excited indeed!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfDzbYXuG6_QV0JpckSXFXAYAdoUXBgaJ-qbt1TBYylkKRsGgKEWfp5bXd7t3os7eSKIieJnyQHPD3Wr4Cyz63LjcBBquO8oBTyT_9mGZtuDWw5RMs1jnFZYSBegpwIrQouUcv5AyQE4/s1600-h/DSCF1405.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfDzbYXuG6_QV0JpckSXFXAYAdoUXBgaJ-qbt1TBYylkKRsGgKEWfp5bXd7t3os7eSKIieJnyQHPD3Wr4Cyz63LjcBBquO8oBTyT_9mGZtuDWw5RMs1jnFZYSBegpwIrQouUcv5AyQE4/s320/DSCF1405.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403669563223799330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a> </span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGgrCRB2ceOflIPLcPREO9yvW-78VVSuuuG5rSCgeXIDWIE-Kd5WlylU1abMtap3yNSKCOgwKaM2o9PjiSfG1uZ8Wn89b4zBUQCEVv3bWieVOr1vObdCF-WAkiUPoXQDQMQi7yCa_JOw/s1600-h/DSCF1406.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGgrCRB2ceOflIPLcPREO9yvW-78VVSuuuG5rSCgeXIDWIE-Kd5WlylU1abMtap3yNSKCOgwKaM2o9PjiSfG1uZ8Wn89b4zBUQCEVv3bWieVOr1vObdCF-WAkiUPoXQDQMQi7yCa_JOw/s320/DSCF1406.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403670450282689794" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHkgqVZ8NOcmytzaXEPWYfIOZb4w3r01Dx343NkGRBnhKnjwpWVLUEVKecVhNsjYb-AbsIEdefDFfWYsLAaU4DVYPpmlAmnwFWZGUaUoVCzT8G6PjCZuNURTgrchvKCch6DVt1LL6KLY/s1600-h/DSCF1407.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHkgqVZ8NOcmytzaXEPWYfIOZb4w3r01Dx343NkGRBnhKnjwpWVLUEVKecVhNsjYb-AbsIEdefDFfWYsLAaU4DVYPpmlAmnwFWZGUaUoVCzT8G6PjCZuNURTgrchvKCch6DVt1LL6KLY/s320/DSCF1407.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403670458287717858" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Then it begins:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuXZR__A7l-paPhKilEGDRmVmzBEDvzNT6YxPNg4ymtfJQUFf0HqnktYyc1A0M4lJEZtbt_GVDLJvGZdqi_uRMz_Avc2r4UIunSSpKhqml1-LpLxiHrIHiKVz0pJRDHLf2zi8HMTnLYg/s1600-h/DSCF1408.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuXZR__A7l-paPhKilEGDRmVmzBEDvzNT6YxPNg4ymtfJQUFf0HqnktYyc1A0M4lJEZtbt_GVDLJvGZdqi_uRMz_Avc2r4UIunSSpKhqml1-LpLxiHrIHiKVz0pJRDHLf2zi8HMTnLYg/s320/DSCF1408.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403670461982296434" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">These boys to me resembled the Volturi and they even had red contact lenses!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">There were some "wolf pack" action too but of course in their human form. They were hard to catch on camera so this was the best I could do:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAVAjaEjn6ehySD8T0lPAkIMgK8v9CdcpSxiiuc06fKbDAK55ISMiBfiht3K9tc5ezs8AalJDOGaCUaSwEns-Oj4Hm3ncnQSSMV1A6AvjfDBu4Y5JB22C02rMkkQkd13UXxK79oTodZU/s1600-h/DSCF1410.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAVAjaEjn6ehySD8T0lPAkIMgK8v9CdcpSxiiuc06fKbDAK55ISMiBfiht3K9tc5ezs8AalJDOGaCUaSwEns-Oj4Hm3ncnQSSMV1A6AvjfDBu4Y5JB22C02rMkkQkd13UXxK79oTodZU/s320/DSCF1410.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403670465698474018" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Also snapped some pics of the bands performing at the event, since I have NO CLUE who they are I figured I could post one that actually came out somewhat decent...lol</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Vkd_NAJToorK9n9P-yVuhC1E-Nj03owRk-F5r3R9FCkviXNlUCXzAc3crIg2YzkZOTyIvrhOoh2Ajmp1MqdvLTojgUzwTaQpEZaQjLIBNfAZnvsfttVouQY82cczJHkSceid0laVOjM/s1600-h/DSCF1412.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Vkd_NAJToorK9n9P-yVuhC1E-Nj03owRk-F5r3R9FCkviXNlUCXzAc3crIg2YzkZOTyIvrhOoh2Ajmp1MqdvLTojgUzwTaQpEZaQjLIBNfAZnvsfttVouQY82cczJHkSceid0laVOjM/s320/DSCF1412.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403670473235278290" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">I believe this is Band of Skulls or something..not sure..sorry to any fans of this band but I am useless with unfamiliar names!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Rob came first, 10 min before the others, and he JUMPED out of his car my friend Laila told me..I didn’t see it but she did. He then started to making the rounds with interviews by the media then the fans, and by fans I mean he did really sign just about everyone’s stuff all over that area…he was everywhere!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">When he finally got to where we were I started snapping some pics and I got more lucky with Rob’s picks than the others! I guess my camera loves Rob too…When he was standing infront of my friend Laila and signed her magazine (over Kristen's face lmao!) He kinda hesitated and said "God, I can't even remember my name anymore!" and laughed, I guess he remembered... I told Rob that we know his new nickname now (that Kristen revealed in the Harper’s Bazar interview) ”I know your new nickname Rob, Hi Flippy!” He makes a funny face and goes ”pff” and laughs. I said something else too but my brain was mush at that point so I forgot what I told him lol.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Rob on the red carpet:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2PAlGhF3laBG9U6H-TcpCSbfn71n3GN32IYVFltG3Ot5-QdlOAkF95qw_dvkGBLWIhDrWtSGweJhu2PwCZU4EgJFYE2D6bvckT3_v-RGsMKhBxbGsT6WMczcs5gWi7cU18drFJ1CSBc/s1600-h/DSCF1416.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2PAlGhF3laBG9U6H-TcpCSbfn71n3GN32IYVFltG3Ot5-QdlOAkF95qw_dvkGBLWIhDrWtSGweJhu2PwCZU4EgJFYE2D6bvckT3_v-RGsMKhBxbGsT6WMczcs5gWi7cU18drFJ1CSBc/s320/DSCF1416.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403671713181958066" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Getting closer to ME now :-)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppVGpZrDHpzWTw6dxsgeH3CV7jK-ZlXjCMQdrHdQAtp9zUTtzjFzjc8CfBVU7SI_tjOdQxW2vwPlobL4yB01Hh-YxtLJu5Pc2VumoBhQs0FPuK2-7sTO5faAXu-2i6NObdfKEnc_zYWQ/s1600-h/DSCF1417.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppVGpZrDHpzWTw6dxsgeH3CV7jK-ZlXjCMQdrHdQAtp9zUTtzjFzjc8CfBVU7SI_tjOdQxW2vwPlobL4yB01Hh-YxtLJu5Pc2VumoBhQs0FPuK2-7sTO5faAXu-2i6NObdfKEnc_zYWQ/s320/DSCF1417.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403671724967267394" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">What made him do THIS face I had no clue but I love it still! LOL, he had just signed my book here and moved onwards to the next group of fans hehe.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiua7THNrTqWoFwZqCWnTcHrZ5YMl2zdgwkknonpXCPxagI87X-QbppU0A5VYFxRjUCIcaAmufD6a4kr-vVivVMv6YSZHXajIWCIowKsmd0Q06xoqWpq0G2VQxtoJp2p4HJPyeAmSNlijE/s1600-h/DSCF1418.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiua7THNrTqWoFwZqCWnTcHrZ5YMl2zdgwkknonpXCPxagI87X-QbppU0A5VYFxRjUCIcaAmufD6a4kr-vVivVMv6YSZHXajIWCIowKsmd0Q06xoqWpq0G2VQxtoJp2p4HJPyeAmSNlijE/s320/DSCF1418.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403671729027573746" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Somehow Rob was the only one that came out the best while they walked up or down the red carpet between the media interviews and pictures...my camera is apparently a Rob fan..lol</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Aww I caught him smiling... *melts*</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpBqTRoNPK2YgiwrsN-uHoDp4FQUxAFxgkGwIJCGCKvsXlieLyG8M2PPBvuWG4lv4Ab6VY6tF-ofWrdSde-lzGvuSJW8KSkbknGtP81V5RYzHZrggpjwOJ3xeNM6Uwm5mEw-LseOhuh0/s1600-h/DSCF1419.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpBqTRoNPK2YgiwrsN-uHoDp4FQUxAFxgkGwIJCGCKvsXlieLyG8M2PPBvuWG4lv4Ab6VY6tF-ofWrdSde-lzGvuSJW8KSkbknGtP81V5RYzHZrggpjwOJ3xeNM6Uwm5mEw-LseOhuh0/s320/DSCF1419.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403671735698906850" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Funny how he looks taller than everyone else in this crowd..hehe!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5Cpsd30bqftt9Ds8mA2TSpOPX7YN6pcNpR9OtmKAhZar3-raIFnJKVXCFnBLDOJVjSn1FKoN3ab_HjUClTOZI-_k1cgdozrTmVLPCjcFJTTFBBxx9rZuBmS4Wq0iRQ-SIxPuKLPA14U/s1600-h/DSCF1421.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5Cpsd30bqftt9Ds8mA2TSpOPX7YN6pcNpR9OtmKAhZar3-raIFnJKVXCFnBLDOJVjSn1FKoN3ab_HjUClTOZI-_k1cgdozrTmVLPCjcFJTTFBBxx9rZuBmS4Wq0iRQ-SIxPuKLPA14U/s320/DSCF1421.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403673199777763122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Got a cold Rob? or just cold hands?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaSgNmdgXtWpPp0mSVVGE3DWXtsd6dPlmDslSM0oC7qdNSNhaCwmQkDhCfl1UoCY3hq8ZqpeOU7qVwuxclaf4WeJ73zRmHLFXZfF8pxRAQIZUwjw10kuJz9NYLzvBml42Wd57S0nHz2U/s1600-h/DSCF1423.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaSgNmdgXtWpPp0mSVVGE3DWXtsd6dPlmDslSM0oC7qdNSNhaCwmQkDhCfl1UoCY3hq8ZqpeOU7qVwuxclaf4WeJ73zRmHLFXZfF8pxRAQIZUwjw10kuJz9NYLzvBml42Wd57S0nHz2U/s320/DSCF1423.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403673205233886786" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Not my best Rob shot but man it is hilarious, look he sparkles so brightly even his head disappeared...lol (not really!)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWw03duea7kTs1P0aOC9v5LU7J1Z5pANgLqOepNF7qkmWD-Gp3bmgI7a7RK3kunWrmqOtb2CVMaCbB048oD_TIqZhsfmTxKl2McbnzSGm6Zbngo5_LFIgEfPAqu79aiJQjGpqKB2kl_s/s1600-h/DSCF1424.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWw03duea7kTs1P0aOC9v5LU7J1Z5pANgLqOepNF7qkmWD-Gp3bmgI7a7RK3kunWrmqOtb2CVMaCbB048oD_TIqZhsfmTxKl2McbnzSGm6Zbngo5_LFIgEfPAqu79aiJQjGpqKB2kl_s/s320/DSCF1424.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403673208113308450" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">My friend Laila (aka <a href="http://twitter.com/Stupid69Lamb">@Stupid69Lamb</a> on twitter) took this pic of Rob as he signed stuff:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCaZwIcXRKZVeb5DqKmomJguq0z4f_bHeMitm712ecld99Mvz1Gaw-hlgsmmr2YRhGZJ8r3dDXBiqDXyTMNVmhkPORDPNTOMZoD3FWUhdb4EpCUjG8g01dNVn47yAxD_TDohH6Vky-U0/s1600-h/New+Moon+FAn+047.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCaZwIcXRKZVeb5DqKmomJguq0z4f_bHeMitm712ecld99Mvz1Gaw-hlgsmmr2YRhGZJ8r3dDXBiqDXyTMNVmhkPORDPNTOMZoD3FWUhdb4EpCUjG8g01dNVn47yAxD_TDohH6Vky-U0/s320/New+Moon+FAn+047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403721372933248482" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then Taylor came, he too did interviews first and then some<span style=""> </span>but nowhere near all of the front row at the red carpet, he ran out of time. So I never got to take a good pic of him nor talk to him. We were told he’d come back but he never did. Ran out of time I guess.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The only pic I got to take of Taylor, shame cos I would have wanted closer ones...but oh well better than nothing!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_jQhILGPOcjamJm_ghDENKUtvn-pinO5brMHqk6mcKk61jAYH_m0ISRQZZaFwEY-5sORCMp41Jzdzy_BlS4WHAKpMZdFXzg3Grtv59JI0lRO3o9UwJw0GOn0qV7i-gh7D5pnRCLXQlQ/s1600-h/DSCF1420.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_jQhILGPOcjamJm_ghDENKUtvn-pinO5brMHqk6mcKk61jAYH_m0ISRQZZaFwEY-5sORCMp41Jzdzy_BlS4WHAKpMZdFXzg3Grtv59JI0lRO3o9UwJw0GOn0qV7i-gh7D5pnRCLXQlQ/s320/DSCF1420.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403671740851984002" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then Kristen came, she did the same rounds with interview etc first. Then she started to do the front row with fans but was told that she had to do more interviews, she was like ”just one more please?” and made this adorable face like she was pleading! The girl she signed for was crying out of excitement and Kristen was so sweet. She did og do more interviews but as we were promised she’d come back but after getting that promise from Taylor’s handlers I doubted it. But Kristen like Rob took time with the fans too. She must have done the same rounds as Rob and signed as much as possible. She even took pics with some fans! When she came by me I had my questions clear for her. Asked when the Runaways came out. She didn’t know. Then I told her what I told Rob about the nickname she gave him. She cracked up over that lol. Also asked her if she was singing in the Runaways<span style=""> </span>movie. She said yes! Cool</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Isn't she pretty? I always go "awwww" when I see her cos she has a very pretty but very adorable face and she is sweet! Sure she has her ups and downs but I just find her adorable and sweet and thankfully...human!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LFYxd00WwjaPkpRZSrBHnqug0wzHx6-7D8d7hrvtFg8bq5ZKol-PGWB58rjZ5XhDpeQz6o-bA-vsDtXAopk7_CWGXw_wmal4BQ1eorpWAeXGpL2QYpYhPYW8ODiFNVKxf3_l81W5luI/s1600-h/DSCF1428.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LFYxd00WwjaPkpRZSrBHnqug0wzHx6-7D8d7hrvtFg8bq5ZKol-PGWB58rjZ5XhDpeQz6o-bA-vsDtXAopk7_CWGXw_wmal4BQ1eorpWAeXGpL2QYpYhPYW8ODiFNVKxf3_l81W5luI/s320/DSCF1428.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403673219696428434" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmaNH2a5dLDbnZX374wUleIqe8fYkNMe_OP_0N4H2oVlAwJ6qi_vCSik5z-oOMCzLvEN0WVX4nI9cC5HtRctT257RollxJtJs5KtJ46BjanV8sGnhHjfQH0Hprt53snrbC_gct92fJAA/s1600-h/DSCF1429.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmaNH2a5dLDbnZX374wUleIqe8fYkNMe_OP_0N4H2oVlAwJ6qi_vCSik5z-oOMCzLvEN0WVX4nI9cC5HtRctT257RollxJtJs5KtJ46BjanV8sGnhHjfQH0Hprt53snrbC_gct92fJAA/s320/DSCF1429.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403673727081826210" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then she signed my friend Laila’s magazine, Rob had signed over Kristen’s face in there so she signed over his! We both laughed at that, she heard us and came back ”oh I signed over his face?” My friend and I laughed and said ”well he signed over yours” She just laughed and made this funny face like” arrrrrrghh!” Too funny lol.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Here is the pic that my friend Laila (aka @Stupdi69Lamb) had signed, she took the pic and sent it to me so I could insert it here:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XGpicqt0Q3JD3AcAA_ldcRS1d_SeIq8F9HrAAniBuDoCzE0SQMCERS9WwPyQvGhPKWHvrwYLzu3QClYGe3wxgzLWJBaH8Hy8dbsxzxIfPWAghhxeBU54EuJ4OKFoQ9rK9j4sJqdOmfg/s1600-h/New+Moon+FAn+069.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XGpicqt0Q3JD3AcAA_ldcRS1d_SeIq8F9HrAAniBuDoCzE0SQMCERS9WwPyQvGhPKWHvrwYLzu3QClYGe3wxgzLWJBaH8Hy8dbsxzxIfPWAghhxeBU54EuJ4OKFoQ9rK9j4sJqdOmfg/s320/New+Moon+FAn+069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403721374482126258" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Isn't it cute? *awwwww*</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Never thought this pic would come out but it did..shows what Kristen wore but from behind of course as she was posing for the media here:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatnq3Qi0ld5ijLFAYRn2-YdhfLm3MBW0iVeQlh-xwOlIbAYG3FsiLF3nMOCr7wuxY_J_pEg-pe4sWclhhx8G-Nb6yq87D2RtjPFmRdzDBVbUWfRNdRIQMgXAcelDpnYTYBL9lwrGWmoU/s1600-h/DSCF1427.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatnq3Qi0ld5ijLFAYRn2-YdhfLm3MBW0iVeQlh-xwOlIbAYG3FsiLF3nMOCr7wuxY_J_pEg-pe4sWclhhx8G-Nb6yq87D2RtjPFmRdzDBVbUWfRNdRIQMgXAcelDpnYTYBL9lwrGWmoU/s320/DSCF1427.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403673213289062978" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We tried for a while to get Chris Weitz over and he finally did come over to sign stuff. He came by me and I got my tiny autograph from him LOL. I told him my friend Valerie and I were extras in NM when they were in Italy, he goes ”wow, thank you for doing that!” ”We were on set for 2 days and worked for free! ” I told him, he was stunned and said ”wow thanks again, I bet that must have been hard!”. I told him yes it was hard work but a great experience and fun!” He thanked me yet again! I was thinking to myself ”well damn, stop charming me!” lol. Then I told him he had to direct Breaking Dawn, he was ”aww that’s very nice of you!” and thanked me YET again lmao. I told him we love the look of NM we have seen so far so yes we want him for Breaking Dawn. The lady next to him said ”OK done deal!” and we laughed. ”I wish it was that easy” I said! LOL.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Chris signing autographs on the red carpet:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQu3IgkLCLK0iVbb6__Zbx9oXu8l6R379N-66V5UaDub4Sk7v_xpoFey2udAD3NrWDRYYV-X5MW6sxfpiN_LQM3-KhAewtAgpFHj_Qf-IQqaiwM_jh-hmNsPeqnRJAep_-S_O3SWAXsQ/s1600-h/DSCF1430.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQu3IgkLCLK0iVbb6__Zbx9oXu8l6R379N-66V5UaDub4Sk7v_xpoFey2udAD3NrWDRYYV-X5MW6sxfpiN_LQM3-KhAewtAgpFHj_Qf-IQqaiwM_jh-hmNsPeqnRJAep_-S_O3SWAXsQ/s320/DSCF1430.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403673730371735058" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That was pretty much all the interaction I had with Rob, Kristen and Chris, but before Chris came to us the 4 of them, yes with Taylor, did pose for pics for the media again. I saw Rob and Chris do this funny dance as they moved down the line of photographers…Kristen and Taylor followed too! It looked funny lol.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then it was over and well we were tired but happy and made our way back to Valerie’s hotel to finish up a bottle of Montepulcianao wine she had found in a store the night before…had to remember the fun days in Italy hehe.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Gotta show the autographs though! Top one says "Rob" bottom one says "KStew" and the itty bitty tiny autograph there is er..Chris Weitz autograph LOL..I guess he tried to sign it "CW" lol</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-brUGszLCZKzf7GpKiWId2UhLDW5_XvDwG7ZJ7m2J1BN3dFVE_AZGrvKr7CZlLae22wnNSwDTJfAytkgkskb4VuPJR5B37okI7OqorEgBxJoJVTXbIyOnv6Z-bNnjGRY26t6ARRBZfy4/s1600-h/IMG_0109.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-brUGszLCZKzf7GpKiWId2UhLDW5_XvDwG7ZJ7m2J1BN3dFVE_AZGrvKr7CZlLae22wnNSwDTJfAytkgkskb4VuPJR5B37okI7OqorEgBxJoJVTXbIyOnv6Z-bNnjGRY26t6ARRBZfy4/s320/IMG_0109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403685223127311554" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So yes we both decided, Valerie and I that is, that our Montepulciano luck still worked hehe.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That was roughly all I can remember from my London NM event experience</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">A happy but tired bunch having dinner at..."Bella Italia" at Bayswater, London, UK. (no I am not in the pic cos I am the photographer lol!)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBimNLMQ3ewmJUUoU-TgtauKkKqOljHcTrrFhWQCaWbS31w3_aG89mnc4YTgnkJ5Lnsy3Ds6SoJeBT4KRcpFEXGcU4ApiMfcDYIRT4G1qqw94W73-djii6bJOEm8F64-DbyZ7pzZyRJA/s1600-h/DSCF1432.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBimNLMQ3ewmJUUoU-TgtauKkKqOljHcTrrFhWQCaWbS31w3_aG89mnc4YTgnkJ5Lnsy3Ds6SoJeBT4KRcpFEXGcU4ApiMfcDYIRT4G1qqw94W73-djii6bJOEm8F64-DbyZ7pzZyRJA/s320/DSCF1432.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403673733756170194" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">I went back to Norway Thursday Nov. 12th but since I had some time to kill before my flight, (evening flight), I met up with Valerie and her friends again to go shopping. One of our stops were Covent Garden and this huge Christmas reindeer decorated the Covent Garden market place or whatever it is called, pretty cool so I had to take a pic with my Iphone again!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCehkekCiILyX7ObH6zVY1SPmjkAbl6ORRUXwdpS0BmfPfSl_DWyPTAA-byasIJXFOLRcgoeQJXrqEEMTWrjdXDeIewaQHwX8_lRDNRBTVG-4TirJiwpOJg3PA-LWHQmJtF8ltQI3-cI/s1600-h/IMG_0108.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCehkekCiILyX7ObH6zVY1SPmjkAbl6ORRUXwdpS0BmfPfSl_DWyPTAA-byasIJXFOLRcgoeQJXrqEEMTWrjdXDeIewaQHwX8_lRDNRBTVG-4TirJiwpOJg3PA-LWHQmJtF8ltQI3-cI/s320/IMG_0108.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403685223202053138" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></a></span></p></div>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-55059510611268049042009-09-03T16:59:00.000-07:002009-09-03T23:10:26.524-07:00Sightseeing in Vancouver<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAuONCZ_vaK1XnTM5d0kGTzY20PEg6Esl_hdC1vWJWvZ26NXjaMYc3uZAX7HsxjOswGHE16_OzPOtC7H6WsDRhTUyZ3qu25KXGyjAosKzQgIYQJYYPGpHjHPYiUVEsmLCNE1ZnryhjVY/s1600-h/John+and+I+outside+the+No+5+Orange+Club.jpg"></a><div>Well time for more updates from my Vancouver vacations, nothing exciting if you are looking for star sightings but I had fun with the stuff I DID see.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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So we went to the "V" set. We did waited for a bit hoping to see Elisabeth Mitchell but she wasn't on the set when we arrived, but we made friends with one of the PA's on the set, a lovely lady named Lynn who actually pulled out the call sheet and told us when EM was on set! So we hung around for a bit. Finally she did come on set but turns out she was filming a scene on the stairs on that set so not a great visibility for Angela, nor did we manage to get to talk to her. Shame for Angela but she was still happy. She had atleast seen her!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Some pics from the "V" set that day:</div><div><br /></div><div>This sign with warning about the filming going on cracked me up so I had to take a pic of it lol, guess I'll be watching ep. 2 of this show and keep a keen eye on ppl in the FAR background..I may be in it lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3IyngT-c5UkSB3cGJhPsF4n0_tfcpPt87_vC1WwSYbtlfmePrsY76nL5kq1zBQMgGcBTCij2wkGJNb6eMgfR1jEd4Y2honxsf_-RmiXusbD-GNCsnz5n816Bz5MK3nT0WfYytGmRP9ks/s1600-h/DSCF1144.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3IyngT-c5UkSB3cGJhPsF4n0_tfcpPt87_vC1WwSYbtlfmePrsY76nL5kq1zBQMgGcBTCij2wkGJNb6eMgfR1jEd4Y2honxsf_-RmiXusbD-GNCsnz5n816Bz5MK3nT0WfYytGmRP9ks/s320/DSCF1144.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377454372109792034" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is a pic of the main set without all the ppl:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCSmPqTlnZ7nTusZbm1Q3geJUFt3NNmDydkOwsN0_pt4okcZ6HR7EMa4Ti5AiFBEA0nys6yf3I5vrwhb7fZnBbyJmejqLhmMVDgYhy9XnVapDyqLvT4M1I9AGAYOljTDPUl0fJrRTcXQ/s1600-h/DSCF1145.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCSmPqTlnZ7nTusZbm1Q3geJUFt3NNmDydkOwsN0_pt4okcZ6HR7EMa4Ti5AiFBEA0nys6yf3I5vrwhb7fZnBbyJmejqLhmMVDgYhy9XnVapDyqLvT4M1I9AGAYOljTDPUl0fJrRTcXQ/s320/DSCF1145.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377454380764421026" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The street they filmed it on 2nd st near the entry to Granville Island was dressed up to look like a street from New York City, pretty funny to see NYPD cop cars and NYC taxis...in Vancouver lol</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0YcViG5CyywW1VESXlbZEN_IvJUqYo-mUQehoHZC9WG1pCDMqTieSvLG5kHoXGkENmp3Y04-eppqZHHrJ-xrzP7IEnTS-4Hk13ro-HbND_pl8qCVym8laEvZStX7HPRLYNDIPJZyaJc/s1600-h/DSCF1147.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0YcViG5CyywW1VESXlbZEN_IvJUqYo-mUQehoHZC9WG1pCDMqTieSvLG5kHoXGkENmp3Y04-eppqZHHrJ-xrzP7IEnTS-4Hk13ro-HbND_pl8qCVym8laEvZStX7HPRLYNDIPJZyaJc/s320/DSCF1147.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377454388875697522" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjW9AE5rXyI55E23fnNfoDhEFcvlUyw8ODY4jrEt5IMPeT8z7PHIwDRX_nGqZjrpgymSIGPApIl43A1c9fcgT0sDPvLhd8Ts-BLK8ND-y4PxSaC5V75BIuzMrn6P5bP0BVBB06STKMsc/s1600-h/DSCF1148.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjW9AE5rXyI55E23fnNfoDhEFcvlUyw8ODY4jrEt5IMPeT8z7PHIwDRX_nGqZjrpgymSIGPApIl43A1c9fcgT0sDPvLhd8Ts-BLK8ND-y4PxSaC5V75BIuzMrn6P5bP0BVBB06STKMsc/s320/DSCF1148.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377454397032985762" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89OVUML6IgJ5ndGdzngy2e42lWSc8FbSyx6fp5TlY0WyyeydwqCAsYxLdLq5vi0zypmQl6V8ql2ck-3mSyUCgbfAHswzdqswWo9YUkrHQknFda3iapwiRw-mN2qGQuOSz2NcUlGqpjJA/s1600-h/DSCF1175.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89OVUML6IgJ5ndGdzngy2e42lWSc8FbSyx6fp5TlY0WyyeydwqCAsYxLdLq5vi0zypmQl6V8ql2ck-3mSyUCgbfAHswzdqswWo9YUkrHQknFda3iapwiRw-mN2qGQuOSz2NcUlGqpjJA/s320/DSCF1175.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377470795940565794" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>They even had the sales stands that ppl who has been to NYC surely must recognize lol.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWd9EER8aVqhMpeo6XNxdCEcutRK1q_akrhULkLLKgPFzgnTykoqgH4tkDc_zqA_IyNCEza7fZbBVvL_8YgOUo2ayn0ZYHRmqJ1pEUKsFk5jnHUspKlhvYegcTnmskQY1Nx8sqnYwitK4/s1600-h/DSCF1149.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWd9EER8aVqhMpeo6XNxdCEcutRK1q_akrhULkLLKgPFzgnTykoqgH4tkDc_zqA_IyNCEza7fZbBVvL_8YgOUo2ayn0ZYHRmqJ1pEUKsFk5jnHUspKlhvYegcTnmskQY1Nx8sqnYwitK4/s320/DSCF1149.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377454405810337202" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Then after a bit we decided to get going as she had gotten the address of a Supernatural set up in Delta, just outside Vancouver. About 30 min drive from where we were. It turned out to be longer for us cos we spotted some more sets on the way there, went by one of them which turned out to be a kiddie movie set for "Diary of a Wimpy kid" or something like that. Turns out it is from another successful book series of the same name. I have never heard about it, but we were told it sold like 20 mill. copies in the US?? ohhkayy... We asked who was there and was told mostly kids around 12 years old, cute but er..NOT what we were looking for :p so we left hehe.</div><div><br /></div><div>After a bit more driving we arrived to the set, thanks to Angela's GPS lol. Sadly though Jared and Jensen (two main leads in Supernatural for those not watching the series) had left the set hrs ago. So we didn't stick around much, we did however snapped some pics and by doing that we got proof of the set guys really DID tell us the truth and not telling us BS to scare us off. They didn't seem to care how much we snapped pics. So no big secret there apparently.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Pics from the Supernatural set, I do believe this from episode 6 season 5 they are currently filming:</div><div><br /></div><div>The car has a sticker that says Supernatural filming production or something so had to take a pic of that lol</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbul2Z3NGjaL7tnw0BqLGS0gMUdemHc5OkhHHLoBuDXIjsT7mheqM45JblqLgBxdHm-1HJ9jORDbZoxW1oXCz-8lCsOC0NoNR6UGuW64GfCi8cQSISCFBPjhOJ_zufNBWYLuXIQCXhLs/s1600-h/DSCF1150.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbul2Z3NGjaL7tnw0BqLGS0gMUdemHc5OkhHHLoBuDXIjsT7mheqM45JblqLgBxdHm-1HJ9jORDbZoxW1oXCz-8lCsOC0NoNR6UGuW64GfCi8cQSISCFBPjhOJ_zufNBWYLuXIQCXhLs/s320/DSCF1150.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377457360682454354" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Not sure if this will show up in the episode but I took this pic anyways from inside the car as we drove buy, it was raining outside:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEb-f5jQfoJ3ajQ90_Kq5wt9CevxcJ-xRQ6Ql_y1JRfm8i_H1Vl3Vo9mK194A4ulE-WhoOskeuitEcOqsSTf6oCa1ed_3pYHpArz1kcEIlwGldrClIwqE3yAs6KpwpOjfa7K4GtxNol0/s1600-h/DSCF1151.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEb-f5jQfoJ3ajQ90_Kq5wt9CevxcJ-xRQ6Ql_y1JRfm8i_H1Vl3Vo9mK194A4ulE-WhoOskeuitEcOqsSTf6oCa1ed_3pYHpArz1kcEIlwGldrClIwqE3yAs6KpwpOjfa7K4GtxNol0/s320/DSCF1151.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377457368010478386" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Some pics of the actual house, the house was hidden behind alot of trees so I did the best I could with pics...freakin trees covering it! lol</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiiBz7oLsS7ykRZrcK7hf9Ay5NLp2urzSLQbmLPDF5Xa3IO2WDPrim4o8QdQ-PO7C-RcXkwkd7a5EEFi2U8e_LOKBBVdpmT9sbUsQjpvWk39aP-79Rnxr2eG1HBeoDFQ8y1ki-DwEcVw/s1600-h/DSCF1152.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiiBz7oLsS7ykRZrcK7hf9Ay5NLp2urzSLQbmLPDF5Xa3IO2WDPrim4o8QdQ-PO7C-RcXkwkd7a5EEFi2U8e_LOKBBVdpmT9sbUsQjpvWk39aP-79Rnxr2eG1HBeoDFQ8y1ki-DwEcVw/s320/DSCF1152.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377457375954797138" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRx0NyC4Mtim7OiDoJfhhMjYiB8SvsNHUnseLwtC8QUZtbyAx29TfRjmwr7ffI6BMeNvnzY4g-wqYvblADDprQRuZlgOBcWVI7e3CiBbMIMka-IsKyiQ3_eip4EjI6eS_hFhEKbTXdjAs/s1600-h/DSCF1154.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRx0NyC4Mtim7OiDoJfhhMjYiB8SvsNHUnseLwtC8QUZtbyAx29TfRjmwr7ffI6BMeNvnzY4g-wqYvblADDprQRuZlgOBcWVI7e3CiBbMIMka-IsKyiQ3_eip4EjI6eS_hFhEKbTXdjAs/s320/DSCF1154.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377457398536425666" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TFlOcUeQG4qqTjCCPGy117Ib9YOKRlR_EwGz5V3M2XmMzAE8bLNEWQG2zxE3S0v4UjKz1BF75761KIZhyphenhyphen7j01ZxlEe7GYN_0gitCbEe9NnH4ah_hyphenhyphenxVYanpO3BFHRp06lvFLFdXQrgQ/s1600-h/DSCF1153.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TFlOcUeQG4qqTjCCPGy117Ib9YOKRlR_EwGz5V3M2XmMzAE8bLNEWQG2zxE3S0v4UjKz1BF75761KIZhyphenhyphen7j01ZxlEe7GYN_0gitCbEe9NnH4ah_hyphenhyphenxVYanpO3BFHRp06lvFLFdXQrgQ/s320/DSCF1153.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377457388515503650" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>After that excitement it was time to head back to the hotel, I got back to mine, ate some lunch and chilled for a bit. then headed out to meet up with my friend Summerstone from Twitter and we hung out until it started to get dark.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Wednesday, Sept. 2nd 2009</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Time to do some serious sightseeing in Vancouver. I opted for the hop on hop off trolley tour. I enjoyed this, this tour is divided into 2 loops, one blue that covers Granville Island, Vanier Park, Yaletown, Chinatown, Gastown etc...and the red loop covers Stanley Park, English Bay, some of the swankier hotel sites and so on. LOVED the driver's stories and humorous comments hehe. I did go off the blue tour at Gastown and had lunch there at the Old Spaghetti Factory. Nice choice. Nice area too but that was in the daytime as I trust the locals when they say do NOT go there alone in the evening. When you are visiting a city ALWAYS listen to what the locals say about which areas are safe and which ones aren't. I have yet to be hurt on my travels cos I listen to what ppl tell me to do and take no unnecessary chances! Took some pics of course of the sites we went by, I didn't hop off at many places cos well most places you had to pay admission and the coupon book we got on the trolly tour was mostly for restaurants and you had to spend so and so much to use them, pffff lol</div><div><br /></div><div>Some pics taken on the "blue loop" of the tour:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zk5-PzHOLf6Pc8TEQiIg2Zo39a94d280B9gxx-__2qMfpSPXDaG-X3D-7MLG-iN15xjuvW9i0wIBkE2viZogRf2Abcq9o9ov2c7OlLzUhzwFp1jnNG738Owq-JVvnJeSpcr7MFblXlI/s1600-h/DSCF1156.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zk5-PzHOLf6Pc8TEQiIg2Zo39a94d280B9gxx-__2qMfpSPXDaG-X3D-7MLG-iN15xjuvW9i0wIBkE2viZogRf2Abcq9o9ov2c7OlLzUhzwFp1jnNG738Owq-JVvnJeSpcr7MFblXlI/s320/DSCF1156.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377459548185490354" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Vanier Park, this is the Space Museum, and no the roof is not supposed to be an UFO as I thought, apparently it a replica or symbol of a hat used by one of the local native tribes in this area:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoI005tzvPsD0jPNwRTy6ThXQjNsBXJWWjqHuaBCAhDI6ixREah7iRXChgpMWMBlBlR32P0iBbhmVUmWuN0-5rtZHzgyefZrNqBY-W1ygTy23unCc_jU_V6yV_E7q1CZBWY-1zXALDPkE/s1600-h/DSCF1157.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoI005tzvPsD0jPNwRTy6ThXQjNsBXJWWjqHuaBCAhDI6ixREah7iRXChgpMWMBlBlR32P0iBbhmVUmWuN0-5rtZHzgyefZrNqBY-W1ygTy23unCc_jU_V6yV_E7q1CZBWY-1zXALDPkE/s320/DSCF1157.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377459553612977314" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A locomotive that is displayed in the Roundhouse, Yaletown. It was open for the public on this day:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OrQxQ9jGDOOtggADdg9yJ83x4tELaL9PZF_w_ZZm0miRXKd3BFJK1XoNpnPjfHdNrzPdsqyeQsbFmqaTQdFUGL9VK9oR48TFzYzOJmBRsFlAnrhIzxi1gqlsckW6oUzmot9GuV7vm4o/s1600-h/DSCF1158.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OrQxQ9jGDOOtggADdg9yJ83x4tELaL9PZF_w_ZZm0miRXKd3BFJK1XoNpnPjfHdNrzPdsqyeQsbFmqaTQdFUGL9VK9oR48TFzYzOJmBRsFlAnrhIzxi1gqlsckW6oUzmot9GuV7vm4o/s320/DSCF1158.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377459566690944354" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>More of Roundhouse, Yaletown. This was one of the first buildings built after the <a href="http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/story.html">big fire that burnt down then entire small town of Vancouver in 1886</a>. After that fire when the city was rebuilt it was a rule that the houses were to be made of fire resistant material, bricks etc.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmvA_FElPw-BvOH95mUWW9dsVJUwtBJYmxLENFklYC-M5xjp4vlC9sWiFMz_SxAmCy-8dpDb57Vj1cFQ8eawLt0e4Zd1flde2GRT9I-y7IgAJX_oUIzGD7SiDe5s2eg5-HJ3uULWYcNU/s1600-h/DSCF1159.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmvA_FElPw-BvOH95mUWW9dsVJUwtBJYmxLENFklYC-M5xjp4vlC9sWiFMz_SxAmCy-8dpDb57Vj1cFQ8eawLt0e4Zd1flde2GRT9I-y7IgAJX_oUIzGD7SiDe5s2eg5-HJ3uULWYcNU/s320/DSCF1159.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377459575545122354" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>BC Place where Bon Jovi has played, this is where the open and closing ceremony of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, BC, Canada will take place, also AC/DC played here last Saturday...which I did not know until too late otherwise I'd gotten tix! This stadium capacity is 60 000 ppl. The roof there is a teflon roof and it is held up by fans constantly blowing towards it to keep it up. They were suppose to build a retractable roof over it but reports now say that it may not happen as it is too pricey, time will tell what happens I guess. Next to it is the GM place also the official home of the Canucks, one of Canada's hockey teams. (not pictured here though), venue capacity here is 20 000. Bon Jovi has played there too on their earlier tours I believe.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9uhDz_3F9DgnGJwZF654WyfVDKjgmPLDLSbfcJBiK4n50P1g7-BwpjK2pJYmF3BzBqEwoFYJ3r_oB0P0oDwqim7OXgcYLXymfxPw6KAr5-EQUri_w8m2yc31PahnTwGvhbTFiw90XhI/s1600-h/DSCF1164.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9uhDz_3F9DgnGJwZF654WyfVDKjgmPLDLSbfcJBiK4n50P1g7-BwpjK2pJYmF3BzBqEwoFYJ3r_oB0P0oDwqim7OXgcYLXymfxPw6KAr5-EQUri_w8m2yc31PahnTwGvhbTFiw90XhI/s320/DSCF1164.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377463342624099634" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Edgewater Casino: </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDlMD93y_L-pub9EJG8BJTAsN9i3y_7BLrEMUFO-Y2q2xd5y1slEql6QJGuaPl-fMNZd942MNU_8tYGkkzDBbU-QFY0I61UHR0B4haEtgUm4ea9kHgR73j-GKIQ6RfGz64rvooYPJCOU/s1600-h/DSCF1161.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDlMD93y_L-pub9EJG8BJTAsN9i3y_7BLrEMUFO-Y2q2xd5y1slEql6QJGuaPl-fMNZd942MNU_8tYGkkzDBbU-QFY0I61UHR0B4haEtgUm4ea9kHgR73j-GKIQ6RfGz64rvooYPJCOU/s320/DSCF1161.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377463318806327986" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Library Square on Homer and Robson st. the building is mostly in glass, and in the front alot of local performers, demonstrations, artists and so on are entertaining etc the bystanders. Speeches even are done there.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGCKkituLkTRdJxmr_Fk5ZNjuzl4lg7JF5sR4ZdQkm9hrqwWt-zeqVedbLg55r161mezrM_1DgeILYNZVHkVO8unJqT3DJuBPT3R3fFwxb94ffLchKCyEmlX_PEr4mkwt2G9IDaPAjU04/s1600-h/DSCF1162.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGCKkituLkTRdJxmr_Fk5ZNjuzl4lg7JF5sR4ZdQkm9hrqwWt-zeqVedbLg55r161mezrM_1DgeILYNZVHkVO8unJqT3DJuBPT3R3fFwxb94ffLchKCyEmlX_PEr4mkwt2G9IDaPAjU04/s320/DSCF1162.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377463327663500178" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkw7hfAEp7fOURxqMeYCBn1FAOrs42tIrAErN5Wk6YJg2LDFdVURWkLdekrlGTQRH3BURuj1Irwimb4iqf2eFEiaKG0OkPLx2DvQPZHxeOtDHqY1lz334K06gcLtok6eqMnFEMgH3MM8/s1600-h/DSCF1163.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkw7hfAEp7fOURxqMeYCBn1FAOrs42tIrAErN5Wk6YJg2LDFdVURWkLdekrlGTQRH3BURuj1Irwimb4iqf2eFEiaKG0OkPLx2DvQPZHxeOtDHqY1lz334K06gcLtok6eqMnFEMgH3MM8/s320/DSCF1163.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377463339368423666" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Towards Chinatown:</div><div><br /></div><div>This building is in the Guinness Book of world records due to be the narrowest building in the world. It only is 1.8 meters deep (about 6 feet). They even have a sticker or sign from Guinness stating this:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMet6pFdAG7W9aekVhpF9dnaz1FBIgF9d-jPT6-gmodj8Qrag1kOw3fDzgJurQJukklLObuzCpBllsSoaTC5qD5VlNxrfQZzRwBkVfsoHv3rn4Lg2KFoFV6-tMfedXRafIn9gpJhwN6M/s1600-h/DSCF1165.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMet6pFdAG7W9aekVhpF9dnaz1FBIgF9d-jPT6-gmodj8Qrag1kOw3fDzgJurQJukklLObuzCpBllsSoaTC5qD5VlNxrfQZzRwBkVfsoHv3rn4Lg2KFoFV6-tMfedXRafIn9gpJhwN6M/s320/DSCF1165.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377463350491877314" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1YlPuuF06HwwsNaqLXYmvlM895edBydVBhpRPdJ444mldhoXegyLANnmdXfm7R4WY7sWTEOtwMurmz4Eh0N7Ri6131MZsSNavz8pKUMdZsiqX4kQBum9qsnikNPxdgRp0sGVu40W5OU/s1600-h/DSCF1166.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1YlPuuF06HwwsNaqLXYmvlM895edBydVBhpRPdJ444mldhoXegyLANnmdXfm7R4WY7sWTEOtwMurmz4Eh0N7Ri6131MZsSNavz8pKUMdZsiqX4kQBum9qsnikNPxdgRp0sGVu40W5OU/s320/DSCF1166.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377466990864274114" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here you see how deep it is, not very deep LOL.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZA0Uvzz1HvvvGjqlqgcRhFqQFPvtrp6uXxjrzUFx37d1Em6DnhVOATJgMXPZsBeXARlArY3C2jHWeKa6V3YbJQgTOCx-GUGaKTdiREBwsFJmCocdUEmZ1anGdA4pfXs9e68gvbsyyHQ0/s1600-h/DSCF1167.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZA0Uvzz1HvvvGjqlqgcRhFqQFPvtrp6uXxjrzUFx37d1Em6DnhVOATJgMXPZsBeXARlArY3C2jHWeKa6V3YbJQgTOCx-GUGaKTdiREBwsFJmCocdUEmZ1anGdA4pfXs9e68gvbsyyHQ0/s320/DSCF1167.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377467000372587666" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Gastown, which name comes from <a href="http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/story.html">"Gassy Jack"</a> which was a nickname for a Yorkshire born gentleman named John Deighton who talked the workers there into helping him build a bar there so they could drink all the whiskey they could. The bar was up in 24 hrs and called the Globe Saloon. It is no longer there as it burned down in the big fire. But a statue of Gassy Jack is there:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMqoCyh4ctzfa6k4EAKdwJUJEbvUWas6LTphlfwf47za3Xu0iELkGU_ZzAiCA3PS1ZFl4AEyjxNVoWTZQpxClf7UbYXpEtaUZRV8FKeGQJZqgH0G7_hHDr4nodUK6sVk18PtmNKvEVys/s1600-h/DSCF1168.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMqoCyh4ctzfa6k4EAKdwJUJEbvUWas6LTphlfwf47za3Xu0iELkGU_ZzAiCA3PS1ZFl4AEyjxNVoWTZQpxClf7UbYXpEtaUZRV8FKeGQJZqgH0G7_hHDr4nodUK6sVk18PtmNKvEVys/s320/DSCF1168.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377467007991939346" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMqoCyh4ctzfa6k4EAKdwJUJEbvUWas6LTphlfwf47za3Xu0iELkGU_ZzAiCA3PS1ZFl4AEyjxNVoWTZQpxClf7UbYXpEtaUZRV8FKeGQJZqgH0G7_hHDr4nodUK6sVk18PtmNKvEVys/s1600-h/DSCF1168.JPG"></a>This is also the oldest intersection in Vancouver. The nickname "Gassy Jack" isn't cos the guy loved to "break wind" but cos he was a motormouth, aka a chatterbox lol.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHRQOyDPhM6S7W_v7zBtsfo0ybjlNk33dnvgVQlaASycgAVfHolaRUQdB-X5Li8ZTcFKNLB0wBjJ6Z-Tzgu0BmVry_T9y2KsE_OopcN5MPwMlZPZafDt0_6z0xLfPSsOIYZygCRV9Fqk/s1600-h/DSCF1169.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHRQOyDPhM6S7W_v7zBtsfo0ybjlNk33dnvgVQlaASycgAVfHolaRUQdB-X5Li8ZTcFKNLB0wBjJ6Z-Tzgu0BmVry_T9y2KsE_OopcN5MPwMlZPZafDt0_6z0xLfPSsOIYZygCRV9Fqk/s320/DSCF1169.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377467015982098722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHRQOyDPhM6S7W_v7zBtsfo0ybjlNk33dnvgVQlaASycgAVfHolaRUQdB-X5Li8ZTcFKNLB0wBjJ6Z-Tzgu0BmVry_T9y2KsE_OopcN5MPwMlZPZafDt0_6z0xLfPSsOIYZygCRV9Fqk/s1600-h/DSCF1169.JPG"></a>The Gastown steam clock which I heard go off without seeing it at first and wondered what the hell the noise was, when I saw it and read the sign on it I got why I heard that funny sound lol. How it works can be found <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_clock">here</a> </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHRQOyDPhM6S7W_v7zBtsfo0ybjlNk33dnvgVQlaASycgAVfHolaRUQdB-X5Li8ZTcFKNLB0wBjJ6Z-Tzgu0BmVry_T9y2KsE_OopcN5MPwMlZPZafDt0_6z0xLfPSsOIYZygCRV9Fqk/s1600-h/DSCF1169.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHRQOyDPhM6S7W_v7zBtsfo0ybjlNk33dnvgVQlaASycgAVfHolaRUQdB-X5Li8ZTcFKNLB0wBjJ6Z-Tzgu0BmVry_T9y2KsE_OopcN5MPwMlZPZafDt0_6z0xLfPSsOIYZygCRV9Fqk/s320/DSCF1169.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377467015982098722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><br /></div><div>This isn't of any historical value but it was a sign outside a bar in Gastown I had to take a pic of, as the comment or saying on it cracked me up lol, one side:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsoxhIoKOUafdhQkIsV0TPqUDTgLvmY6UcHhwwCddbCibqy87sm0WLP-6-XokpsigRmJsEk9vkFMo95XUqzVz_UUbk2A0IPGq6Ej78NBa8cfFCSIWTSO5HOpY0bfOz1rit9hnoL-mpKk/s1600-h/DSCF1170.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsoxhIoKOUafdhQkIsV0TPqUDTgLvmY6UcHhwwCddbCibqy87sm0WLP-6-XokpsigRmJsEk9vkFMo95XUqzVz_UUbk2A0IPGq6Ej78NBa8cfFCSIWTSO5HOpY0bfOz1rit9hnoL-mpKk/s320/DSCF1170.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377467023170661026" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>and the other side:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOuj9b8gFGp0ezAaD8PhqNh8iQ_OOoAMMmmVlojUuuP7Yj4x8-8C3t-M74DeeYKXj1aN3_hzlAKbH8CfdsL4MhHMMO74_1ojb2vx814UPXNIFH_KMPjqC4whVAmtb7l7Cssm80OhZTGY/s1600-h/DSCF1171.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOuj9b8gFGp0ezAaD8PhqNh8iQ_OOoAMMmmVlojUuuP7Yj4x8-8C3t-M74DeeYKXj1aN3_hzlAKbH8CfdsL4MhHMMO74_1ojb2vx814UPXNIFH_KMPjqC4whVAmtb7l7Cssm80OhZTGY/s320/DSCF1171.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377470750634764450" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Gotta love this kind of humor lol!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Gastown is reportedly the fave "hangout" place for the Twilight cast members as "everyone" seems to know they used to hang out in Yaletown. However it is NOT recommended to go to Gastown alone after dark as it is a "dangerous area". Highly recommended to cab it to the place you want to go to and when it is time to leave wait for the cab to pick you up INSIDE the bar/club you are at. It is however perfectly fine in the daytime. Worth a visit in the daytime IMO. Yaletown on the other hand is safe at any time of the day or night.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Then it is time for the sights from the "red loop" of the trolley tour:</div><div><br /></div><div>First off the start of it at Canada Place, as you see there is a huge IMAX theatre here too:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipNNUcm2523c-bpRIaV1CHWcr3oaqfQifwkfWSUTwgN6ku4rC-RahV9e_BSiEaa_1D7AZkJv5JT0JqavvzeaCVSaOe1_8QGdV-YPFFWla7PKZSHZMSiJtPvPH3F2prXVeMIM7x8zwN6A/s1600-h/DSCF1172.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipNNUcm2523c-bpRIaV1CHWcr3oaqfQifwkfWSUTwgN6ku4rC-RahV9e_BSiEaa_1D7AZkJv5JT0JqavvzeaCVSaOe1_8QGdV-YPFFWla7PKZSHZMSiJtPvPH3F2prXVeMIM7x8zwN6A/s320/DSCF1172.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377470763801375282" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This building will be used as a media center for the media during the Winter Olympics 2010. It has a "live roof" as in grass and plants on the roof. You can actually see it from Stanley Park too (which I'll show later) and to me it reminded me of the Opera House in Oslo, Norway for some reason, must have been the contours of the building.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA87p4pRQYFRm7wnFPLXsBP9rPhBFlkLm9glZp5sJtAp883kLofMk1t3wwfi2lSYxIII4NXFRan5FwtYJfNDPttUWYhWQAME3w7t-YV7h3FeCfU40jOw0p72AOg_nKLFZzCLnEZ2NM9ZI/s1600-h/DSCF1173.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA87p4pRQYFRm7wnFPLXsBP9rPhBFlkLm9glZp5sJtAp883kLofMk1t3wwfi2lSYxIII4NXFRan5FwtYJfNDPttUWYhWQAME3w7t-YV7h3FeCfU40jOw0p72AOg_nKLFZzCLnEZ2NM9ZI/s320/DSCF1173.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377470772277631586" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2TNxFwPxMZcn1TUJwaT7DO0Qt-dGoKAGsu_UNvBKVqUAP4trJdZgPiMUyv1frG70L9MdQp1PiN6OcEkQ2RW9zTU42EWeWytrgwmiTBgztPvRB5ohusBIxnkALPJ1Tme6IJDCqxnId-M/s1600-h/DSCF1176.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2TNxFwPxMZcn1TUJwaT7DO0Qt-dGoKAGsu_UNvBKVqUAP4trJdZgPiMUyv1frG70L9MdQp1PiN6OcEkQ2RW9zTU42EWeWytrgwmiTBgztPvRB5ohusBIxnkALPJ1Tme6IJDCqxnId-M/s320/DSCF1176.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377473515153500242" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is a huge gallery Downtown Vancouver, unfortunately I forgot the name of it:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnkJRzubRGrMO3fZl-mJhAh5ZcQJ-cG5yYbaKl4kRs8SDM8u94UloJbrR94ArNAtL4m0amiWvbGKhCBdR_Dla7wBvP1Mx6PrfSTTSP1S-QRBKQ3wA6CMc5ZJZ8dkPDMsOLrREInuHxnQ/s1600-h/DSCF1174.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnkJRzubRGrMO3fZl-mJhAh5ZcQJ-cG5yYbaKl4kRs8SDM8u94UloJbrR94ArNAtL4m0amiWvbGKhCBdR_Dla7wBvP1Mx6PrfSTTSP1S-QRBKQ3wA6CMc5ZJZ8dkPDMsOLrREInuHxnQ/s320/DSCF1174.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377470783504340258" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Stanley Park, Vancouver:</div><div><br /></div><div>This park is actually BIGGER in acres than Central Park in NYC! They have imported the black squirrels from Central Park into Stanley Park due to some connection in the past I cannot remember, but if you are interested in finding out about the park and it's history this is a good site for info, <a href="http://vancouver.ca/PARKS/parks/stanley/">Stanley Park</a></div><div><br /></div><div>There was several stops on this, I only got a few pics, one stop was Totem Poles but didn't get pics of them this day, I did however go back there on Thursday Sept. 3rd. (more on that later), and got pics. So for now here are some random pics from the Rose garden part of the park:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS41N8O5xsNM7sT4Ah7Aq0PlcvLgUxEuOsuFOVy9fKfVfr3AKZMte8V7QpjYATwrsGHyNaZMYSP7OHbz-V8hgtnuWOAZUiwZQHvuwpSdQojKqDw10n4jv5mbJcX4pdZhJYuoSOVa_OveA/s1600-h/DSCF1177.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS41N8O5xsNM7sT4Ah7Aq0PlcvLgUxEuOsuFOVy9fKfVfr3AKZMte8V7QpjYATwrsGHyNaZMYSP7OHbz-V8hgtnuWOAZUiwZQHvuwpSdQojKqDw10n4jv5mbJcX4pdZhJYuoSOVa_OveA/s320/DSCF1177.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377473523596184162" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1S0FxTPubKH80uqkr-HL5bk5HADUUFxd_H7mFPlg87OuifGjOkzsFc469cxkTq7xNyDAXMR1zInNCdyyV8IpkLf6fNVE622HMsKLy5jFW8OqzQstz4LjhxP2ClRVZsuCFVSG4x7rNWjA/s1600-h/DSCF1179.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1S0FxTPubKH80uqkr-HL5bk5HADUUFxd_H7mFPlg87OuifGjOkzsFc469cxkTq7xNyDAXMR1zInNCdyyV8IpkLf6fNVE622HMsKLy5jFW8OqzQstz4LjhxP2ClRVZsuCFVSG4x7rNWjA/s320/DSCF1179.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377473533134377826" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfIcuHhLlUd_KIcyHcwHE7UTl0DrxcJRA3gp1jsM0mubEJBnjupLKwlXKUoblFd_My1rofRPEw-9rdrG1pmMKVXfQhkc5mJYrDnpMFaES1bnHv8FmXr7WmYSSCg53aPdagFie8QRXojas/s1600-h/DSCF1178.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfIcuHhLlUd_KIcyHcwHE7UTl0DrxcJRA3gp1jsM0mubEJBnjupLKwlXKUoblFd_My1rofRPEw-9rdrG1pmMKVXfQhkc5mJYrDnpMFaES1bnHv8FmXr7WmYSSCg53aPdagFie8QRXojas/s320/DSCF1178.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377473539714930786" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43Rk7dmJSf0syKFBirT81FWeJ5UaoECdbPBQBdoVc50jL-hvqiK1yN5lCbxDecgnwuWsFXVI-HoWqs1yQLHHctZ6LGOIWhtJCeieKpBq4WzRuIyWAB3cUFcrdmSBiIJTfLl3eudXSeaE/s1600-h/DSCF1184.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43Rk7dmJSf0syKFBirT81FWeJ5UaoECdbPBQBdoVc50jL-hvqiK1yN5lCbxDecgnwuWsFXVI-HoWqs1yQLHHctZ6LGOIWhtJCeieKpBq4WzRuIyWAB3cUFcrdmSBiIJTfLl3eudXSeaE/s320/DSCF1184.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377477091458280594" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEice-mvpDbKLnclnVHSumdv46jPTkXsJsWgzRrh2kxLuDXn_lJ-BlMmn99BiHSqe5Jhf9-adEcXAyA1pL7bfpurQMOwxgl6y1WLnG8wWg30an-W74AKkhRKet3Q071i0jTR7TWyp8gFcqA/s1600-h/DSCF1183.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEice-mvpDbKLnclnVHSumdv46jPTkXsJsWgzRrh2kxLuDXn_lJ-BlMmn99BiHSqe5Jhf9-adEcXAyA1pL7bfpurQMOwxgl6y1WLnG8wWg30an-W74AKkhRKet3Q071i0jTR7TWyp8gFcqA/s320/DSCF1183.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377477083045944482" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1V-W7gdZjzk11VicxMgmRZim9EUFtjqsZMP2OzdOBVRbtc-BMzvQTnfNhHzVGSbfQ78aJww-7UFeXDiY2rsuLKf5kAlgwOKeJfEq_jemUt6M_lhdD1QWXjy6ktXGDph-zj0jQ5H7zqII/s1600-h/DSCF1181.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1V-W7gdZjzk11VicxMgmRZim9EUFtjqsZMP2OzdOBVRbtc-BMzvQTnfNhHzVGSbfQ78aJww-7UFeXDiY2rsuLKf5kAlgwOKeJfEq_jemUt6M_lhdD1QWXjy6ktXGDph-zj0jQ5H7zqII/s320/DSCF1181.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377477063205213250" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This shot is nearby an amphitheater there, not sure what the story is behind the statues in the pic cos I forgot lol.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCl87bSgbDkcGo0GmzyTxX1OHBPUPh0sX6A4n5aI7gMvLHFJObLdP5tTKQk4pVMGJ1VK0cjGVC7h-BDdHD3DoG7rjzJ9pqgA8oKsB3YTaUbF_T3OvERi-3rrhPFIfiWlFLfgKCxxU1KEM/s1600-h/DSCF1182.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCl87bSgbDkcGo0GmzyTxX1OHBPUPh0sX6A4n5aI7gMvLHFJObLdP5tTKQk4pVMGJ1VK0cjGVC7h-BDdHD3DoG7rjzJ9pqgA8oKsB3YTaUbF_T3OvERi-3rrhPFIfiWlFLfgKCxxU1KEM/s320/DSCF1182.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377477074495411266" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I couldn't resist and took this pic of JBJ's "Fave birds" (not really lol) some Canadian geese lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_B2LuD0HXUT6IUvRy2UtFh0wyGPIGHYRpRuDAGPJWYEy8yx8_1416sq7benP3o1RZ1dTR73n6EfpJ9bSjcEhG_GNVB2XyfM7pPeQJ9RGZJ0221vABfTrjy9qEKMXZcHPcpP3X4Q_5am4/s1600-h/DSCF1180.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_B2LuD0HXUT6IUvRy2UtFh0wyGPIGHYRpRuDAGPJWYEy8yx8_1416sq7benP3o1RZ1dTR73n6EfpJ9bSjcEhG_GNVB2XyfM7pPeQJ9RGZJ0221vABfTrjy9qEKMXZcHPcpP3X4Q_5am4/s320/DSCF1180.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377477050968837346" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Some more random pics from Stanley Park:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0UW1fFVrOkkOwj-lzRXgCYlvcdqy5ca5Tdf9mcjcIM-zeKQrprb0F5LoHwHX17TKj3RdMoIUT-PKGPfW05VhJslKZnBN_pZwMVttHALJn1SdUdkqkjmP4JDlfV9zZ9SlnH3-5eoqQPU/s1600-h/DSCF1185.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0UW1fFVrOkkOwj-lzRXgCYlvcdqy5ca5Tdf9mcjcIM-zeKQrprb0F5LoHwHX17TKj3RdMoIUT-PKGPfW05VhJslKZnBN_pZwMVttHALJn1SdUdkqkjmP4JDlfV9zZ9SlnH3-5eoqQPU/s320/DSCF1185.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377479662795608226" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgTifyVU1bK3UdBxs_J9qze7eWnLwGkWfHQkNuPmtBklKPk95DvxnwuJpzutdS24kfl8ytKXgV53HmrRxXE6_PlnVtj2c4cCjBJ2TQfU5r8_kOYGs7mqRJnHEAzb0TbRhrWRlQ4KraeM/s1600-h/DSCF1187.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgTifyVU1bK3UdBxs_J9qze7eWnLwGkWfHQkNuPmtBklKPk95DvxnwuJpzutdS24kfl8ytKXgV53HmrRxXE6_PlnVtj2c4cCjBJ2TQfU5r8_kOYGs7mqRJnHEAzb0TbRhrWRlQ4KraeM/s320/DSCF1187.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377479675676479570" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>What can I say, I love horses!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3L0avoGrC314q7XG0LGrOdh5UETqiXQQ6uQV2Kl3HA7i98QHr6XlFEFPEFwLuJ3U3c-SRFlqrj21Db7O2YsGHtopFndGbhotkLSY35i4x9c1C5WIHzH1e7aUZkvhxHqw1hzHJJ66eeVw/s1600-h/DSCF1192.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3L0avoGrC314q7XG0LGrOdh5UETqiXQQ6uQV2Kl3HA7i98QHr6XlFEFPEFwLuJ3U3c-SRFlqrj21Db7O2YsGHtopFndGbhotkLSY35i4x9c1C5WIHzH1e7aUZkvhxHqw1hzHJJ66eeVw/s320/DSCF1192.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377481045173351458" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I believe this is Sequoia Grill at Stanley Park<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzdTOWBKdwfJwPrXF8ihPVAD-ZdH3ZjEkbsPQ0EUpQFal7AD_l4sloOYZ2q3kVk9xpE-IlgFwr8nxJ7qWulv6uOzvM63UczWaiY7ph9iH5O7tAvoH_CVA-ZPtm28tAnJCKXxTWp5rHeU/s1600-h/DSCF1197.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzdTOWBKdwfJwPrXF8ihPVAD-ZdH3ZjEkbsPQ0EUpQFal7AD_l4sloOYZ2q3kVk9xpE-IlgFwr8nxJ7qWulv6uOzvM63UczWaiY7ph9iH5O7tAvoH_CVA-ZPtm28tAnJCKXxTWp5rHeU/s320/DSCF1197.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377481824186927570" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Prospect Point at Stanley Park</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzDK7rb7hN_ig6GGHioTZGSvTpBN_2oTytwKMhJKJzJS61d-W7yHueTB6t_q5AvDgnXADckfrVJDHvPaobbOgnket_eQz5jq854K_55rI2-EnZhs0TVYYlE6eguJ1Bm8R4RgLttt-38A/s1600-h/DSCF1193.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzDK7rb7hN_ig6GGHioTZGSvTpBN_2oTytwKMhJKJzJS61d-W7yHueTB6t_q5AvDgnXADckfrVJDHvPaobbOgnket_eQz5jq854K_55rI2-EnZhs0TVYYlE6eguJ1Bm8R4RgLttt-38A/s320/DSCF1193.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377481057127000498" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Some Vancouver skyline view from Stanley Park</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlgMK0cRPdkwdy8GIIQzvblO4G8QnklzhdgrxUdSs03ZTZX1gt4Sm2esJ9c2y-We6GOC2Q0RK1tp8hc7GBP4oSH-ReGZg7BP11hitJoyZdNpuIM7u9lbaq4t54_WVKZg07XHt42-GZMU/s1600-h/DSCF1191.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlgMK0cRPdkwdy8GIIQzvblO4G8QnklzhdgrxUdSs03ZTZX1gt4Sm2esJ9c2y-We6GOC2Q0RK1tp8hc7GBP4oSH-ReGZg7BP11hitJoyZdNpuIM7u9lbaq4t54_WVKZg07XHt42-GZMU/s320/DSCF1191.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377481034460373378" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Same buidling with that will be used as a media center for the Winter Olympics and here you can see how it looks like from the waterfront, this view is from Stanely Park.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kcYDI7KxrCKafB0h9qi9xi_oAgE2ZoopmoBg0UfI6XXGuXf5SwvSkQ3FPPpq4e9Sb2rix1c-4W7HyM-yNkRoA2pMl0jEHDSdJWL84vNMdhp0dFQWLe0BF8CcMAr-a2GduQUgy9wOpQU/s1600-h/DSCF1189.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kcYDI7KxrCKafB0h9qi9xi_oAgE2ZoopmoBg0UfI6XXGuXf5SwvSkQ3FPPpq4e9Sb2rix1c-4W7HyM-yNkRoA2pMl0jEHDSdJWL84vNMdhp0dFQWLe0BF8CcMAr-a2GduQUgy9wOpQU/s320/DSCF1189.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377479683841807202" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4ZlWf4DIQ6DzX671eKGyeMY47UP9BoHcOAufrnotiTleVEZbo8ll5zzh9KmX5m8B8gKHZrE6PGxsjyVywyCEfzB4dmPpfRzjiDqHc0z9Mgza5_8q8NwbDzjTiTFH91eDqrbbM25oY1E/s1600-h/DSCF1190.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4ZlWf4DIQ6DzX671eKGyeMY47UP9BoHcOAufrnotiTleVEZbo8ll5zzh9KmX5m8B8gKHZrE6PGxsjyVywyCEfzB4dmPpfRzjiDqHc0z9Mgza5_8q8NwbDzjTiTFH91eDqrbbM25oY1E/s320/DSCF1190.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377479694170586850" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Lions Gate Bridge, view from Stanley Park</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BWxZuqW0q4mIpQFxRPYQBTM7GtyTfQuo48d3IZtyinS3nhyphenhyphenyKjompnZoCBCBLpSfJLs_iYVwlzxhwWBRfLS-MtDqpruzEvcmJ2DzS7tQS6MtIAdLukvkcKQYWMnv-9neiIFwx51sDu0/s1600-h/DSCF1194.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BWxZuqW0q4mIpQFxRPYQBTM7GtyTfQuo48d3IZtyinS3nhyphenhyphenyKjompnZoCBCBLpSfJLs_iYVwlzxhwWBRfLS-MtDqpruzEvcmJ2DzS7tQS6MtIAdLukvkcKQYWMnv-9neiIFwx51sDu0/s320/DSCF1194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377481063983825490" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>"Bird's eye view" of Lions Gate Bridge.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLscxwKYTsq0EMWN534d2Ix8qKzEJVsWiMFvw_Ck6f_2NE7MwryGcqXCrIfPytW1lvlDRYrbSUGfovrDwDDpJQSkrYn4uah6qZwtV4ri-nTITIwOmIDgbOnElAOljVVBv9ojFP_q-Uao/s1600-h/DSCF1196.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLscxwKYTsq0EMWN534d2Ix8qKzEJVsWiMFvw_Ck6f_2NE7MwryGcqXCrIfPytW1lvlDRYrbSUGfovrDwDDpJQSkrYn4uah6qZwtV4ri-nTITIwOmIDgbOnElAOljVVBv9ojFP_q-Uao/s320/DSCF1196.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377481817914432610" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-q2-EXdzvxoXzqa9-3UnpzKw0ZqvCT9wW7OdrtEjJ2t3Iah9Xi1_PQrRAVt6zc6Aij2va0nLcNLGgTtefs1jebqlIMQyTwmoLJj319mnftcdrxi66zVJg1Lr2fGjQ5glRPIKfPOTeMU0/s1600-h/DSCF1195.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-q2-EXdzvxoXzqa9-3UnpzKw0ZqvCT9wW7OdrtEjJ2t3Iah9Xi1_PQrRAVt6zc6Aij2va0nLcNLGgTtefs1jebqlIMQyTwmoLJj319mnftcdrxi66zVJg1Lr2fGjQ5glRPIKfPOTeMU0/s320/DSCF1195.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377481809460697410" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Then final pics from the "red loop" this day, English Bay, and the other day here Robert Pattinson had been spotted somewhere here. It leaked out on the radio that he was there and I suspect he was LONG GONE by then lol.</div><div><br /></div><div>Saw this on the way there:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_Al9iSuVBZzvEsbzjKySFCtDQKpi3DhW-Xdn_UHtz0xLYXNmPAe-5WJEBUR3VTIcbnGmuHMY94G-te4k6d86T4IpElkY4xfTcLlZ7OhkUpnjTfg-HUqzyolBNK28tAs4WP8jP40OCxI/s1600-h/DSCF1201.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_Al9iSuVBZzvEsbzjKySFCtDQKpi3DhW-Xdn_UHtz0xLYXNmPAe-5WJEBUR3VTIcbnGmuHMY94G-te4k6d86T4IpElkY4xfTcLlZ7OhkUpnjTfg-HUqzyolBNK28tAs4WP8jP40OCxI/s320/DSCF1201.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377482470681929954" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ylA7fMO3cbpAJ3NqUViIMUP_fz92HHb3mvTtoLfiP1FdQrzmIoDxBKES70Nh-Jg1mvLCd3UuJ39lWNCz8uRZZ455KqZ8oXCKhaPitYV4WbETA3N8J1aaEiqtpbB2ylEySEnajA3nMko/s1600-h/DSCF1202.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ylA7fMO3cbpAJ3NqUViIMUP_fz92HHb3mvTtoLfiP1FdQrzmIoDxBKES70Nh-Jg1mvLCd3UuJ39lWNCz8uRZZ455KqZ8oXCKhaPitYV4WbETA3N8J1aaEiqtpbB2ylEySEnajA3nMko/s320/DSCF1202.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377482478842179234" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11y6QyFMB9o2nXfq7Dfu1HSjiTI1jt_GQqsMwwXMmY0r8AzDa91f49JX3X5g2StJa5a_MTpp_Iv2BemHSxoSHoevHe1CZ-8PlpbzXZnFdxeoGGnV9p5PRzwPfsFoJBMogJon91R-C9Is/s1600-h/DSCF1200.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11y6QyFMB9o2nXfq7Dfu1HSjiTI1jt_GQqsMwwXMmY0r8AzDa91f49JX3X5g2StJa5a_MTpp_Iv2BemHSxoSHoevHe1CZ-8PlpbzXZnFdxeoGGnV9p5PRzwPfsFoJBMogJon91R-C9Is/s320/DSCF1200.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377482458518168418" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Finally English bay</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh504osYEhA4ug6y1W2EgVH3OWQApyQpR5WNpeZOWhAoh0utt-xmLSom-c5YsMimwrGOxA1iNur3HIVdTQbJo7vfN7nmTrd3KsfpUr_y9zvWOT8GvuQpibw18AIB4DK0ISb3I42105_i8k/s1600-h/DSCF1198.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh504osYEhA4ug6y1W2EgVH3OWQApyQpR5WNpeZOWhAoh0utt-xmLSom-c5YsMimwrGOxA1iNur3HIVdTQbJo7vfN7nmTrd3KsfpUr_y9zvWOT8GvuQpibw18AIB4DK0ISb3I42105_i8k/s320/DSCF1198.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377481833965807394" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWl1KuvYnI1Krexd6Xn_7XomrVtOqfVeMPhfRYCJ0exk0IOpb_963c9vT7IL8Fe120VymlHkM9PCsFIY-8U1-8Jk7X2wLgTYlyO8f_f3N8CCAUHjH4LxESb1vAOPMDjnBB_1KoGmCugE/s1600-h/DSCF1199.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWl1KuvYnI1Krexd6Xn_7XomrVtOqfVeMPhfRYCJ0exk0IOpb_963c9vT7IL8Fe120VymlHkM9PCsFIY-8U1-8Jk7X2wLgTYlyO8f_f3N8CCAUHjH4LxESb1vAOPMDjnBB_1KoGmCugE/s320/DSCF1199.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377481842253563682" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I enjoyed the tour though. Then I had a quiet night at my hotelroom and went to bed.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Thursday, Sept. 3rd. 2009</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>This is today as I am typing this. Today is the day when I finally was gonna meet my longtime Bon Jovi buddy and one of the MAIN reasons why I actually came to Vancouver. He came to my hotel around 11:30 and was sweet to drive me around to whatever sights I wanted to see. So we went back to Stanley Park cos I wanted to take a closer look at the Totem Poles there. Got some cool pics of them. And low and behold they were friggin filming there too! What was filming? NO clue as we didn't bother to ask, we were too busy chatting Native American arts and Bon Jovi and he told me about his job etc! It was GREAT to see him again and he gave me the bestest hug as I remembered it from before LOL.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Totem Poles in Stanley Park:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5FA239JOPtFxnvv6e603tjC7t9Nfp379crfrr5u30jyJnof8GwpXnP6Nk0K7adrABwc0HUsbfkbsgkCp9l2J_b2AQs0IQxd_waspJ5L940BgL7im_jx6M8__t7ujQsfvFa845C6C87c/s1600-h/DSCF1204.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5FA239JOPtFxnvv6e603tjC7t9Nfp379crfrr5u30jyJnof8GwpXnP6Nk0K7adrABwc0HUsbfkbsgkCp9l2J_b2AQs0IQxd_waspJ5L940BgL7im_jx6M8__t7ujQsfvFa845C6C87c/s320/DSCF1204.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377482493598621058" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7E7rBzhmhJa27hUBeDNiGJeIg5ZlGGcsi-7LANuNXPbhiLKFB70MqgeHUVnOLZyKC57tOB0CC6qMg6y-SPB9ezcdIaGsCDEIHB1WWJ9pg4GUQWedD9jpweZqJOEyvqeNtJsTEl-EGQS8/s1600-h/DSCF1203.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7E7rBzhmhJa27hUBeDNiGJeIg5ZlGGcsi-7LANuNXPbhiLKFB70MqgeHUVnOLZyKC57tOB0CC6qMg6y-SPB9ezcdIaGsCDEIHB1WWJ9pg4GUQWedD9jpweZqJOEyvqeNtJsTEl-EGQS8/s320/DSCF1203.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377482485136781938" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And another view of Vancouver from the Stanley Park side, took this while Jon was on the phone with some client :-).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Ha-b9bi1eCxVg5wCeNmadAkQvkgdtcYWJRa-thjF80v39vPqymfsCQLV8S8WR11BB46vJzsZMDbnVRDVlxHUnIj3QZZVNiVrGSmyDi7ZXwzSJn33kbViLCkpIRjN4qEstJuhEZND_T8/s1600-h/DSCF1205.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Ha-b9bi1eCxVg5wCeNmadAkQvkgdtcYWJRa-thjF80v39vPqymfsCQLV8S8WR11BB46vJzsZMDbnVRDVlxHUnIj3QZZVNiVrGSmyDi7ZXwzSJn33kbViLCkpIRjN4qEstJuhEZND_T8/s320/DSCF1205.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377483423557644370" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>He took me to 2 main Bon Jovi sites here in Vancouver. Where they were recording Slippery When Wet, New Jersey and Keep The Faith. The studio is Little Mountain Studios but now it was just a building even though the name was still there. Not sure what it is is for now. I was surprised how LITTLE it was, it is like some "nobody place" but PERFECT for a hugely popular band to hide out when recording! I loved it!</div><div><br /></div><div>Little Mountain Studios, and well..me LOL</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqT_C3FxFinINfOME90695QoFdWpXrIFksGcwfl1URtLwR-5xC6cNkXnpqlNE9d245zkk91tDydwr6t4fXTl-wP7MHtLMtoR3lbgJjoijxmu0kxZME6fr3FlZqZmZVnkW-H_BCYJb_NA/s1600-h/DSCF1206.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqT_C3FxFinINfOME90695QoFdWpXrIFksGcwfl1URtLwR-5xC6cNkXnpqlNE9d245zkk91tDydwr6t4fXTl-wP7MHtLMtoR3lbgJjoijxmu0kxZME6fr3FlZqZmZVnkW-H_BCYJb_NA/s320/DSCF1206.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377483429663112210" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Then it was off to see the "birthplace" for the name "Slippery When Wet" which as any longtime Jovi fan and probably those new ones who did their research of the band's history know by now, The No 5 Orange Showroom Pub which is a strip bar where the boys hung out. They saw some stripper taking a shower onstage, all soaped up and the boys being young, lil drunk and horny were all like "wow I bet that's wet..." and one thing lead to another and they came up with the title "Slippery When Wet". So to the more new fans out there, NO it is not from the street signs that reads "Slippery When Wet" lol. My buddy told me that the area there is shady but since I wasn't alone and daytime I didn't feel unsafe really. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Me outside the No 5 Orange Showroom Pub</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtaXBT_LJNhgkmQeboosam6pcyDqLaP0FS4AzV51FNImFcgLQ9CMfSW_ieGH_2b-_FtMETOslyrdxbyfsw2D73KJmaopLUXlAtWILxSorZvMyYW-QHJo8PoN45kjNyhN7wUo9rRX-xWRQ/s1600-h/DSCF1207.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtaXBT_LJNhgkmQeboosam6pcyDqLaP0FS4AzV51FNImFcgLQ9CMfSW_ieGH_2b-_FtMETOslyrdxbyfsw2D73KJmaopLUXlAtWILxSorZvMyYW-QHJo8PoN45kjNyhN7wUo9rRX-xWRQ/s320/DSCF1207.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377483438906247666" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Then this pic is taken by @ThatDamJonGuy (Jon on twitter) on his blackberry, which he did tweet asap it was taken lol:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAuONCZ_vaK1XnTM5d0kGTzY20PEg6Esl_hdC1vWJWvZ26NXjaMYc3uZAX7HsxjOswGHE16_OzPOtC7H6WsDRhTUyZ3qu25KXGyjAosKzQgIYQJYYPGpHjHPYiUVEsmLCNE1ZnryhjVY/s1600-h/John+and+I+outside+the+No+5+Orange+Club.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAuONCZ_vaK1XnTM5d0kGTzY20PEg6Esl_hdC1vWJWvZ26NXjaMYc3uZAX7HsxjOswGHE16_OzPOtC7H6WsDRhTUyZ3qu25KXGyjAosKzQgIYQJYYPGpHjHPYiUVEsmLCNE1ZnryhjVY/s320/John+and+I+outside+the+No+5+Orange+Club.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377483779584530354" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>He also took me by Gastown as there were some sights there where the boys hung out but the place no longer exists. Same with another club they hung out at. But still it was cool going by the old Jovi haunts in Vancouver. Even passed by Marble Arch club that is being used in Motley Cruë's video "Girls Girls Girls" if I remember my friend's story correctly.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then tonight I went out to have dinner with Anna from Australia, who I met outside the cast hotel during my first week's stay. It is her last night here and she's off to Australia tomorrow. </div><div><br /></div><div>So that is all the excitement today really lol.</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-47961493541681847342009-08-31T22:52:00.000-07:002009-09-01T09:52:26.895-07:00My Vancouver vacation continued<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Wednesday, Aug. 26th. 2009</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I got up late as I was up late on Tuesday sorting out my mobile so I could get a Vanocuver pay as you go sim card. I got that at Rogers and was all set with a local Vancouver cellphone number. Before I left I took this pic of the Glowbal bar and grill restaurant I had eaten at the night before:</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5c6_YIXhHlBLVtnxvzMOReIlXKN-a621wS4ieO8Upc0CrgfYhTLRs9aZYTtWY1FpBinHVq8aZeeYO1WNP0fdm4grXlNNRyaztXuW1kA9x5XOxg9uF7JzfLgReGnIpQuW7ps0Zv4Y9wlQ/s320/DSCF1066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376374888129923842" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I had also gotten a message from a friend where The Twilight Saga – Eclipse was shooting (it turned out they were shooting on Thursday instead but more on that later). I also realized quickly that I would run out of clothes fairly quickly so I decided to go shopping. Onto Robson street I went, and BOY did I shop lol.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I got 4 different tops, 2 pairs of jeans and a pair of Ecco shoes, even got 2 free t-shirts.</span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span">Then I got a txt from my friend that they weren’t shooting Eclipse at the location I got on Wednesday but they would shoot on Thursday. I still went to the set to check it out and met a few cool ppl. Hung out there for a bit and got back to hotel and crashe</span><span class="Apple-style-span">d</span><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span></span><div><!--EndFragment--> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cambria,fantasy;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cambria,-webkit-fantasy;"> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Thursday, Aug. 27th 2009</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">On Thursday I got up early as the cast call would be fairly early as it was a day shoot at a school. So I og there between 8 or 9 am.<span style=""> </span>An hr or so later the cast started to arrive, believe it was Ashley Greene first then the rest came shortly after…I only got a few glimpses of ”someone” in these cars lol. I do belive I spotted Kristen in one of them. They had locked off the set big time. We got a few glimpse of the cast as they walked from their trailer towards makeup. I saw Ashley Greene, Rob, Justin Chon, Michael Welch but I didn’t get any of them on camera s it was too far away and they were too fast lol. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Some pics from the set there:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2AoBUct2apXh2KOqaf7I_BPBL79Fw9E6L0PLRP1t-LYKWGtRUbfm43Tb_51LNUVNqW4ApADSwFtaoIK_IZhlWZ4rpe1izbOQEMb1bmUXQgHK2Z0OhBEREuNEJLpNo2iFJgog-AOItwo/s1600-h/DSCF1070.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2AoBUct2apXh2KOqaf7I_BPBL79Fw9E6L0PLRP1t-LYKWGtRUbfm43Tb_51LNUVNqW4ApADSwFtaoIK_IZhlWZ4rpe1izbOQEMb1bmUXQgHK2Z0OhBEREuNEJLpNo2iFJgog-AOItwo/s320/DSCF1070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376376930550365106" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_aKlnHW0Kd9ClMA-AIG-SMtlQlZruY2kqDHGnzj88rQkJq_zyq3-3lPJvaztyPeyck96RZbLAaEPEUcwRbJQyWGRtinXeWknZ_Dc01crr5EE1WEJkPoM4kbTUoepr6Tl46RhcOmYLAM/s1600-h/DSCF1069.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_aKlnHW0Kd9ClMA-AIG-SMtlQlZruY2kqDHGnzj88rQkJq_zyq3-3lPJvaztyPeyck96RZbLAaEPEUcwRbJQyWGRtinXeWknZ_Dc01crr5EE1WEJkPoM4kbTUoepr6Tl46RhcOmYLAM/s320/DSCF1069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376376922945524754" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVndASgiuouMlGuwu9Dm3yWrrvKSZE712D4wkWflAbuXWQeEVT1n_1eSQlvgGlQ-kzHtiA7y2n8XdxOYxuMhDF-7szq_uNg_fPaH9kMx8jai5eKTKWpi9zCvLIZSfkG3N4pcIxdicrCGA/s1600-h/DSCF1068.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVndASgiuouMlGuwu9Dm3yWrrvKSZE712D4wkWflAbuXWQeEVT1n_1eSQlvgGlQ-kzHtiA7y2n8XdxOYxuMhDF-7szq_uNg_fPaH9kMx8jai5eKTKWpi9zCvLIZSfkG3N4pcIxdicrCGA/s320/DSCF1068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376376913852892402" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iToDGZPO5M-mnnKJdGsAGhrdN11aif5sMII2zN96cctrzlxI7THFcjSNzTYiPV13nLoPym1-IDxjddQ1gu9w2Vd10HPDiCACQIhUKSMWcZ-JCn-dFXAS2yJlqnSt-VOHAkeOZK-vj-Q/s1600-h/DSCF1067.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iToDGZPO5M-mnnKJdGsAGhrdN11aif5sMII2zN96cctrzlxI7THFcjSNzTYiPV13nLoPym1-IDxjddQ1gu9w2Vd10HPDiCACQIhUKSMWcZ-JCn-dFXAS2yJlqnSt-VOHAkeOZK-vj-Q/s320/DSCF1067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376376907403561378" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">So it was basically waiting around there while filming was going on.<span style=""> </span>Not much to see so we just hung around and amused ourselves as best we could hehe. Did overhear the extras getting their instructions of NO TALKING TO THE MEDIA OF ANY KIND, and the usual jazz ”we consider you as family now” blah blah. Apparantly they only had 500 extras over the course of 2 days (Thursday Aug. 27th and Friday Aug. 29th) and that is the only time for now at least they would need extras cos the other scenes they did not need any background ppl.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Some more pics, as you can tell it is mostly trailers lol!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_8D5IP-LPQ_VjCIMtiYRs3NI2u9RTKCZo3wpEy_aoZMncpyXWAYR-8Os2_j0vWfCsDAmYfJojihT7zp_Rsp6IQfh5HZtRnKJJRk5KakVjyyM-sJwjt5LGZj7v8Gz_X1-mLFW5Z6whqA/s1600-h/DSCF1071.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_8D5IP-LPQ_VjCIMtiYRs3NI2u9RTKCZo3wpEy_aoZMncpyXWAYR-8Os2_j0vWfCsDAmYfJojihT7zp_Rsp6IQfh5HZtRnKJJRk5KakVjyyM-sJwjt5LGZj7v8Gz_X1-mLFW5Z6whqA/s320/DSCF1071.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376379023174843394" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZf3viC5j9UIyu5YuWzqMk6dikap_hHJxgP2V_tEXbkHbEEkweLOm_0suewWVkaQ7Aicpik8FcWN45fbGcqvz_ciqEmDxrR-1OiD4RL0K0ETer-_dEA6IHga-hxRk6p1b_3kwAMnCMUhg/s1600-h/DSCF1072.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yJaj-D0vpYkeRYg6qTFAmy82wNj_o1E4ejh-NLD-BX3PL8MpzyCVzeS4YolkhIqj9rFnzqBEizJpsO1Oj1khN12soQ1fu5zPdqfpMTHHWE-eAknX6Ij073Eu0ldREXIsUyrKYRTiTys/s320/DSCF1074.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376379044689222434" border="0" /></a></p></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBpMg7o-LI9Sk957o6AiKXAqubj7AMvxjdMVxN0MV9xhwtEPuB_PIUQz2yTLJlBv__sPL8oktWi40ScQYnqBrM1pyfrli10kNaqfLfPT2PNpfOo9_xsoYc8bDVIZgxpqZefRvQxLWauU/s1600-h/DSCF1075.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBpMg7o-LI9Sk957o6AiKXAqubj7AMvxjdMVxN0MV9xhwtEPuB_PIUQz2yTLJlBv__sPL8oktWi40ScQYnqBrM1pyfrli10kNaqfLfPT2PNpfOo9_xsoYc8bDVIZgxpqZefRvQxLWauU/s320/DSCF1075.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376379055206176914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cambria,-webkit-fantasy;"> <p class="MsoNormal">They had that school set until 11 PM so I think around 8 PM they wrapped and the stars left, I did see Michael Welch as he had the window down, the others had their windows up and the car either Rob or Kristen was on (or both of them lol) there was a jacket up towards the window on both sides of the car covering them up completely, the other actors just waved thru the windows hehe.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Michael Welch in his car</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjI0EN83MglVMO4DkoyaqUiUh3KGuoYgp43KCjZe-TRYol0ls3gixQJNEtBS67b3SgiWabCKXVyF13PMtg3wYqapO1jin4t2jJCwn9Ef8VJ1DGq4fu9FdGwMF-jOZGVNCm0xisuNn978/s1600-h/DSCF1099.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjI0EN83MglVMO4DkoyaqUiUh3KGuoYgp43KCjZe-TRYol0ls3gixQJNEtBS67b3SgiWabCKXVyF13PMtg3wYqapO1jin4t2jJCwn9Ef8VJ1DGq4fu9FdGwMF-jOZGVNCm0xisuNn978/s320/DSCF1099.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376382981220415522" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I have no idea who is in this car but I do suspect either Rob or Kristen as there is a jacket covering the ppl in the backseat (or probably both in the same car lol)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMqTiYxPZtBZtM6pBGjXrGxDb4Epo7hUAyoA53qxg0HrCB9VXfaQGYjgYaY4tsl4QdwzPl3MaeqKukMIkLciHfg-ND_oax9IFtcuqX7mVNydDrE9XMrfN-PdUGboJQpC4ZKYGGARfKSg/s1600-h/DSCF1100.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMqTiYxPZtBZtM6pBGjXrGxDb4Epo7hUAyoA53qxg0HrCB9VXfaQGYjgYaY4tsl4QdwzPl3MaeqKukMIkLciHfg-ND_oax9IFtcuqX7mVNydDrE9XMrfN-PdUGboJQpC4ZKYGGARfKSg/s320/DSCF1100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376383415692991522" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">And another mystery cast car...</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwC-T4ajXvnNbX4jGCcEGVHVsHgzkJiRfOic4ymUJScSX9IWN0Vj5fN1jVbHleoss_WHotcToqKzL1_y7Nrfdt6QzQgfOW2VqEgF7CJz8-m64TtlPWsfKw_lRGKssxH2iRLVkDuE1h3mw/s1600-h/DSCF1098.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jDRL_im6PIxhQAtNqC5mCgFDka17YIMjNi_5gR4407jId_fQ89pR0g51sfHdPhyphenhyphenPSPDy5xeMB3zHXs-6fRk83xWhfljev4qBzWTZHKgi079-0MF4v2mw8ZzHQRXBlgji1_FfGIE1Xjc/s320/DSCF1077.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376380697471543682" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQEzz9M53AYYt-GbxRuTYV3jrqaK_a730j6LN3Be5paFJkV6Y2zhiLhc5EoHLYYYrbKpSVR5oLQv7xZUUDxj48ciS-wgpkeBrKcKTDJtB4esOmov-KZHUGio1q11M2MaBA_fjLC40WwU/s1600-h/DSCF1078.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQEzz9M53AYYt-GbxRuTYV3jrqaK_a730j6LN3Be5paFJkV6Y2zhiLhc5EoHLYYYrbKpSVR5oLQv7xZUUDxj48ciS-wgpkeBrKcKTDJtB4esOmov-KZHUGio1q11M2MaBA_fjLC40WwU/s320/DSCF1078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376380707671961602" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyHvHUa6qxfT6naIXG2tqOBP0IlQdvViiJtbXp7DxX21_f0f-X_9gsaO9uHB24z73hYbttiOERrIeb2af2LX6mcI7Pxg9zh60gJFoYREYftlllFywiGHuMPmoxbeIVPXqvgn6Nz0yNHQ/s1600-h/DSCF1079.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyHvHUa6qxfT6naIXG2tqOBP0IlQdvViiJtbXp7DxX21_f0f-X_9gsaO9uHB24z73hYbttiOERrIeb2af2LX6mcI7Pxg9zh60gJFoYREYftlllFywiGHuMPmoxbeIVPXqvgn6Nz0yNHQ/s320/DSCF1079.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376380721656475266" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">So got back to hotel late, but before I could crash I got another txt from my friend who told me where the NEXT morning’s shoot was, this time at a school outside Vancouver in the suburbs, where they were shooting the Graduation Scene. Not many ppl knew about this set from the start, but of course during the day the location leaked.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Some more random pics from the set that day:</p><p class="MsoNormal">Set dressing</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdVIoM8_GQ6Ldyfh69r8KCSzIWlENAofaPs24YgkRP8M1WQhPNZc4vH3RJl6YqzkEYrW-EYQjDq1fq8dbyMHIPMti6Mx7rtXuy8USbXT2njFMTOEc1munEC36BIKjN-jlRAJA8atVlMk/s1600-h/DSCF1096.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdVIoM8_GQ6Ldyfh69r8KCSzIWlENAofaPs24YgkRP8M1WQhPNZc4vH3RJl6YqzkEYrW-EYQjDq1fq8dbyMHIPMti6Mx7rtXuy8USbXT2njFMTOEc1munEC36BIKjN-jlRAJA8atVlMk/s320/DSCF1096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376382964378667570" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Area where the extras was:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58lpKz7DC-BscfL3PK3OeUSQX8fUqc-LHi9bXnaKrfaLpz1lEXPpg6WjDfKDA3aOXZ_iN9u5YDgOiDueiYf7Ge_PbB0_hCdrqJqsIEqFCUzuk8Z9Vc9KzbLgCqUDfFonDMtVOs51rLy0/s1600-h/DSCF1088.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58lpKz7DC-BscfL3PK3OeUSQX8fUqc-LHi9bXnaKrfaLpz1lEXPpg6WjDfKDA3aOXZ_iN9u5YDgOiDueiYf7Ge_PbB0_hCdrqJqsIEqFCUzuk8Z9Vc9KzbLgCqUDfFonDMtVOs51rLy0/s320/DSCF1088.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376382947338449922" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDfV_t0sa1jRKZIN7ih_rNqeCrbSNXtMEnGL3P-1u-gAxskBOXuTl_BDoTAI2V-Bw4PryfmPxbcD4-S9ppi8q80LMz7DmsBLyOEGMbEL5aIcu5BgVCVNGy9hJtd5wWbilJCI27tfUNAM/s1600-h/DSCF1092.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDfV_t0sa1jRKZIN7ih_rNqeCrbSNXtMEnGL3P-1u-gAxskBOXuTl_BDoTAI2V-Bw4PryfmPxbcD4-S9ppi8q80LMz7DmsBLyOEGMbEL5aIcu5BgVCVNGy9hJtd5wWbilJCI27tfUNAM/s320/DSCF1092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376382955676746674" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Friday, Aug. 28th 2009</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So I got there around10 and the actors had already arrived. Not much going on but it was kinda cool to stay there and a nice neighbor lent us some chairs lol. After some time I was told by my friend that there was a second set across the street in the park where the outdoor part of the graduation scene would take place.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Some pics from that first set of the day, and again just the trailer pics lol:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUI3YR4uh0xER1D2UJE0C8JBeBUQpuJethyphenhyphenPOHz5an6cGmksk6fh2P-p-zw5YFScLI7cbypf6bXwcSPsPfB5m_waL2Bbeyb0gH0UJxhCotabr4Euf1vAsQPSO8537rHhmYUCYNqebLJUE/s1600-h/DSCF1104.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUI3YR4uh0xER1D2UJE0C8JBeBUQpuJethyphenhyphenPOHz5an6cGmksk6fh2P-p-zw5YFScLI7cbypf6bXwcSPsPfB5m_waL2Bbeyb0gH0UJxhCotabr4Euf1vAsQPSO8537rHhmYUCYNqebLJUE/s320/DSCF1104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376384800548035458" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8URJgqv75c6rL_Nsj1Z_jPgibq_1ZRvPYPnDXCoNlD931yErh-lUsVFcaKDz9qiyCBtyevBjNfADObM62OxKlEs8BwkN9ksJaISOHVnEUUlBEog9Vj_eAO15bAF4yqvYmn-vGm-LZNxs/s1600-h/DSCF1102.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8URJgqv75c6rL_Nsj1Z_jPgibq_1ZRvPYPnDXCoNlD931yErh-lUsVFcaKDz9qiyCBtyevBjNfADObM62OxKlEs8BwkN9ksJaISOHVnEUUlBEog9Vj_eAO15bAF4yqvYmn-vGm-LZNxs/s320/DSCF1102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376384776700449490" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">The makeup trailer, which was later blocked off when they realized we could see it directly pfff:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1oje2zByhCnrs0GzsjiQbHV1asRkylPSpBn0E-pvsOhK0PkbY_qfHk1kAgbxISlLjm4JwX1XOKkSBr7JctrNcI17MDKVIMOSXNMebBDXRmc7DlzwpggDFwpV1IUD22v8gVyHfQ1RRJiY/s1600-h/DSCF1103.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1oje2zByhCnrs0GzsjiQbHV1asRkylPSpBn0E-pvsOhK0PkbY_qfHk1kAgbxISlLjm4JwX1XOKkSBr7JctrNcI17MDKVIMOSXNMebBDXRmc7DlzwpggDFwpV1IUD22v8gVyHfQ1RRJiY/s320/DSCF1103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376384787398650706" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The cast arrived and came out from here:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJZ8ws0CeMg1cjcOSz5Nx1lXZjAeOeJ_2LxlIPnpqAaspellJtgOAkoYUqmpg1Rd5z2f-gmc0UKpqsFW8p69TVU3UrAPF4a_zoyF3z1vclhVSK_rjpzpNeLserdDi1Xds6H9C_hyX_RI/s1600-h/DSCF1101.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJZ8ws0CeMg1cjcOSz5Nx1lXZjAeOeJ_2LxlIPnpqAaspellJtgOAkoYUqmpg1Rd5z2f-gmc0UKpqsFW8p69TVU3UrAPF4a_zoyF3z1vclhVSK_rjpzpNeLserdDi1Xds6H9C_hyX_RI/s320/DSCF1101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376384768193735938" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cambria,-webkit-fantasy;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">So towards late afternoon the cast left the set, first Elisabeth Reaser whos hand waving in the window was all I saw of her lol. Then my fave part of that day came, Peter Facinelli’s car came by, he in the front passenger seat, window rolled down saying hi and waved, I got that on camera! Such a cool relaxed guy! Next few cars to leave had to be Kristen first and then Rob cos neither of those cars went by where we stood..they drove directly up the street going away from us. First Kristen’s car then Robs with some security guys walking by it until it had passed the few ppl there. Security around Rob is SUPER tight and well considering what happened in NYC I don’t blame them. Some crazy girls decided to RUN after the car, freakin crazy!</p><p class="MsoNormal">Elisabeth Reaser leaving the set:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxq2nltOC2tWokci-QHYtQD41T7rKzuRCRx1iYhI1fhYbrjDdQb5Qe6sUp_0lR-QRQWZZ7UVa89yEmTxcbzBA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">My fave video of the day, apologies for the seasickness style video towards the end, Peter leaving the set:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz7CEjT0zRaZ_DpO1pLifm1bA0xLjjtxpZrJAPzpArcrdYNtolWwsz81FKmq-fNPTGujAM5i-gnMaC-9eSpbw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p class="MsoNormal">Rob and Kristen leaving the set in seperate cars:</p><p class="MsoNormal">Think this is Kristen leaving:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzbKuJy3J5SECq_TDktSqPAloVgvNTyU5uIZ6ZabXFlD1sPTUK5inbHYkbA8LTkNG-zJKQskHd_7QZ-mCb0hw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Rob leaving:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz7iC7xq3vHErU-hlyjdHP4qHd-5Ukk-JwityJdOu69zr-BnFkr4KrMgksAsqUBTSLZCLFtFgZ9uDHivx47' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Rob actually left the set altogether as the second sett hat day was only with the ”humans” no vampires on that set. The Summit security did struggle a bit with covering up the massive park but somehow they succeeded with the fans…but NOT with the paps and their long lenses lol. They got Kristen with her full costume much to the production team’s dismay but when the paps stood on private property with the owner’s permission (they paid for it) and with a clear view into the filming it was little the production team could do.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Early on in that second set some dude on the production team had the audacity to LASER us fans standing there to prevent us taking pics! Luckily none of us stared into that lazer beam cos well dammit I’d sue Summit for all I could sue if they had blinded me! I can understand them wanting to prevent ppl to take pics but freaking lazer beams? Gimme a friggin break Summit! There were NO PAPS were we were standing, they were elsewhere and the duchebag who shot those beams at us knew full well it was only fans. However that was the only idiocy I saw on the crew cos I found those I spoke to be nice but well firm and professional. As I expected them to be.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Videos of the extras leaving the set, got this before I was told off for "taking pics" lol:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwpNWOQIyBpbEhleyjjP2NmcOtfyL9nvRU2rLvnraVb6kPvd77aqaT7siN4l2VnrIgvI5-J93CYMj3Dz-9yHQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Anyways we saw some commotion going on with loads of umbrellas and I saw some tiny creature in brown outfit getting into a black small SUV. That was Kristen. She got in the car obviously wearing her costume, hence the umbrellas aka Summit defence system lol, The car comes by us, most ppl were busy looking at the set while I was looking at the car and waved, I knew who was in it..I see a tiny hand and a shadow waving BACK at me, so yep Kristen Stewart waved back, I did not take a pic cos pff got enough pics of cars with tinted windows thanks! Well when that day ended I got a ride with my friend back to the Skytrain station (Lougheed st) to go back to my hotel but first we stopped for dinner, at a Greek tavern. Nice place and we got a free dessert!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">So finally back to my hotel, I crashed yet again, got up late on Saturday</p>Just one note, yes I am posting the videos of the cars, but please bear in mind they change cars too, they do NOT always drive the same cars so before ppl accuse me of posting cars that can be recognized I do not have lisence plates or any other recognizeable trademarks of these cars. There are loads of these kinda cars all over Vancouver. Otherwise I'd never post these videos.<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Saturday, Aug 29th , 2009</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">and well I headed to the hotell where most of the Twi-cast stays. I won’t say where in public even if it is widely known by now,<span style=""> </span>as they are still staying there.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Anyways hung out there, walking around, and just talking to lots of ppl that came buy, I actually ended up enjoying myself even though I saw ”nobody” there. Did miss seeing Taylor coming out of a cab cos I was too busy talking away lol. I ended up becoming friends with Anna from Australia as there was a Supernatural convention going on, met quite a few of the convention attendees there. One pretty girl from Venezuela was there, who also was a Bon Jovi fan to boot lol. An Italian girl who also as an extra on New Moon in Montepulciano was there.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well no Twilight sightings happened that day but I had fun still. I met lots of new ppl, always a plus in my book! I did however spot a guy who's name is Jake Abler I think, he plays Adam Winchester in Supernatural. Again I was too late to take pics as I had no clue at the time when I saw him, sigh...<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sunday, Aug. 30th 2009</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Again back at the hotel hanging out, nothing much going on , no sightings although Billy Burke and Michael Welch was spotted out and about by others, but me lol. Again I just ended up chatting with lots of folks. Met some more Jovi fans too…seriously us Jovi fans are literally EVERYWHERE lol.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Did take a couple of pics of 2 churches across the street there due to either one of them or BOTH are used in some of the Supernatural episodes..so here ya go:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTWlGnOsR9Qx4ECm2Me1lWbW5VzpNwRg-D5PoUiav70WK1RvNTize4gvQnaovp5MLWRkaaVdrkU5BvUq_zhqLns8SgwstIe7xhX_PWsQixUJv1X90KNDfbtsmuHMn3XYTsofODXAoDfk/s1600-h/DSCF1117.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTWlGnOsR9Qx4ECm2Me1lWbW5VzpNwRg-D5PoUiav70WK1RvNTize4gvQnaovp5MLWRkaaVdrkU5BvUq_zhqLns8SgwstIe7xhX_PWsQixUJv1X90KNDfbtsmuHMn3XYTsofODXAoDfk/s320/DSCF1117.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376400475134340482" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWN-E5Fn-D7bhQhvhGizg7FldoUs0Tn-PFSJcYEoAjCwmXIp2je8az7ZpZNxpp3ZRWkP2tPziqfjNDfvH25kBXozjY3oeWT6VjSYNLt_VB8YXYhsxp06_5Qa_kZCBHUs_e_RXYB6pr5hY/s1600-h/DSCF1119.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWN-E5Fn-D7bhQhvhGizg7FldoUs0Tn-PFSJcYEoAjCwmXIp2je8az7ZpZNxpp3ZRWkP2tPziqfjNDfvH25kBXozjY3oeWT6VjSYNLt_VB8YXYhsxp06_5Qa_kZCBHUs_e_RXYB6pr5hY/s320/DSCF1119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376400491756584546" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I did have one lil sighting, or little, but not fast enough for pics, I saw Sarah Clarke (Rene, Bella's mom) walk by.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then I get back ”home” (as in my hotel) after buying a bottle of nice Rosè<span style=""> </span>wine, and intended to chill and watching TV. Then I get a text from Summerstone (a friend’s twittername) who told me Bon Jovi was on CMT! I quickly turned to that channel and got to see their ”Unplugged” thing on CMT. It was cool!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then it was time for bed yet again.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Monday, Aug 31st. 2009</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I had decided to start the day with doing the mundane task of getting my laundry done. So spent too long at the laundromat doing that but it had to be done lol. Then it got to be around lunchtime so I decided to og to Granville Island to check it out. SO HAPPY I DID! Cos to me so far I got my best star encounter here! And it has nothing to do with Twilight whatsoever but everything to do with LOST!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Soo I walked down Granville st, over the Granville Bridghe and after walking for about 20 min or so I spotted a truck saying ”Eyewitness News” on it.<span style=""> </span>Me not knowing what these news trucks are actually called in Vancouver I just assumed it was a local news truck and something happened, I am curious by nature so I stopped and asked what had happened. The guy who worked for the crew just said ”we’re filming a TV show named ”V”. I was so surprised and messed up saying ”oh the pilot?” He goes ”No the actual show”.<span style=""> </span>Since I knew who was in it I crossed the street and saw DIRECTLY into the set. This was a wide open set! After the crazy tight security around the Eclipse set this was a pleasant surprise!</p><p class="MsoNormal">First off, a couple of pics of the set of "V"first an overview pic of the area where it was:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUluZsRHoVIFtztz8_iBnuJFp7432L4A0PkijR36j1YKZa80DYLCx11x76p82edl_I2K1rvVPkUFYz26_VikzAyiQWCgqFwzmIi0ZtVfUG20Pgdg-OqNRJUStl9Yp-QOOdifhKo4ocXkk/s1600-h/DSCF1139.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUluZsRHoVIFtztz8_iBnuJFp7432L4A0PkijR36j1YKZa80DYLCx11x76p82edl_I2K1rvVPkUFYz26_VikzAyiQWCgqFwzmIi0ZtVfUG20Pgdg-OqNRJUStl9Yp-QOOdifhKo4ocXkk/s320/DSCF1139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376407570185054578" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Then some closeups of the set:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStBOt3bBh-dhEGcwMnO1gcwWktPJcI9pJZP5Y8A-YoqgsaieDohX3GcTDFgHhAeJccqku4StRH-S6IcIk7grfenoguhR19X2K_iJaeLbr702yj1CPAlYnfMFWasEM-xI2W4JSuZiO1Ak/s1600-h/DSCF1127.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStBOt3bBh-dhEGcwMnO1gcwWktPJcI9pJZP5Y8A-YoqgsaieDohX3GcTDFgHhAeJccqku4StRH-S6IcIk7grfenoguhR19X2K_iJaeLbr702yj1CPAlYnfMFWasEM-xI2W4JSuZiO1Ak/s320/DSCF1127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376402261907400706" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzZ8RAGBi_kSTd8Ec6hjg3f4uMuxnigklv7V6I7f-JoV7Rp1QOKfv9Dd42vBTjjFvMoypEjQF4SpjTEke1xhVyZpTachY01CIobl-bt4zAFjmztfdl851LGgfEKEd0yWTMbMxv2GDSyg/s1600-h/DSCF1126.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzZ8RAGBi_kSTd8Ec6hjg3f4uMuxnigklv7V6I7f-JoV7Rp1QOKfv9Dd42vBTjjFvMoypEjQF4SpjTEke1xhVyZpTachY01CIobl-bt4zAFjmztfdl851LGgfEKEd0yWTMbMxv2GDSyg/s320/DSCF1126.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376402254011127394" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">My view as I walked across the Granville Bridge and saw Granville Island from there:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Uf-9zIC0kBH3J-wZsfuph01xA5rWuYLP0WTSB8ww40uu7i09TqmNJN4lKTUnhoM6RabHw3I7l9PlfCRehpiC68DwRdgHyZCDJFfY4-85npDv2lKbD9mAVa7pkHaF-klbWuOLoKg2xc4/s1600-h/DSCF1120.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Uf-9zIC0kBH3J-wZsfuph01xA5rWuYLP0WTSB8ww40uu7i09TqmNJN4lKTUnhoM6RabHw3I7l9PlfCRehpiC68DwRdgHyZCDJFfY4-85npDv2lKbD9mAVa7pkHaF-klbWuOLoKg2xc4/s320/DSCF1120.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376401562564828722" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YY473-sze8smn5e_KQNCSAi9pru648_p6c1cGkkucn2AzGT0m_urKN7FbZgVDjmDvzihNay4lOgJAw3qxr33ZuWot_LCfutfnBigDAWp5dVdpbTmOTYl8pQMTH8W-5rpPPGxrQNObuI/s1600-h/DSCF1121.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YY473-sze8smn5e_KQNCSAi9pru648_p6c1cGkkucn2AzGT0m_urKN7FbZgVDjmDvzihNay4lOgJAw3qxr33ZuWot_LCfutfnBigDAWp5dVdpbTmOTYl8pQMTH8W-5rpPPGxrQNObuI/s320/DSCF1121.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376401573019142194" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">This is some funny boat thing that has family cruises, forgot what it is called but it looks like fun to be on them!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSlf9i6uDS1uTOCoRRfYEhazf6PMQL822kwYaOKc4bStjhfigLZoOUVJOuG9S1xZ1l5SBjKqfqEaETQQ1UcDCqtDjq3EkDiMllxjhmn9djDgTzd0ZMvDUNRMoRHCzHDO3l40PXl7EhWw/s1600-h/DSCF1122.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSlf9i6uDS1uTOCoRRfYEhazf6PMQL822kwYaOKc4bStjhfigLZoOUVJOuG9S1xZ1l5SBjKqfqEaETQQ1UcDCqtDjq3EkDiMllxjhmn9djDgTzd0ZMvDUNRMoRHCzHDO3l40PXl7EhWw/s320/DSCF1122.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376401580959028802" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Some sights of the Granville Island Entry, and Granville Island itself:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4hcQEIufe9cpqb0d83R3-mjSO1S_oqn_UZq-OnpDqEPNRZ1ZEceXKNU2mAIWRZIH35Wvv5m6FRjIr1x_BsDZl8KZrEOnY_eOarhlxYfvAuc1e5X06Yfzm9sg9UQhBf3AEweF9lr49GoI/s1600-h/DSCF1128.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4hcQEIufe9cpqb0d83R3-mjSO1S_oqn_UZq-OnpDqEPNRZ1ZEceXKNU2mAIWRZIH35Wvv5m6FRjIr1x_BsDZl8KZrEOnY_eOarhlxYfvAuc1e5X06Yfzm9sg9UQhBf3AEweF9lr49GoI/s320/DSCF1128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376402273708749794" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhid8sNr0d-vBNGvlllesV5E2RiFtyKGV0pCn06TPw_0oyOyy_Cd1KRBTmUK2WCke17KEp3mjriLbfS0mRQxBhA0vWtsVCldTKsiCiXJ2nrne5tB0J-rXQJwBvnWjuOdHvl_wR-UZC4tQs/s1600-h/DSCF1129.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhid8sNr0d-vBNGvlllesV5E2RiFtyKGV0pCn06TPw_0oyOyy_Cd1KRBTmUK2WCke17KEp3mjriLbfS0mRQxBhA0vWtsVCldTKsiCiXJ2nrne5tB0J-rXQJwBvnWjuOdHvl_wR-UZC4tQs/s320/DSCF1129.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376402280748208402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4hcQEIufe9cpqb0d83R3-mjSO1S_oqn_UZq-OnpDqEPNRZ1ZEceXKNU2mAIWRZIH35Wvv5m6FRjIr1x_BsDZl8KZrEOnY_eOarhlxYfvAuc1e5X06Yfzm9sg9UQhBf3AEweF9lr49GoI/s1600-h/DSCF1128.JPG"> </a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">So I watched some extras with silly protest banners both supporting of the aliens in V and the non supporters of the V ppl, they pretended to shout at eachother, which looked silly cos they made no sound lol. Then I saw HER! Yep Elisabeth Mitchell in the flesh, as pretty if not prettier in real life as she is on TV. She plays and FBI agent on the show it seems. She walks towards someone, some guy walks by her, this guy (who's name is Tyler McClendon thanks to Hamburgo1001 for the info!) is approached by an older guy who acts agressively to this guy walking by EM. Some pushing and shoving going on, then the older guy suddenly holds his hands to his head and falls over, EM’s character shouts out ”Secure the area, I need backup!” and she bends down to the guy, 2 other agents come over and carries the older guy away. Then EM runs back into some buidling in the background.I saw this scene a few times and I see Tyler walking by EM having some sort of gadget in his hand that he pushes, which makes this older guy seemingly to get hurt thus holding his head and falls over.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The place is dressed up to look like somewhere in NYC, with the NYPD police car, the NYPD barricades, book sales stands, even the pretzels carts! Funny</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well They do a few takes, then it is time for lunch, I am there with another girl who also watches Lost and who also attended the Supernatural convention. We are both excited lol.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">So EM takes off her black jacket and gets ready to head to lunch, she walks towards where we are standing, I approach her calmly ”hi Elisabeth?” she goes ”hi” and gives us a lovely welcoming smile!<span style=""> </span>I tell her I am a big Lost fan, and that Juliet is one of my face characters on Lost, which is true! I ask her for an autograph and a picture and she just goes ”aww thanks, of course you can have that!” So the other girl took our picture and I get her autograph. The other girl ask who this tall guy in black is and EM says he is one of the main characters on the show too…so we approach the him too and he also was<span style=""> </span>very friendly and approachable. Got my pic with him and his autograph too. I dunno him really but he was in one Supernatural episode and also a regular or recurring character on Stargate Atlantis. So if ANYONE recognize this guy gimme his full name please so I can put this on the pic lol.<span style=""> His name is Tyler McClendon. Charming and friendly!</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Pic of Elisabeth Mitchell and I, and I am sure you all can figure out who is who, the pretty one is NOT me :p and the next one is of the autograph she gave me:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOztCmpZZ7L38pDTg7fukpY0OPzJTKnfloagJZAB9rXEe9Zrvxj0Ht2xJQ-KQwdmYg_koaJYyDoj75AAjoAk1C3pN-dZ9ZJ_G1dbzSPk7GfnWftEXP3tEaxNu-51H7vBHwcFdS4S3HHY/s1600-h/DSCF1124.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOztCmpZZ7L38pDTg7fukpY0OPzJTKnfloagJZAB9rXEe9Zrvxj0Ht2xJQ-KQwdmYg_koaJYyDoj75AAjoAk1C3pN-dZ9ZJ_G1dbzSPk7GfnWftEXP3tEaxNu-51H7vBHwcFdS4S3HHY/s320/DSCF1124.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376402247804349330" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg656Wn4lFD1LFl5m-JO3gqfLNDLPAd4Bj1nDetJ9sTPs-l2h2NsrngDqFV_uQEFJXD0M5SR8f7bP0Jgf_v8zWUVQ4czLlz9J6mRq27Ps0eizb7Z5H3s-A66VplFKhYXgfki33VuM85QFs/s1600-h/DSCF1142.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg656Wn4lFD1LFl5m-JO3gqfLNDLPAd4Bj1nDetJ9sTPs-l2h2NsrngDqFV_uQEFJXD0M5SR8f7bP0Jgf_v8zWUVQ4czLlz9J6mRq27Ps0eizb7Z5H3s-A66VplFKhYXgfki33VuM85QFs/s320/DSCF1142.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376402888248933330" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Then the co star she has in the eppy, Tyler McClendon but do I not know his character in the show, and also his autograph:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItTCu44IFF8UCiGek307LIPjzmzb9h8-OhzIC1aZZ1COTbhdzztd-EiS9kfTE7GkOAWmwt0OtLXVaz1hzrVZxRtugQonxeckCJu-5hCv8U96QGHDp9hAT2fSq5rdsBUumgwjlGhElzrc/s1600-h/DSCF1125.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItTCu44IFF8UCiGek307LIPjzmzb9h8-OhzIC1aZZ1COTbhdzztd-EiS9kfTE7GkOAWmwt0OtLXVaz1hzrVZxRtugQonxeckCJu-5hCv8U96QGHDp9hAT2fSq5rdsBUumgwjlGhElzrc/s320/DSCF1125.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376401596809370386" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4kHmXPXD69Kv8QZYLGf3ePA5bj32Zu2JNOMqHCZIxv5pELJEIZpsiCaBIBr98IjcnZ9X51zysMol6mVu6NveJDBQzwEPLltbjRVruRkdFMYPlBjCAJUGowz2KaeLPWJiOrMceMilD1M/s1600-h/DSCF1143.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4kHmXPXD69Kv8QZYLGf3ePA5bj32Zu2JNOMqHCZIxv5pELJEIZpsiCaBIBr98IjcnZ9X51zysMol6mVu6NveJDBQzwEPLltbjRVruRkdFMYPlBjCAJUGowz2KaeLPWJiOrMceMilD1M/s320/DSCF1143.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376402899437147330" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItTCu44IFF8UCiGek307LIPjzmzb9h8-OhzIC1aZZ1COTbhdzztd-EiS9kfTE7GkOAWmwt0OtLXVaz1hzrVZxRtugQonxeckCJu-5hCv8U96QGHDp9hAT2fSq5rdsBUumgwjlGhElzrc/s1600-h/DSCF1125.JPG"> </a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I went onwards to Granville Island (the set was just about around the corner from the entrance to Granville Island to be honest!) and had some lunch. Walked around marvelling over the massive market there. Pretty cool area. I also found the venue where I will be seeing Bobby Long perform on Sept. 7th. The Backstage Lounge (no it has nothing to do with Backstage with Jon Bon Jovi :p).</p><p class="MsoNormal">Backstage Lounge at Granville Island:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KrzFpuPEpbrzrPtmDHleqjscxohW0bHBTS9J8C_VmN6XlMr0LDpkyj0CrH4JlmeAqBlRbo1imgB1mVF2VB0ZnjOSqIK8Od_AYCeFuq63PzbKfaZlexztZMAl55862PXglB-qxj9AqWk/s1600-h/DSCF1130.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KrzFpuPEpbrzrPtmDHleqjscxohW0bHBTS9J8C_VmN6XlMr0LDpkyj0CrH4JlmeAqBlRbo1imgB1mVF2VB0ZnjOSqIK8Od_AYCeFuq63PzbKfaZlexztZMAl55862PXglB-qxj9AqWk/s320/DSCF1130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376402883665194210" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">After squeeing about my encounter on twitter, I had my lunch, walked around some more and came across a street magician having a hilarious show, and the guy was from England. Funny lol</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgthsG3CPMu4WiVNKE1AYm2KZs0g6K8ro-c85ejN6BAbQleIEp9y7rST-lWUDPenxiK82im3aiDTTHoVAETKQYhMRyrq36G5B-WYQEPB2AL3cEFFBO1u3U5f3GlTySzXOUweD7A32cEYFA/s1600-h/DSCF1134.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgthsG3CPMu4WiVNKE1AYm2KZs0g6K8ro-c85ejN6BAbQleIEp9y7rST-lWUDPenxiK82im3aiDTTHoVAETKQYhMRyrq36G5B-WYQEPB2AL3cEFFBO1u3U5f3GlTySzXOUweD7A32cEYFA/s320/DSCF1134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376402906024864514" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I went back to the ”V” set and watched them doing some more scenes. Then I walked back to my hotell as I was eager to upload my pics and share them on twitter.<span style=""> </span>After I got that out I got a text from my new Australian friend and we agreed to go out to dinner. She stays at the same hotell as the Twi-Cast is staying but not cos of them, she’s stayed there before. I waited in the lobby there for a couple of min before she came down (no I did not see anyone of the Twi cast there lol). We had dinner down<span style=""> </span>Burrard st at this place called the Cactus Club Bentall. Yummy food. Too much food to be honest lol. Then after dinner we walked back to her hotell and then I got back out to chat a bit with those ppl haning outside the hotel again before I went back to my hotel.</p><p class="MsoNormal">This is actually the back of the "V" set where the trailers etc are located</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgueF4Dvq5wxcGS8uaqyCAuTBOt_iiiK9H957FrAUN8tyfBmLgOpLhO3osz25Jtuzy4tK1Hpziel005TuCUY6rRSltWIeGY6fvCjukPBy7REThTVZJQwn9xDSDFGBK1XzNIQwqAbbiQoSg/s1600-h/DSCF1136.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgueF4Dvq5wxcGS8uaqyCAuTBOt_iiiK9H957FrAUN8tyfBmLgOpLhO3osz25Jtuzy4tK1Hpziel005TuCUY6rRSltWIeGY6fvCjukPBy7REThTVZJQwn9xDSDFGBK1XzNIQwqAbbiQoSg/s320/DSCF1136.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376402913716731890" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWpIk6_cSrchN3LEactoHUpUCyGSq8GYYynRwpX_kX5FupELwPBhCbFvS5NStZ2Onrb1zgWfSOQvgaphhVHQUQr3mFbCwZITFEdeO8srJaNgwOhxRvAwc-kPMq9Zjmli7M_G6twyacbQo/s1600-h/DSCF1135.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWpIk6_cSrchN3LEactoHUpUCyGSq8GYYynRwpX_kX5FupELwPBhCbFvS5NStZ2Onrb1zgWfSOQvgaphhVHQUQr3mFbCwZITFEdeO8srJaNgwOhxRvAwc-kPMq9Zjmli7M_G6twyacbQo/s320/DSCF1135.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376406411091091842" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">My sight as I walked BACK from Granville Island:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ifBNuyGJK8YgQaFBGATRceVQ7eOPTUwDoAKauJONEZrCk16gFE2HBvhm5nKQ9OUQmRz-J6gyFU38p5a6cp2HuV42m_NYoqxX15Sv0rV7AcKVGcd5YG0F0h3ZAQyBCofweSaFXEBhSz0/s1600-h/DSCF1123.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ifBNuyGJK8YgQaFBGATRceVQ7eOPTUwDoAKauJONEZrCk16gFE2HBvhm5nKQ9OUQmRz-J6gyFU38p5a6cp2HuV42m_NYoqxX15Sv0rV7AcKVGcd5YG0F0h3ZAQyBCofweSaFXEBhSz0/s320/DSCF1123.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376401588879578978" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSUvCP1zmU7_QvetSyCPufLQGrgpwNgwX7rJJNBhMnt9PGPqMm304jAt67saJiIAKhhUwqlSMOzdhp-_X2hoUDr8cqlEmSRhgAMuQ270RBCkPfPRQJbU2pJl8UQb40t80rkmbJFCRhdc/s1600-h/DSCF1137.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSUvCP1zmU7_QvetSyCPufLQGrgpwNgwX7rJJNBhMnt9PGPqMm304jAt67saJiIAKhhUwqlSMOzdhp-_X2hoUDr8cqlEmSRhgAMuQ270RBCkPfPRQJbU2pJl8UQb40t80rkmbJFCRhdc/s320/DSCF1137.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376407582737050818" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YgxhUptqPSQsOmYPNLgrEi17olqmArF4jkWMubXp1jDXS-wfhgx2iAcI16bD0GDJCDhyphenhyphenqGygkCUE9LONrTz840sQzUJncN0juM2PCDilmPYh2QKIdaYB3Me2YA3Wt2XKgZLqOA7LEmU/s1600-h/DSCF1140.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YgxhUptqPSQsOmYPNLgrEi17olqmArF4jkWMubXp1jDXS-wfhgx2iAcI16bD0GDJCDhyphenhyphenqGygkCUE9LONrTz840sQzUJncN0juM2PCDilmPYh2QKIdaYB3Me2YA3Wt2XKgZLqOA7LEmU/s320/DSCF1140.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376407598161313074" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0QPZTsCnyO_vzaXUHS110p2vTmEMYPwsCJ1Q4muFStHO6nwlpf-d9gTKrtGHf_BhhqIcvHdQPTAX8qSScPOzAVIeeBb13CJ0IhNq8ODEP1EldMG-cJI3TA5qaT6SuZBinBaVr1gFmCM/s1600-h/DSCF1138.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0QPZTsCnyO_vzaXUHS110p2vTmEMYPwsCJ1Q4muFStHO6nwlpf-d9gTKrtGHf_BhhqIcvHdQPTAX8qSScPOzAVIeeBb13CJ0IhNq8ODEP1EldMG-cJI3TA5qaT6SuZBinBaVr1gFmCM/s320/DSCF1138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376407587422274226" border="0" /></a></p><br />That's all so far folks! More to come...(apologies for any typo etc cos well it is LATE here now as I finish this...zzzzz)<br /><!--EndFragment--></span></div></div></div>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-56126412033713630462009-08-25T22:53:00.001-07:002009-08-25T23:05:02.631-07:00Vancouver trip Aug. 25th to Sept 8th 2009Not taken any pics yet so no pics in this entry for now. <div><br /></div><div>Anyways I left work on Monday Aug. 24th. and took the bus to my hotel by the Oslo Airport. Checked in and just chilled. Then got up at 4:30 AM, got to the airport, checked it after a lil brief confusion lol. Then boarded the plane to London. Spoke to a lovely Canadian lady while waiting to board the flight. Landed in London, and headed straight to the flight to Vancouver, no delays whatsoever. Ended up sitting next to an adorable young couple that were SO in love, it was cute! She was from London, UK and he..he came from..Larvik, Norway! Larvik is like 45 min from my hometown..so basically the same area.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then after a long flight, that somehow didn't seem so long, watched 3 movies, Push (with Dakota Fanning who ROCKED in this movie, this girl is so incredibly talented!!), The new Star Trek movie that didn't do that much for me but I was tired, then 17 Again with Zack Efron, which I only watched cos I was bored, I was even MORE bored watching it..lmao.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then arrived at the airport, on time, waited for my luggage, prepared to have it lost...but nope, it CAME!! YEAH!! SO no problems on this trip so far. Vancouver International Airport is downright gorgeous, or I think so anyways, very pretty. WAY prettier than our ugly airport :p</div><div><br /></div><div>I took the sky train to get to my hotel, dead easy. Hotel was dead easy to find, the few places I have been to is DEAD easy to find! I love Vancouver already! lol, checked into the hotel, took a shower and a 2 hr nap that really DID help!</div><div><br /></div><div>So for now I have just seen some of Yaletown, had dinner there, Kobe Meatballs and spaghetti and some yummy drink I cannot remember the name of, and cappuccino for dessert. I am STILL stuffed after that dinner, note to self, NEVER eat a full portion of whatever dish Robert Pattinson have tried here..the guy eats like a horse if this is anything to go by LOL. I guess that is normal for guys his age heh! For me MY age..not so normal :p</div><div><br /></div><div>And after dinner I walked up and down most of Robson st. tons of shops, did shop a couple of souvernirs and a belt that I needed. So that's it for now really. Will have PICS tomorrow but of who/what/where? NO clue lol.</div>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-61668980829078389992009-07-24T12:27:00.000-07:002009-07-24T12:33:25.161-07:00Oldie but goodie. from 2000<div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13XFfrMMEnc8hqc75XZAkKGcPysw9z9B4UrHKGd5WJW2w_PBplOEB-BEubzPQ_y78GQ3NaACrr8KCQszL9oaJdPPXHNYe_2100-FkiHwi0kRkmWK3CjGLoTAHKNq_NKYb-PZyrURMJXk/s1600-h/Maryannohugh.jpg"></a>This one comes from my trip to Helsinki, Finland in 2000 on the Bon Jovi Crush world tour.</div><div><br /></div><div>Originally posted here: <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/pixpage/Maryann.html">Maryann's Banana story :-)</a></div><div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13XFfrMMEnc8hqc75XZAkKGcPysw9z9B4UrHKGd5WJW2w_PBplOEB-BEubzPQ_y78GQ3NaACrr8KCQszL9oaJdPPXHNYe_2100-FkiHwi0kRkmWK3CjGLoTAHKNq_NKYb-PZyrURMJXk/s1600-h/Maryannohugh.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13XFfrMMEnc8hqc75XZAkKGcPysw9z9B4UrHKGd5WJW2w_PBplOEB-BEubzPQ_y78GQ3NaACrr8KCQszL9oaJdPPXHNYe_2100-FkiHwi0kRkmWK3CjGLoTAHKNq_NKYb-PZyrURMJXk/s320/Maryannohugh.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362111281579453922" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div>Bon Jovi bassplayer Hugh McDonald and I outside the Bon Jovi Hotel in Helsinki, Finalnd 2000.<br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:Times;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">"OK well here it goes:<br />On August 6th in Helsinki, Finland I had yet another Jovi encounter...<br />allthough a bit embarrasing but funny too hehe!!<br />Well we went to Bon Jovi's hotel in Helsinki,actually we had no clue where they were<br />staying but asked the taxi driver if he had any clue where the famous ppl would be<br />if they were in town. He gave us 3 options and we just gambled on one of them.<br />We lucked out!!<br /><br />When we came to the hotel we spotted som "Jovi T-shirts" wandering about so we thought,<br />"yep this is it!" We spotted a small restaurant that had tables on the sidwalk, right next to<br />the hotel entrance were our "headquarter"LOL. We sat down and well just decided to stay<br />at our table to not look "too obvious". None of us had any Jovi gear on..ok I had a small<br />necklase saying Jovi, on a grain of rice lol, but nobody could read that!<br /><br />So we had our drinks and talked. Then Obie O'Brien comes out. I say "Hi Obie!" to him and<br />he comes over for a chat. He talks to us for a long time and well being just very nice and cool.<br />I do "suspect" he was checking us out to see how we'd react if the MAN himself came out hehe..<br />Well after a long time, we'd allready gotten our food and was eating,Obie goes back into the hotel.<br />He came out later on,didn't look at the time at all during all of this so NO clue on minutes or hrs here lol!<br />Well then obviously Obie comes out again..<br />this time he was NOT alone...however most of us couldn't see cos there was this big pole right behind<br />our table, covering our view of the entrance, but Marika had a pretty good view lol.<br />She was TRYING to get our attention to tell us that Jon is OUTSIDE!!!!!<br />But not much luck as we're wayyyyyyy too into our "girlie talk".<br />Oh yeah we talked about how sexy JBJ's butt is....his BANANA<br />(for those who doesn't know what this referrs too...the FRONTAL PART, any idea now??! LOL).<br />Then we went onto how great Richie looks...yep I even went on and on about his MONUMENT,<br />talked about his now famous quote from his solo tour:<br />"Jon's got a nice ass, but we all know it's what in the front that REALLY MATTERS!"<br />lol...oh yeah everything came out..and we talked English cos well only 2 of us were from Norway,<br />and 2 were from UK (Marika and her mum, who came up with the whole banana thing from the start! LOL)<br /><br />Well anyway..like 5 minutes into our uh…excited talk lol..Marika starts going "JON, JON, JON"<br />…and she finally gets our attention…but before we get to ask why, we see JON himself,<br />Obie and a bodyguard walk by our table!!!!! We're utterly in "shock" and instead of shrieking<br />etc we just go like "HI Jon!" and get a "HI girls!" back..with THAT GRIN!<br />…Now at this point all of us apart from Marika is blissfully unaware of the fact that both Obie<br />and Jon had heard our uh..talk lol!! So we're just being very excited but we do not bug him<br />…Jon did stop for a split sec incase we'd get up and ask for autographs or pics..but we le<br />t them keep walking..too suprised to even take PICS lol.<br />As they'd gone furthe down the street some teenage girls spotted Jon from the behind<br />..well that BUTT is easy to recognize for anyone LOL.<br />They ran after him being all hysterical. Marika then finally tells us she's seen<br />both Obie and JBJ outside the hotel entrance for a little while…<br />and she later told me that Jon had grinned alot, obviously enjoying our conversation<br />..LOL..and nodded to Obie who both grinned and nodded back to him..<br />shortly after that they passed by our table!<br /><br />As you can tell the rest of us were like um…slightly embarrassed about the fact they'd<br />heard THAT part of our conversation lol…I do belive they enjoyed this lol!<br />I just hope I'll be able to attend any future fanclub trips or any future "close enocunters"<br />with JBJ and that he doesn't REMEMBER this uh..Banana talk in Helsinki??!! LOL<br /><br />So folks beware…if you're outside BJ's hotel…someone CAN listen in on your conversation!! LOL.<br /><br />That's the full banana story…hope ya enjoyed it!<br /><br />Hugs<br />Maryann "Shrimpy" Bjordal </span><br /></span></div></div></div>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-2187140315282584372009-06-26T11:31:00.000-07:002009-06-26T11:47:03.030-07:00More pics from my Montepulciano adventure<div><div><div>Adding this blog post to add a few more pics from Montepulciano, these pics are all taken by @vampirefreak101 so please ask her on twitter for any permission to repost these anywhere, thanks! :-).</div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>First off a pic of the two partners in "crime" as little red riding hoods? Hobbits? or what? Nooo, we're somehow "locals in Volterra" (that is I assume even though they shot in Montepulciano that Volterra will still be the location mentioned in the movie??). Now how a lovely tall slender Austrian lady and some chubby blonde strange Norwegian could pass as Volterra locals..er I guess they chalk it up to ppl tourists traveling to take part in St. Marcus day hehe.</div><div><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBFpZF4yWdHeWQfUf7k24ETU1xufOPdn7koa0Rk6c0UuW33mNk292HHPVnu64eADftQCcVpPOa2agrrTM2rjxo7-dflIaNDLRYiNTa8iBF1WWZBzpA1quZhtcajn0ykjwsTHiGDclE04/s1600-h/Valerie+and+I+in+Italy+as+extras+on+New+Moon.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBFpZF4yWdHeWQfUf7k24ETU1xufOPdn7koa0Rk6c0UuW33mNk292HHPVnu64eADftQCcVpPOa2agrrTM2rjxo7-dflIaNDLRYiNTa8iBF1WWZBzpA1quZhtcajn0ykjwsTHiGDclE04/s320/Valerie+and+I+in+Italy+as+extras+on+New+Moon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351706831548282386" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div>@waellcen and I as extras on New Moon set photo by @vampirefreak101</div><div><br /></div><div>And I gotta do another shout out to these 2 ladies, if it hadn't been for them I'd never have a CLUE what the heck was going on while being an Extra. Great ladies and fun to hang out with! Tonda and Lorri from US, but currently living in US.</div><div>Adding this blog post to add a few more pics from Montepulciano, these pics are all taken by @vampirefreak101 so please ask her on twitter for any permission to repost these anywhere, thanks! :-).<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>First off a pic of the two partners in "crime" as little red riding hoods? Hobbits? or what? Nooo, we're somehow "locals in Volterra" (that is I assume even though they shot in Montepulciano that Volterra will still be the location mentioned in the movie??). Now how a lovely tall slender Austrian lady and some chubby blonde strange Norwegian could pass as Volterra locals..er I guess they chalk it up to ppl tourists traveling to take part in St. Marcus day hehe.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuI4Q7UPea-bg92PoLrfhf6IfzSWKocLR1pq4q20tsyOo2W45nEllz64VAIumQ-zi951XhK8Nsvyig6in62Af4YH7fyJti0TeWKch1irVhudn5zs954ofVibP2NcRX2Pw8crtVnJoGpy0/s1600-h/Tonda+and+Lorri+from+US+as+extras+on+New+Moon.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuI4Q7UPea-bg92PoLrfhf6IfzSWKocLR1pq4q20tsyOo2W45nEllz64VAIumQ-zi951XhK8Nsvyig6in62Af4YH7fyJti0TeWKch1irVhudn5zs954ofVibP2NcRX2Pw8crtVnJoGpy0/s320/Tonda+and+Lorri+from+US+as+extras+on+New+Moon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351707847340044306" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Tonda and Lorri from US, currently living in US. Photo by @vampirefreak101</div><div><br /></div><div>And finally a really adorable pic of Rob and Kristen's body doubles, Allan and Azzura, both very cute and they seemed very sweet!</div><div><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvYP8ZBv7M_AfynhskdjWDv7YhMWROVL9YWWTTJkXMoeVEi0pT1Bqp5Tqhzf_cSD_Uw7PdlTGxQpmMdGVktzRWh5tY5GomLpKpRGdNRKgNgC_hdvzBDRZENCIZMdHrAM2SgHlKB5FEkY/s1600-h/Rob+and+Kristen+doubles+Allan+and+Azzura.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvYP8ZBv7M_AfynhskdjWDv7YhMWROVL9YWWTTJkXMoeVEi0pT1Bqp5Tqhzf_cSD_Uw7PdlTGxQpmMdGVktzRWh5tY5GomLpKpRGdNRKgNgC_hdvzBDRZENCIZMdHrAM2SgHlKB5FEkY/s320/Rob+and+Kristen+doubles+Allan+and+Azzura.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351708744868300978" /></a><div><div><br /></div></div><div>Allan and Azzura, the body doubles for Rob and Kristen on the New Moon set in Italy. Photo by @vampirefreak101</div><div><br /></div><div>I may add more to this but first I gotta get the right permisson from other ppl who took pics before using them :-D.</div><div><br /></div><div>In August I am off to Vancouver, look out for updates from there with pics and maybe some videos too then but don't expect me to be an extra on the Eclipse set too..I am JUST not that lucky :p lol.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also hope to find some Supernatural locations, if I could find out where to FIND those..hehe.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826953117398335930.post-81771399772091984572009-06-02T06:39:00.000-07:002009-06-09T14:23:07.558-07:00My Italy vacation May 2009Warning: This first blog post is LONG!!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Old town of Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRPIa87CgY7r9NJ56yVgZxi-CpdAmAcIek3WzzKOF4mYwqHMillxVlk039PU5ucQRl8Wefh-uTxHeZ4ztLhOGscwGBUImPxhfPMeRzj9fS4XCLv7mtN08UBixZyKENNBo_NLxHFLsPYA/s1600-h/View+from+the+wall+surrounding+the+old+town+of+Montepulciano+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRPIa87CgY7r9NJ56yVgZxi-CpdAmAcIek3WzzKOF4mYwqHMillxVlk039PU5ucQRl8Wefh-uTxHeZ4ztLhOGscwGBUImPxhfPMeRzj9fS4XCLv7mtN08UBixZyKENNBo_NLxHFLsPYA/s320/View+from+the+wall+surrounding+the+old+town+of+Montepulciano+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343131935565191586" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>This is to recap my adventures on my Italy trip in May 2009. This is told as I remember it so I may have some days mixed up etc but still it happened so even if the chronological order isn't 100% correct it all really happened. Pics will be added as I get them uploaded from my laptop.</div><div><br /></div>I traveled to Montepulciano Italy in May to see the last few days of the Twilight Saga - New Moon filming. So here is my report from that.<div><br /></div><div>I traveled with my friend "vampirefreak101 (will use her twitter name as I haven't asked for permission to use her real name in this blog) to Italy. She had to spend the night at Stansted airport so I flew from Norway to Stansted on Saturday May 23rd so we shared a room for that overnight stay there. I almost didn't make my flight cos of shitty service from our national train service, my train from Tønsberg, Norway was canceled and they didn't seem to bother with getting us alternative transportation to where we needed to go, they can expect a letter from me where I am gonna give them a piece of my mind for what happened.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Sunday May 24th. 2009:</b></div><div>We had an early flight from Stansted, UK to Perugia, Italy. We both cracked up when we saw how TINY that airport was! I haven't seen such a small airport since...well since mid 80's LOL.</div><div><br /></div><div>Landed in Perugia and then got on a shuttle bus from the airport to the train station in Perugia (apologies to any Italians if I get these names wrong!) to catch the train to Chiusi and then take the bus to Chianchiano where our hotel was, Hotel Niagra (no it got nothing to do with Niagra Falls LOL). With helpful locals and stuttering something between English, Italian and Spanish (!) we managed to get tickets for the train and got on board. We had to change trains at one stop and ended up waiting there for half an hour. We finally arrived in Chianchiano and found our hotel. It was literally on top of a VERY steep hill! I never realized I had to be a mountain goat to visit Tuscany, Italy LOL!</div><div><br /></div><div>So after checking in, it was time to get ready for our first visit to Montepulciano. We found a bus stop nearby our hotel and waited, and waited and waited for a bus...none came. Turns out that Sundays isn't the best of days to take a bus in that area! So we ended up with a taxi! 15 min later and total of 21 € less in our pocketbooks we arrived into the Piazza Grande in Montepulciano. We did agree with the taxi driver that he'd come and pick us up at 11:30 PM. Not totally sure he GOT what we wanted but when that time came he was there so he got it alright lol.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Main building on Piazza Grande all decorated in red flags.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2byHGt-keF71BT6483LbJqKNRDrK6rJ3dwliP-Xi8P4T-shQiOW0muZuB-gdqN2tsT8GW9nxyJmTnsTWeQS_uFpA0mdWDt2YIcW7i73zgF5fW49fRXc8bb-b9p_Pn2dKSficToDUxGc4/s1600-h/Better+view+of+the+main+building+where+Edward+is+reunited+with+Bella+in+the+doorway.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2byHGt-keF71BT6483LbJqKNRDrK6rJ3dwliP-Xi8P4T-shQiOW0muZuB-gdqN2tsT8GW9nxyJmTnsTWeQS_uFpA0mdWDt2YIcW7i73zgF5fW49fRXc8bb-b9p_Pn2dKSficToDUxGc4/s320/Better+view+of+the+main+building+where+Edward+is+reunited+with+Bella+in+the+doorway.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343127706492315426" border="0" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>I was in awe in what I saw..Red flags, both with some pictures (red and white figures) on them, and plain red flags and banners everywhere! The fake fountain (which you had to literally touch to see if it was real or not, it was a movie prop of course) was finished and squirting out water like a real fountain. Streets leading up to Piazza Grande were decorated with flags too. Esp those streets where they would be filming. The VIEW from the "old town wall" and towards the valley there was amazing too. It was a world on it's own! Gorgeous!<br /><br />Videos of the Piazza Grande in the Old Town of Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy:<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwAnuor0UnfFJFDaoZJNZ0qpk1oPwywLZrXQltxcbBC-1vtjwRDu1s9t7S3vFMjbNKJP03NI4szkPK92Xa6Cw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /></div><div>The excitement rose of course as we knew the actors were in the area but they weren't IN Montepulciano on Sunday night, I guess they were out and about where they stayed overnight. Walking around the Piazza Grande and onwards to the Fortezza we ran into several fans, mostly Italians of course. There were ppl waiting around for "someone" to come but since our pickup time agreement with our taxi driver approached we opted to go home and just get a good night's rest.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Monday May 25th.</b></div><div>We arrived by BUS this time, and somehow figured out the timetable for the bus lol, around 10 am. The Piazza Grande were closed or well parts of it was closed off but fans could stay on the edges to take a look. No idea what had happened then but many fans surrounded the area to watch. We had only been there like half an hour before things started to happen, rapidly! In fact it happened so fast that neither of us thought of getting our cameras out, ready for a quick shot. Suddenly folks started cheering and screaming, Dakota Fanning (Jane) suddenly emerged from the main building (I believe this building is normally used for tourism info) at the Piazza Grande. She just smiled and waved to the crowd...her hair up in a ponytail if I remember correctly so she was not in costume or makeup. Then I saw Ashley Greene (Alice) standing by a car talking to someone, I THINK she was in costume. I pointed her out to vampirefreak101. Then LOUD SCREAMS, had to be only one guy causing that kind of noise! Yep Robert Pattinson walked out from that building and straight into the car waiting to take him away. He wore his blue checkered shirt. He didn't wave or anything but he's shy so I didn't expect him to. Not in costume or makeup. I couldn't believe it. The SECOND day and after just arrived to Montepulciano that day 30 min earlier we saw no less than 3 cast members??! Seriously I should have played the Lottery this week!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Fans at the Piazza Grande on Monday May 25th.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERr7JVtrAS191qsD9XHE4-Vd_8sK5uLGAIbBjbbCB25omXL2BdmnCu1C21dV8yECfaJ5j3M7gFaQnmIJgEUfu3o8d9bVYXJmb_d6nses5tACY8uO2bXrlSHzX2u8Ier0oG-60dqC1Lho/s1600-h/Fans+on+the+Piaza+Grande+on+Monday.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERr7JVtrAS191qsD9XHE4-Vd_8sK5uLGAIbBjbbCB25omXL2BdmnCu1C21dV8yECfaJ5j3M7gFaQnmIJgEUfu3o8d9bVYXJmb_d6nses5tACY8uO2bXrlSHzX2u8Ier0oG-60dqC1Lho/s320/Fans+on+the+Piaza+Grande+on+Monday.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343126750773779362" border="0" /></a><br />Fans waiting outside the gate at the Fortezza on May 25th<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG01uVlRafbAZoQsVFiKzcaQ21YQvq2cCD8b-DHPZWn3cyLqDw6-FtfcythT_PhYZQhh3gYkKx2IU_CHvj_VMHGIUh0-XIQ2myDSXvu-9iuFg3CgTCYzpIrmo2xlgJxUEUgIxXu5ugcnQ/s1600-h/Fans+outside+the+gate+at+the+Fortezza.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG01uVlRafbAZoQsVFiKzcaQ21YQvq2cCD8b-DHPZWn3cyLqDw6-FtfcythT_PhYZQhh3gYkKx2IU_CHvj_VMHGIUh0-XIQ2myDSXvu-9iuFg3CgTCYzpIrmo2xlgJxUEUgIxXu5ugcnQ/s320/Fans+outside+the+gate+at+the+Fortezza.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343134075229327218" border="0" /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>I went to Italy HOPING to see SOMETHING, ANYTHING but not expecting to see squat to be honest. This just came so suddenly I wasn't ready for any of this lol. Happy and excited yes, but prepared? Heck no!</div><div><br /></div><div>So we got very excited by this, but wondered if we used up our luck that day already. Turns out we had a WHOLE WEEK ahead of us with more luck now WHY didn't I play the lottery again??!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Sometime during the day a whole bunch of ppl gathered in front of barriers put up by the security in front of the main building in the Piazza. It turned out that it was Chris Weitz and the US production team that had their press conference there. So we waited hoping to catch a glimpse of whoever was there. We did find out it was "just the director, no actors" as the security said. I didn't care cos I wanted to see Chris Weitz all the same! The video thanks to <a href="http://www.twilightitalia.com/home/?p=8389#more-8389">TwilightItalia</a> is posted on <a href="http://www.newmoonmovie.org/2009/06/chris-weitz-press-conference-in-italy-video/">newmoonmovie.org</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>After having lunch (yep the "human needs" had to be cared for lol) we walked around for a bit. Towards the Fortezza to be specific. Lots of ppl there so something had to happen! We ended up standing there for a while and while standing there we got some info where the actors stayed during the day and also where they stayed during the night. All this in OUR SECOND DAY in Montepulciano. Turns out that the hotel the actors stayed at overnight where in the same town we were....and to those yelling at me for revealing the town, they are NOT that likely to visit that town again any times soon really unless they film in the area for another movie at some point. I won't share more than that though. </div><div><br /></div><div>We waited at the Fortezza for a while then saw a black mini van with dark windows coming, I did spot a long haired girl inside...slightly wavy hair and I am pretty sure it was Kristen coming into the Fortezza. I guess they did something behind those gates there. What that was I do not know. Maybe filmed some scenes there I guess.</div><div><br /></div><div>After that sighting we didn't really see much more. We ended up having dinner at this restaurant that more or less became lots of Twilight fans' "hangout place" when they filmed at the Piazza Grande as it was the only one that was open during filming there. The night before we had met a mother and daughter from Switzerland who joined us there and they needed a hotel for the night. So we suggested our hotel and they got lucky and got a room there (and we got a free ride back to the hotel and also back to Montepulciano the next day as thanks!). Lovely ppl.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tuesday May 26th. 2009:</b></div><div>Lots of things happened this day... we arrived to the Piazza Grande as usual but this time it was closed off more than before. The alleys leading up to the Piazza had barriers a few meters down the road so if you had front row you could see what was directly in front of you but not towards the sides. I guess to prevent fans from taking pics.. as we know by now they weren't all that successful to accomplish that. Paps were everywhere lurking and even extras had sneaked cameras in. Was bound to happen. Anyways after not thinking we'd get onto the Piazza this time around or see much they suddenly opened the Piazza for a short time. We sat on the steps there for like 30 min or so (I had then already befriended 2 American ladies who were there for the same reason we were, they lived in Naples, Italy as their hubbies worked in the US Army base there, VERY cool ladies to hang out with! So a shout out to Lorri and Tonda!).</div><div><br /></div><div>Then suddenly the Piazza Grande was closed down again and ppl were ushered to the alleys. I got separated from my friend and I ended up standing in one alley with the 2 American ladies. My friend turned out to be standing right across from where I stood.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEp80JbsKFNNIHshyphenhyphenKF9KxvgLPXU55MkpMpH46TCRYCAX4mVzfHkEr1TTBjYzO4VWRsYfDJGVE9mq_cytwWkEomtp3TQCnjG0cTn7MwLDqSgLsPGWb0hPreHbA26N7WYjtbOSNLxDZwtU/s1600-h/Our+view+on+Tuesday+May+27th+when+the+Piazza+Grande+was+closed+for+filming.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEp80JbsKFNNIHshyphenhyphenKF9KxvgLPXU55MkpMpH46TCRYCAX4mVzfHkEr1TTBjYzO4VWRsYfDJGVE9mq_cytwWkEomtp3TQCnjG0cTn7MwLDqSgLsPGWb0hPreHbA26N7WYjtbOSNLxDZwtU/s320/Our+view+on+Tuesday+May+27th+when+the+Piazza+Grande+was+closed+for+filming.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343127468784284834" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-vSO0FLaAW08qu5QNOIINDz9UBW940y-agxV2SjpYtEbQdgED_dTky6g2wYmAoVkthAk2E5cYlJG0mpBJQUrfQdssuJIR_tkIASLDHhO9t558pPjOD6gJi13nZvwMvJsBNvN5vDwDZg/s1600-h/More+extras+entering+the+Piazza+Grande+on+Tuesday+May+27th+%283%29.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-vSO0FLaAW08qu5QNOIINDz9UBW940y-agxV2SjpYtEbQdgED_dTky6g2wYmAoVkthAk2E5cYlJG0mpBJQUrfQdssuJIR_tkIASLDHhO9t558pPjOD6gJi13nZvwMvJsBNvN5vDwDZg/s320/More+extras+entering+the+Piazza+Grande+on+Tuesday+May+27th+%283%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343128094726804466" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>We saw the extras coming in, dressed in capes in various shades of red. They reminded me of either the Little Red Riding Hood or Hobbits LOL. We laughed and joked about the Hobbit being filmed and not New Moon LOL.</div><div><br /></div><div>So after a while we heard loud cheering. Had to be Rob on set again lol. Well this dragged on and on for a while, it was HOTTER THAN HELL that day. I felt sorry for these extras in their heavy capes and one actually almost fainted due to the heat. The Italian security came to the barriers with water for the onlookers which was a nice surprise!</div><div><br /></div><div>Then after ages of standing there the filming at the Piazza Grande was done for the day. We got onto the Piazza and ppl literally RAN to the main building there..I guess the main actors left the set that moment cos I saw nobody but I got ON the fountain this time in the excitement and forgot it was just a movie prop...I almost fell into it...LOL. I managed to stable myself so I didn't make a fool of myself!</div><div><br /></div><div>Then I finally found my friend and we just wandered towards the daytime hotel where the actors stayed. We ate at the nearby restaurant there and saw the crowd at the hotel dwindle down to hardly anyone. I guess nobody was expected there for some time yet. But they filmed further down the road from the hotel so most ppl were were there, past the Piazza Grande.</div><div><br /></div><div>We walked down there again after eating but when we saw THAT horde of ppl swarming towards us we realized that um..ok these ppl are heading in ONE direction to the hotel. So we quickly turned around and was lucky that it was just a tiny crowd outside it. Behind a barrier too for crowd control and safety. We got to the front of the side barrier heading towards the street. Waited there for a bit and well some ppl left for some reason so we moved towards the front that faced the hotel entrance. We didn't get front row but managed to see just fine (thankfully many Italian girls are very short!). Waited for a while and a cute doggie entertained us for a bit,<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeOPRLwYOHZmKpQeJ6QO7DJV-5QDqMa0lNHNo2roRb96Jzzs5Dcvgi_GTAXZxNbUlAEkE_fcGfIM9cLZIfxhWM9g2jMIhUiFKqUiaig1zQWBYLoudKyyjLrDN-pQtaRcfcZcf9RfPDfA/s1600-h/Cute+doggie+entertaining+the+crowd+outside+cast+hotel+in+Montepulciano.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeOPRLwYOHZmKpQeJ6QO7DJV-5QDqMa0lNHNo2roRb96Jzzs5Dcvgi_GTAXZxNbUlAEkE_fcGfIM9cLZIfxhWM9g2jMIhUiFKqUiaig1zQWBYLoudKyyjLrDN-pQtaRcfcZcf9RfPDfA/s320/Cute+doggie+entertaining+the+crowd+outside+cast+hotel+in+Montepulciano.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343137507807406930" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />and then things started to happen rapidly..THIS time though I was prepared, my camera was out and ready. Then first came Dakota in costume, I didn't catch her on camera though, then came Kristen who I just caught by her arm as she ran into the hotel, she was alone in her car. Ashley I got a better one of as she stood outside the hotel for a bit. Then, mayhem broke loose. Yep ROB again. Ppl pushing and screaming like crazy, if I didn't know better you'd think I was in the first few rows at some rock concert! Well out he came, in FULL Edward makeup and costume. White shirt. Seemed to be in full Edward mode too as he made some "scary" face coming outta the car to the crowd, but he ended up looking hot and funny instead lol. I snapped THAT picture! Later I saw the exact same shot (just a little closer than mine was) on a gossip site (think it was Just Jared) so some paparazzi had to have snapped that moment the SAME time I did!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Kristin arriving at the hotel:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudYx0AZH7FCkTw4VCaTUBI76UbwPeO20MPmCR9JXIcWoOZlj0WdOYkUMNEESUZbso-lBNFo6VqhzCNU5RH-BkMYUhthAZDgQDZomowYdobioM0eHgQhRAzV1jYgqkQD4gmArBHdlmRI0/s1600-h/Kristen+arriving+into+hotel.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudYx0AZH7FCkTw4VCaTUBI76UbwPeO20MPmCR9JXIcWoOZlj0WdOYkUMNEESUZbso-lBNFo6VqhzCNU5RH-BkMYUhthAZDgQDZomowYdobioM0eHgQhRAzV1jYgqkQD4gmArBHdlmRI0/s320/Kristen+arriving+into+hotel.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343129218871917314" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Ashley outside the hotel:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7-auUn_qkSlZ6rv1nNsEMWbw1mK1AvCGuBNGA-xt2iJpy1EiVF-m6NFOxgDeypaX0oWNcbIu3Pn1tA1JeUTjPadzVdxrNnNZr7rF8K59wao4oCItwdqt6P1s5PBZvHQ2807EklDzwC0/s1600-h/Ashley+in+her+Alice+costume+outside+the+actors+daytime+hotel.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7-auUn_qkSlZ6rv1nNsEMWbw1mK1AvCGuBNGA-xt2iJpy1EiVF-m6NFOxgDeypaX0oWNcbIu3Pn1tA1JeUTjPadzVdxrNnNZr7rF8K59wao4oCItwdqt6P1s5PBZvHQ2807EklDzwC0/s320/Ashley+in+her+Alice+costume+outside+the+actors+daytime+hotel.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343129497318774066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Rob(ward) arriving at the hotel in full Edward mode and costume:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQD3gSvVtQ8nkLCFpT849iMjEW-R1tXJDy7VnhsNnXQtxqvPqSCrPk3_YgyyBFhbWktmvqHUHhPE4teXhJ7HzukHpLb14G9C1cG2DhNY7V9yck8q7qBvc7EkyKpL-3hEuYF5ts0PkM7Vk/s1600-h/Rob+in+full+Edward+costume+and+mode+arriving+at+the+hotel.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQD3gSvVtQ8nkLCFpT849iMjEW-R1tXJDy7VnhsNnXQtxqvPqSCrPk3_YgyyBFhbWktmvqHUHhPE4teXhJ7HzukHpLb14G9C1cG2DhNY7V9yck8q7qBvc7EkyKpL-3hEuYF5ts0PkM7Vk/s320/Rob+in+full+Edward+costume+and+mode+arriving+at+the+hotel.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343129814111297570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Everyone I showed this pic I took to wanted it mailed to them so yep I will be busy doing that for a few days!</div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Charlie Bewley arriving at the hotel:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiDNPMBqpQGiinpnLqKMP5hwPJWQMrKo-Yo-irMQ6FLTouxH8RrTAFBiOyzXggsa2ds2ZO3mtyjhQKUKRyrQCOReNhf_mavHPIeP-IZfEusYN0LU4I31BRN-VPdSMQKGcK4yppAVZ0H4/s1600-h/Charlie+Bewley+who+plays+Dimitri+arrives+at+the+hotel.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiDNPMBqpQGiinpnLqKMP5hwPJWQMrKo-Yo-irMQ6FLTouxH8RrTAFBiOyzXggsa2ds2ZO3mtyjhQKUKRyrQCOReNhf_mavHPIeP-IZfEusYN0LU4I31BRN-VPdSMQKGcK4yppAVZ0H4/s320/Charlie+Bewley+who+plays+Dimitri+arrives+at+the+hotel.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343130100338075938" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Now I also got pics of all the actors (sans Dakota yet again!!) when they left the hotel.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Kristen leaving the hotel:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrsIUFC4IjBrsnmATj_1sFZTW4ipR90KAq3q98stdZV0zD94oYpCK67NJ5DnnDFRRE9_FC3UR5qwFegpGm5YNmq0xhOcYTDs3xEjhw3Sv-rAODRTxsLCag6N7ScMG9pSKhLVOQJq4MQg/s1600-h/Kristen+leaving+the+hotel.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrsIUFC4IjBrsnmATj_1sFZTW4ipR90KAq3q98stdZV0zD94oYpCK67NJ5DnnDFRRE9_FC3UR5qwFegpGm5YNmq0xhOcYTDs3xEjhw3Sv-rAODRTxsLCag6N7ScMG9pSKhLVOQJq4MQg/s320/Kristen+leaving+the+hotel.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343135873682442146" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Ashley Leaving the hotel:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuc07RBKgLdFRK3kv1wrrava4xY8z-ksD1VAyO8Ovk6CseWQs996tooFs-TFxJaVIhLm-cAFHDEVSrSwfWgHMezYWPmqNBrC_LgNzbIigd6ffpmyCvuZAC12RNHg5PdswiKoaPfJFSTF0/s1600-h/Ashley+leaving+the+hotel.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuc07RBKgLdFRK3kv1wrrava4xY8z-ksD1VAyO8Ovk6CseWQs996tooFs-TFxJaVIhLm-cAFHDEVSrSwfWgHMezYWPmqNBrC_LgNzbIigd6ffpmyCvuZAC12RNHg5PdswiKoaPfJFSTF0/s320/Ashley+leaving+the+hotel.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343135072936239090" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Charlie Bewley leaving the hotel and filming us on his way out lol:<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_g6U0pl1k6uAotq13vkJ2RuOwEBig9kaKRA5BM3TLXoZor0yGh5SuCTL-ByiIsDpjPJ5JJ-0cz77o4ma66m8mKYJwo4KR3GKJGCCPMveB6w8qcec4_2jQGFfTjgH4D8ZYQOMjGSY5lIg/s1600-h/Charlie+Bewley+leaving+the+hotel.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_g6U0pl1k6uAotq13vkJ2RuOwEBig9kaKRA5BM3TLXoZor0yGh5SuCTL-ByiIsDpjPJ5JJ-0cz77o4ma66m8mKYJwo4KR3GKJGCCPMveB6w8qcec4_2jQGFfTjgH4D8ZYQOMjGSY5lIg/s320/Charlie+Bewley+leaving+the+hotel.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343135232408505826" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTVt5P-8omIIEWWiRxyzEeDrLiyQz577mmOtXVKVw-pizMcO5xrj_9pLjNWLXKTEodEexTKXm8pyljn_H52tEpWLZenrk8-HyVrto6sqtre0310HJlbw4GGwAfXYI_QyyZcbirxfvEdI/s1600-h/Charlie+Bewley+filming+the+crowd+outside+the+hotel+LOL.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTVt5P-8omIIEWWiRxyzEeDrLiyQz577mmOtXVKVw-pizMcO5xrj_9pLjNWLXKTEodEexTKXm8pyljn_H52tEpWLZenrk8-HyVrto6sqtre0310HJlbw4GGwAfXYI_QyyZcbirxfvEdI/s320/Charlie+Bewley+filming+the+crowd+outside+the+hotel+LOL.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343135396686448258" border="0" /></a></div></div><br />I also got Charlie Bewley on camera, this guy is so cute and funny! He seems to totally enjoy all of the madness at the moment and well he came out of the hotel smiling, with a bouquet of flowers and a video camera. He filmed the crowd there and threw the flowers into the crowd! Needless to say he charmed quite a few fans!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Robert leaving the hotel:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfRI-g-5RuQVMH8UKnSoWPIeGoeZW_U0HUzXnWMyFZvtd7-QaG5T4G7FDfKII71a1QogaK1LTq0-p5QIzqfctC5vWaykz4X4OlOwCDFbtk-NM1_m1qpK7FAuNIyjsEkvb3frQw005JpA/s1600-h/Rob+leaving+the+hotel.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfRI-g-5RuQVMH8UKnSoWPIeGoeZW_U0HUzXnWMyFZvtd7-QaG5T4G7FDfKII71a1QogaK1LTq0-p5QIzqfctC5vWaykz4X4OlOwCDFbtk-NM1_m1qpK7FAuNIyjsEkvb3frQw005JpA/s320/Rob+leaving+the+hotel.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343135544993516354" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /></div><div>This time Rob was definitely back to his usual shy self. He just looked straight ahead and went into the car. He wore his sunglasses, the same blue checkered shirt and dark pants.</div><div><br /></div><div>So knowing that they'd left the town of Montepulciano and back to either their overnight hotel or out to eat we got ready to leave Montepulciano and go back to our hotel. But we wanted to check out the other hotel they were at JUST because. We had no intention to stay there. We got there and there was a few fans outside, security was tight and they made SURE nobody lingered just outside the entrance. We stuck around for a lil while talking to people and then opted to leave. Back to our hotel and to bed.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Wednesday May 27th. 2009:</b></div><div>This is the day that turned out to be exactly what I had imagined my usual bad luck and what my week there would be. EVERYTHING was closed off. No chance in HELL to get access to the Piazza Grande at all! ALL alleys leading to the Piazza was closed off. Way down the road too. So not possible to see anything at all. Quite boring as we had been so spoiled the 2 days before, little did we know that we would be yet again a little spoiled when we least expected it. We became friends with yet more Americans, a mother and a daughter who were definitely happy they stayed with my friend and I and a newly arrived friend of ours from Austria, waelchen is her twitter name (again using the twitter name as I didn't ask for permission to use her real name.). We stuck around at the Fortezza for a bit then got bored, we headed off to have lunch. Found a nice restaurant in one of these streets and enjoyed ourselves for a while. After lunch we headed off towards the Piazza in another direction hoping to catch a road that hadn't been blocked so far down, sadly no success. We ended up in the alley leading up to the Piazza that also was in the same direction as a restaurant that came into play the next early morning..more on that later...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Pics taken at the Fortezza on Wednesday, May 27th.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHUQgIvUmVnB2d6AGygu8ew4-HsjbtE8eXdPk1Y2nANFRECcxDqxe1CLmR2Rjizlqi0qOewUdRfib8vNF5beZrO_zX67VPYeolJwZZdMa3-mPRlXSqrL5iq4g4yLtsobNlY1t6oMv1uc/s1600-h/Crowd+outside+the+Fortezza+gate+on+Wednesday+May+27th.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHUQgIvUmVnB2d6AGygu8ew4-HsjbtE8eXdPk1Y2nANFRECcxDqxe1CLmR2Rjizlqi0qOewUdRfib8vNF5beZrO_zX67VPYeolJwZZdMa3-mPRlXSqrL5iq4g4yLtsobNlY1t6oMv1uc/s320/Crowd+outside+the+Fortezza+gate+on+Wednesday+May+27th.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343137156539520226" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjx_cLAS5Spxf2sN2d8yf-19OmrJRzlJsrdJfNoal3QqXI3MBRo7VgNd0vToyTRCCjdfCdtbHP-OnC0SHABtOUzsQ_pNxVuUSd1S1GSZYFCan8OTfUpsaqeZE87fstY9L1jKHBfCwmcCE/s1600-h/Katie,+Valerie+and+Karen%27s+little+girl+in+the+crowd+at+Fortezza+on+Wednesday+May+27th.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjx_cLAS5Spxf2sN2d8yf-19OmrJRzlJsrdJfNoal3QqXI3MBRo7VgNd0vToyTRCCjdfCdtbHP-OnC0SHABtOUzsQ_pNxVuUSd1S1GSZYFCan8OTfUpsaqeZE87fstY9L1jKHBfCwmcCE/s320/Katie,+Valerie+and+Karen%27s+little+girl+in+the+crowd+at+Fortezza+on+Wednesday+May+27th.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343138015549582514" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigce6ed9CEupN9AmWkZuZFMAXw76em2t8aAz0RHR8POyKZ5wrjcVfeaW78_tLxXjLKPH3ktdj0l02GtXeyZ1Sfq2uAKpkrYRMQjXVyt5rHiFT-hRLgT7iGAe137XjzxpKf2LN5hoUyT8/s1600-h/Karen+and+I+in+the+crowd+outside+the+Fortezza+on+Wednesday+May+27th.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigce6ed9CEupN9AmWkZuZFMAXw76em2t8aAz0RHR8POyKZ5wrjcVfeaW78_tLxXjLKPH3ktdj0l02GtXeyZ1Sfq2uAKpkrYRMQjXVyt5rHiFT-hRLgT7iGAe137XjzxpKf2LN5hoUyT8/s320/Karen+and+I+in+the+crowd+outside+the+Fortezza+on+Wednesday+May+27th.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343137759011304530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Extras arriving into the Fortezza for lunch on Wednesday May 27th.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDY0diETH1YYPlejBH14Eo_pR8dPVNFirQX2KMaY_dD6YpLn2UCktARBk4ABiEJ5h1PRwnTHEPuGwDMCRSpsFOxCiLrpZwI0QmkJKIEQQFioCCmCUUCE_z1tkf5iFSaLN9PxFD6HGFOCk/s1600-h/Extras+arriving+into+the+Fortezza+on+Wednesday+May+27th+for+lunch.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDY0diETH1YYPlejBH14Eo_pR8dPVNFirQX2KMaY_dD6YpLn2UCktARBk4ABiEJ5h1PRwnTHEPuGwDMCRSpsFOxCiLrpZwI0QmkJKIEQQFioCCmCUUCE_z1tkf5iFSaLN9PxFD6HGFOCk/s320/Extras+arriving+into+the+Fortezza+on+Wednesday+May+27th+for+lunch.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343137342971950626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div>After waiting for what seemed like ages, ppl asked the security there how long it would be before they opened the Piazza. They estimated it to be around 8 PM. We got bored standing there seeing nada so we decided to just head off for dinner before going to the Piazza around that time. Just as I crossed the street the security moved ppl to the side of the street and opened the barrier for a car coming thru. I jumped on the doorway entry to a small wine store on the other side, just thinking it was just another car passing thru. It wasn't! I saw a black car, clear windows and in there was ...Kristen! I still hadn't learned my lesson to have my camera ready at all times..so that was safely tucked away in my purse, sigh. Well Kristen smiled and waved to us though and we all cheered. </div><div><br /></div><div>Then as that car drove down the alley, nobody paid attention to the car following it..I looked up and it was another black car but with black windows...my new buddies from US, the mom and daughter got a GREAT view as the windows weren't as black as they first appeared to be, Rob looked right at them! I just saw the back of his head! PPL were so surprised that nobody screamed, that came as the car had passed when ppl realized who really was in that car LOL! So yes after a slightly boring day but still a nice one with new friends we STILL got our fix that day. </div><div><br /></div><div>After that we headed up to the Piazza as it was opened shortly after. We headed for the restaurant that was literally at the end of that street and met up with the American ladies I had gotten to know the day before (Tuesday). They told us they had stayed at the restaurant all day and they saw most of the filming that day. They had shown up there at 5 am or so and got lucky to get a table. So waelchen and vampirefreak101 wanted to show up EARLY Thursday morning to secure a table there so we could be that lucky on Thursday, little did waelchen and I know how LUCKY we WOULD be on Thursday..</div><div><br /></div><div>They agreed to get up at 2 AM Thursday morning to get there by 3 AM as the restaurant would be open then..yes that restaurant opened at that time during the filming, crazy I know but they made a lot of money on it I bet! I initially refused to get up that early, seriously it was crazy cos it wasn't like I was going to a concert! To get up at that ridiculous hour only make sense to me if you opt for front row at a concert (or a Bon Jovi concert in my case!). Not to get a table to watch some filming! But I eventually decided to go with them. Happy I did too. Waelchen kindly agreed to drive us to our hotel that day and pick us up at 2:30 AM on Thursday. Good grief!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Thursday May 28th. 2009:</b></div><div>Yeah...it was early..TOO EARLY!!! My body wondered what the heck I was doing as I struggled out of bed and I think vampirefreak101's body did the same hehe. We did still get up, got ready and waited for waelchen to pick us up. (Please do check out her blog here: <a href="http://newmoonitalyset.blogspot.com/">New Moon Italy Set</a>)Poor girl ran a tiny bit late as firstly she struggled to find the driveway to her farmhouse guest house she stayed in. She might have gotten like just a couple of hrs sleep...less than we got either way. She was stopped for some silly police check which HAD to happen that day (or rather night lol). But she wasn't more than about 5 min. late so no big deal really.</div><div><br /></div><div>We still arrived about 3 AM. at the restaurant. Some ppl were lingering around but nobody at the tables yet until we sat down at one of the front tables. I had already agreed with the 2 US ladies, Lorri and Tonda, that if they arrived first they would save chairs for us and if we arrived first we would do the same for them. We arrived first so we saved the chairs for them. They arrived about 5:30 AM. </div><div><br /></div><div>Just after we arrived some cool Italian fans came, they told us the tables we were all at were great places for the filming. They sat there on Wednesday and saw most of it apart from the reunion scene between Edward and Bella which was filmed behind privacy screens that blocked that view from the restaurants, extras on the set could see it though.</div><div><br /></div><div>So we all got settled onto our chairs, after buying some much needed coffee and later some croissants (NO idea what it was called in Italian sorry lol) we just got ready to wait, shivering a little as it was slightly cool but we knew it would get warmer soon enough. Around 6 AM. some security guy came over and spoke to us in Italian, the Italian girls next to us immediately got on their feet and they told us to get up too. The US ladies translated to us what went on. The security guy were looking for EXTRAS! Preferably older people! All 3 of us jumped up and got up to the security guy, anticipating a SHOT to be an extra. So a large group of older ppl and the younger ones left with him and leaving the tables we got so early up for behind. Knowing full well we'd lost a great spot but this was too good to pass up on. </div><div><br /></div><div>We were escorted behind the gates to the Fortezza which served mostly as a place for the Extras to be before filming for the day and to have lunch. Also served as a storage fore the extras' own personal belongings they couldn't take on set. Cameras and mobiles etc.</div><div><br /></div><div>We were lead to an Italian casting lady who also spoke English, and she requested peoples ID documents. Also said that they were only looking for ppl from a certain age and up, mostly in their 30's and up if I am not mistaken. I gotta admit it was NICE to finally be happy to be "older". That doesn't happen too often lol.</div><div><br /></div><div>I had one obstacle against me in getting into being cast as an extra. This one day I had left my passport at the hotel and only had my Norwegian driver's license. They did of course only accept passports. The lady wouldn't budge to my please, and well I cannot blame her cos she had her orders. The security guy however felt sorry for me when he saw my "desperate face". I felt a major disappointment coming in over me knowing I lost a great spot at the restaurant and now would lose my chance to be an extra. When would that ever happen again??</div><div><br /></div><div>But the security guy talked into letting me in as she had already accepted another American lady who didn't have her passport with her, she got accepted upon promising to bring the passport the next day. I of course promised doing the same thing. So the casting lady then caved in and let me in. Waelchen and I were IN!! Sadly vampirefreak101 didn't get in, nor did the other Italin girls as they were too young for what they were looking for at that time. The security guy followed them back to the restaurant I believe. I felt so bad doing this but I hoped and prayed that vampirefreak101 would understand and that she would at least get a good spot back at the restaurant. Turns out they did eventually after complaining to the security guy of losing their spots but they managed to get a spot there! Vampirefreak101 was quite happy as the day passed by cos she got some great sightings on her own, her tweets probably told her followers what she saw! I asked her if she was upset with me but she wasn't. So HUGE HUGS to vampirefreak101 for being so understanding.</div><div><br /></div><div>Well after being registered at the casting table, waelchen and I filled out some papers, and yes the 2 US ladies, Lorri and Tondi was there too. Very happy for them, esp Lorri had tried to be cast as an extra when they were first casting for it. Neither waelchen and I had any clue what we signed or what that paper we got handed alongside with our on set passes (it said FE for Free Extras I guess on one side and on the other it read USM. No idea what that stood for.) The pass was a laminated thing with red and white stripes. Paid extras had one saying "EXTRA" on it and it was yellow and green striped. </div><div><br /></div><div>Then it was time to get into the Extras' wardrobe, which mostly consisted of these hooded capes in various shades of red. Some paid extras had full costumes. </div><div><br /></div><div>After getting our hooded cape and put it on we went back outside to get some free food lol. Yep we got served breakfast. I didn't see the coffee and tea there then but spotted some croissants and bottles of water that we could take so I grabbed that.</div><div><br /></div><div>After a while we were all gathered together and it was time to head off to the set. The set for us was again the Piazza Grande. Again it was closed off like it was on Wednesday. Ppl were everywhere and wherever we went ppl snapped pics of us or filmed us lol. Then well onto the Piazza we were divided into two large groups, the first group got right into working from the morning. The first scene of filming was Bella running thru the crowd towards the fountain. Also at the same time 2 processions were moving, one up the stairs in front of the church on the Piazza while the other just moved towards it just behind the fountain. </div><div><br /></div><div>After waiting while things were set up for filming and Lorri, waelchen and I stood by some white van to catch a better view of what went on. Lorri's friend Tonda was already working as she was last in the procession walking up the stairs in front of the church...again and again lol.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then as we were watching this, I felt someone approaching me from behind, not touching me or speaking to me but approaching to pass behind me, I looked around and there comes Kristen, walking RIGHT by me. I just moved one step up so she could pass. I didn't talk to her and she did not look at me. It wasn't the time or place to approach her as she was focused and I didn't want to mess up my luck either. So I just "ignored" her lol. </div><div><br /></div><div>Then later on a short break while the next sequence was set to be filmed, this time splashing in the fountain I think which was done by Kristen's stunt double, Azzura (I think that is how her name is spelled!). Lorri, waelchen and I just kinda walked towards the opposite end of the Piazza from where we were..towards where we knew Rob would stand when they filmed the reunion scene between Edward and Bella as she tries to stop him from exposing himself in the sun to the crowd there.</div><div><br /></div><div>So just milling around, moving up the steps until we found our place. Nobody placed us there, we placed OURSELVES there lmao. We were instructed by the main supervisor there to look towards the procession and Church when filming, NOT at Rob and Kristin as they shot their scene. Well, easier said than done when you got a hot looking actor in THAT body standing on the doorstep with NO shirt on! I definitely looked between takes, also during the first 2 takes took a sneak peak while filming but TRIED my best to only slightly tilt my face in that direction whilst still being underneath my hoodie lol. Not sure if I failed. Yet they had to film that sequence several times, (NOT cos of me lol!). After the first 2 takes I stopped doing that. I looked where I was told to look and only looked at Rob and Kristin between takes. I had a great view lol. During filming I focused on listening to the lines spoken and caught most of Kristen's lines, Rob spoke too low to hear what he said.</div><div><br /></div><div>At one time Kristen got REALLY loud...screamed from the top of her lungs it seemed and I didn't see it happened but she SLAMMED into Rob as she jumped up on him and he almost fell over lol. Needless to say they had to do another take cos er, well, a tiny looking human isn't suppose to knock over a vampire...right?</div><div><br /></div><div>So yet again another take, and during these takes, for those who doubt if Rob's abs were real or not, they were! There is NO faking that stuff, not when you get as close of a view as I got later that day, yes makeup was applied to ENHANCE them to make them stand out more to show up on the silver screen. To make it look good, but they are so real! I also couldn't believe how tiny Kristen looks. Seriously this girl is shorter or AT LEAST my height but her body is more than half smaller than me! LMAO. I felt really fat next to her hehe! She is really pretty in person though. All of the actors looked great in person and I think they even looked BETTER in person than on pictures/screen. Needless to say I drooled when I saw Rob but kept it internally. Not one to lose my posture when I am suppose to be working! I do have my work pride after all.</div><div><br /></div><div>So after a few more takes, it was time for a break....I sensed the production team was quite happy with the extras that day. They seemed cheerful and in a good mood. It was also the last day for Rob filming so most of principal shooting was finished on that day.</div><div><br /></div><div>But during that break something happened that I didn't particularly appreciate from the Italian team and I am sorry if I offend Italians out there but what occurred was uncalled for an unnecessary. One of the Italian crew announced that "He" (meaning Robert) would come out and greet the extras, all of us cheered (someone translated this for waelchen and I so that is how we knew). Then after a little time they announced that sadly it wasn't gonna happen after all as Rob had refused to come out. He wanted to go for lunch instead. The Italian crew wasn't impressed and well as we went towards the Fortezza for our lunch they kept blaming this on the US production crew and Rob (literally saying that they didn't care that we traveled from afar or got there early in the morning) making it sound like they were all primadonnas. What a bunch of crap! I told one of the US ladies (Lisa from Philly, Hey Lisa!!) that this sounded VERY much like a lame excuse and some way of blaming the US crew for something that wasn't planned in the first place. Seems to me it was the Italian crew who thought this would be cool to do for the extras and although that thought was sweet, they could have handled the "rejection" from Rob in a much more professional manner and not sound like a bunch of brats with putting all blame on the US crew and Rob. I was pissed off at that. </div><div><br /></div><div>Actually I felt it would be more appropriate for the DIRECTOR, Chris Weitz to greet and thank the extras, simply cos he is the main guy in charge there. This did actually happen later on but more on that later.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyways back at the Fortezza for lunch where we were given a pretty big lunch I have to say. Big sandwich with salami, pasta salad, bottle of water and fruit. </div><div><br /></div><div>After lunch and milling around for a bit ppl got antsy to get back out to the Piazza, ppl lined up at the gate that we got in for our lunch and we got stuck standing there for like 2 hrs! LOL, like it wasn't enough standing around before or after that LOL. Not the Italian crew's fault though, I suspect it was just us Extras being anxious and impatient for more filming hehe. Eager bunch you see hehe.</div><div><br /></div><div>Soo, eventually they did open up the doors and back on the Piazza we went, sat down there for a bit and then they started to divide us up in groups again..one smaller one this time and one BIG one that was lead to the back of the steps towards the back of the Piazza. Lorri, waelchen and I got picked up for the smaller group who had to work...and we were placed on the street leading down to the doorway were Rob stood..</div><div><br /></div><div>After being moved here'n'there I was told to follow the "Main guy" who instructed the extras alongside an older Italian lady...he let us down the street to stand only a FEW meters from where Rob were gonna stand in that doorway. I was floored. I guess I did my job ok enough for him to place me there or maybe it was just sheer luck! Great view none the less! The lady I stood next to barely spoke English but enough for me to explain to her what the scene was about, she was excited too hehe.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyways..then we were all suddenly told to step forward 3 steps and stay there. We complied and I turned around cos others did too. There I see Rob and Kristen coming down the street with security. Rob had "dots" on his face and I saw some on his chest as his shirt was unbuttoned. I remember thinking "that looks weird..." LOL. But I was drooling inside! He and Kristen walked RIGHT by me, I could only just reach out my hand and I could touch them but I did not do anything, I just stood there and looked, not staring, just looking. Tried to be as casual about this as I could be.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then we were told to step back the 3 steps we had moved forward and was instructed to face forward with faces towards the Piazza and the side of that Church again. NOT to look at Rob and Kristen of course. I looked at them as much as I could between takes but when they called for action and rolling I did as I was told with ears focused on the dialogue that I could hear more clearly this time around, still couldn't pick up much of Rob's lines but did hear him mumble something lol. Kristen's lines as I heard was like "No Edward, don't" as she ran to him, then I heard "Step back!" and then "Open your eyes!".</div><div><br /></div><div>In between takes I watch them interact with the production team. Rob laughed and Kristen laughed too. They both seemed cheerful and in a great mood. They also stepped behind a black screen thing to watch the scene they had just filmed and also smoked of course hehe. For the "Robsten shippers" out there..no I saw NO indication, not even a slightest hint of anything intimate going on between them. Not that it would happen there anyways as they seemed cheerful but focused on what they were doing. Professional to the bone I would say. Impressive cos they are still young in spite of experience and so on. Kristen has a lot of experience but still a young girl. She was VERY focused though.</div><div><br /></div><div>After they were satisfied with the filming for the day it was time to wrap things up. First we were told to get onto the steps in front of the church again and sit down (they made sure we sat down during breaks a lot and also made sure if it was too hot to get us in the shadow and give us water, so they certainly cared for our well being as much as they could.).</div><div><br /></div><div>Well after a few thanks etc...the one guy who had made the ridiculous announcement earlier spoke again of what had happened and why Rob didn't come out and this time I was so furious I didn't know what to do with myself. I kept it in though.</div><div><br /></div><div>He had the NERVE to ask for a favor cos Rob had "refused" to come out to greet us and wanted to go for lunch instead, apparently not bothered with the fact that ppl had come from afar and got up early to be a part of this. So this dude asked us for a "favor". I could NOT believe my ears when the Italian girl next to me translated for me. He asked us to BOO Rob as he got out from that main building and walked back to his hotel!! I was shocked, furious and horrified but such nonprofessional behavior from a crew member. I mean come on! I said loud and clear in English I had NO intention to boo anyone, that is ridiculous and unprofessional, totally uncalled for! waelchen was as pissed off too.</div><div><br /></div><div>So when Rob came out, yep some fans DID boo...unbelievable! Some of them were right behind us. Waelchen and I cheered as LOUD and clapped as hard as we could to tune them out. We both looked at Rob and what does he do? He looks in our direction (could have looked at any of us but it was in OUR direction where we sat at least lmao) and smiled! No idea if he heard the booing, I do believe the cheers were louder than the booing thank goodness but man I was majorly pissed off!</div><div><br /></div><div>Kristen got a loud cheer and applause as she walked out too, her reaction was adorable. She waved to us like "noo, noo stop that, too embarrassing" and smiled..too cute! That reaction only got her stronger cheers hehe.</div><div><br /></div><div>After that it was time for these official goodbyes things. Some of this could end up on the DVD maybe...all of the Extras were filmed, taken pics off from some guys standing on a crane. Then finally the official greeting and IMO the most appropriate one as it was from the boss himself, Chris Weitz came out to greet us after we chanted "Chris, Chris, Chris" and clapped. He came out and after some struggling to get the PA mic to work right he thanked us all for coming and for our enthusiasm. Then some more guys came to say thanks, more cheers and big cheers as the car was pulled out for us all to see. Yep one of the yellow turbo Porches they used there was pulled out to show us and well press too I guess. That entire segment was fun and cheerful and my pissed off feeling from before slowly waned.</div><div><br /></div><div>After that it was time to go back to the Fortezza, hand in our red hooded capes and pick up our belongings. Upon entering there we were all asked if we could come back tomorrow and of course I said yes lol. Had to bring my passport to them anyways so I may as well say yes!</div><div><br /></div><div>So after all that excitement it was time to get back to our hotel, first we had dinner at one of the restaurants nearby the Fortezza before going to our hotel, we met up with vampirefreak101 there and she was full of stories of her own of what happened that day and was eager to hear our stories too. She too got majorly pissed off at how the Italian crew blamed Rob and the US crew for not "caring" about the extras on set. Esp about the booing. She was in no way upset with us at all either so she is really a sweetheart that girl! Great friend to have!</div><div><br /></div><div>Waelchen yet again (what a great girl she is, and she is hilarious too, both of waelchen and vampirefreak101 are hilarious lol) kindly agreed to pick up vampirefreak101 and I up at our hotel, this time at 4 AM I think so we would be at the Fortezza between 4:45 and 5 AM. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Friday May 29th. 2009:</b></div><div>We got there between 4:45 and 5 AM as planned and again had to go thru the registration form, just a shortened version of it as many of us had been there before and I could finally hand over my passport (waelchen and I had both forgotten to pick up our documents the evening before so we told them at the registration they had that from the day before too, the lady said she'd make sure we got our documents back). And then it was time to go thru the same process, wardrobe to get our red hooded cape and then back out to catch breakfast. This time we got croissants and coffee (waelchen had tea). We relaxed for a while and talked about the previous day and about all that had happened. Then it was time to get ready for work again. This time both Lorri and Tonda were paid extras. So they had different badges than we did. We had the same one as the previous day.</div><div><br /></div><div>This time there were no filming at the Piazza. We were lead to some street and waelchen and I got separated for the most of that day, we only saw one another during short breaks. We had managed to stick together like glue the day before but no such luck this time around lol. I did end up staying with the American gang of ladies I had gotten to know and appreciated that, as the first part of filming that day I got "stuck" with Italians only and one Polish girl who I thankfully discovered DID speak English just fine lol. She was lovely, Kate is her name. (Hi Kate!)</div><div><br /></div><div>So we were divided in groups, and scattered around down the street to "crowd the street" and the scene that was being filmed was the yellow Porsche zooming up the street. I was told what was gonna happen and to be honest I felt worried. First time I felt worried actually. I spoke up and voiced my concern cos from what I could understand we were to walk in the middle of the street in groups of 2 or 3 (with the ppl we were placed with) and then when we heard the Porsche's horn go off we were to move out of the way quickly so it zoomed by. The rehearsals were done by Ashley's stunt double, a guy and also Kristen's stunt double was in the car. The guy who translated for me calmed me down saying "don't worry, it is a professional stunt guy driving first then the actors later". I was stunned that they would let the actors drive that car that FAST up this road full of ppl!<br /><br />Pic of one of the yellow Turbo Porsches they used taken on Saturday May 30th on the Piazza Grande:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf44cr-OUFLegoPErFNgUWIVx0Zi2AAmT0mme8Q1CtbfatCyH5mPFQq1GBaYyZoGNkGidtObSRMi0dl7NiYQWO4n-KdNVeNQHINiosnZye18_fRoxaxtu0rJcPJ95KXXH3N3ZGUGLxqLQ/s1600-h/The+yellow+Turbo+Porsche+they+used+for+filming+and+they+had+2+of+these+%282%29.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf44cr-OUFLegoPErFNgUWIVx0Zi2AAmT0mme8Q1CtbfatCyH5mPFQq1GBaYyZoGNkGidtObSRMi0dl7NiYQWO4n-KdNVeNQHINiosnZye18_fRoxaxtu0rJcPJ95KXXH3N3ZGUGLxqLQ/s320/The+yellow+Turbo+Porsche+they+used+for+filming+and+they+had+2+of+these+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343143606086363266" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>However either I misunderstood some of the guy's translation cos what they ended up doing was having us walk on each side of the roads as the car zoomed by honking the horn, I felt MUCH safer (I am no stunt woman after all!!)</div><div><br /></div><div>So after a few test drives with the stunt doubles it was time for the actors to do this, and I had to smile as Ashley did drive considerably slower than the stunt double did...she honked differently too but it was still passing us by in high speed though. They did this take a few times over. </div><div><br /></div><div>I was happy cos well I got a good look at both of the actresses again. I felt spoiled at this point. Having seen actors just about EVERY DAY since I came to Italy it kinda started to feel like a natural thing lol.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then later on they moved us to a different location, a busy street where the shops were open and customers milling around. They managed to block the street off somewhat but still too busy to actually get some serious filming done, yet they tried, over and over, and over and over! Crazy idea to try to film there but I guess they got some scenes done. This was done by a "camera car" as in the other yellow Porsche they had on some trailer thing or whatever it is called in English, with black screens on and it was pulled by another car containing the camera and sound equipment. This was for the interior shots for the actors in the car. Again this passed in slow speed right behind us and we had to be COMPLETELY quiet as they used sensitive mikes to record sound. They had to do this over again several times cos customers in shops ignored instructions to NOT take pics. </div><div><br /></div><div>I looked at Kristen and Ashley in the car between takes, they were so adorable, really acting their ages. Giggling, laughing, singing lol. Very cute. I could see Kristen's reaction if she felt she did a good job in the scene or her reaction when she messed up. I didn't see Ashley's reaction there cos I was on Kristen's side. But one time they both were happily singing along to something and as the camera car backed down a little one of the crew on each side opened the doors so ppl there could hear the girls....then started clapping and the crowd immediately followed. Kristen and Ashley both blushed and hid their faces LOL. So cute!</div><div><br /></div><div>After that they kinda gave up on the idea to try more there so they moved us back to the street we were before, this time they shot poor Kristen running up some MAJORLY steep steps. I halfway ran/walked those steps earlier and boy they are STEEP. Imagining running up those as fast as you can. Kristen did her best and asap she got around the corner from these steps she was out of breath and breathed "Fuck me!" which caused Lorri to crack up although she kept it in though. (I had been reunited with Lorri and Tonda at this point and succeeded to follow them for the rest of the day lol).</div><div><br /></div><div>After finally having lunch again, this time at a park outside the old town of Montepulciano, not too long to walk as we were nearby that park anyways. After that it was time to get back on set but first we got up to the street were they had filmed Kristen running up the stairs...after being moved back and forth for abit...I guess they tried to figure out where to film and what to do they opted to move the set yet again.</div><div><br /></div><div>They also chose out a few of the extras and yet again they wanted older ppl. Yet again Lorri, Tonda, 2 other US ladies and I amongst other Italian extras were picked up and walked to the new location. This time they were at a crossroads of sorts. They wanted to shoot a scene were Bella runs thru the crowded streets, at the crossroads she is unsure of which direction to go as one street leads to the right and another to the left, my friend waelchen got on this set too and she was on the street on the left. I was on the street but up to the camera alongside an Italian man and Lorri. The main guy who spoke perfectly English but was originally from Italy (NOT the other guy who acted stupidly the day before, this guy was cool) placed us 3 up front of the street we stood at and Lorri told me "I think I know why we are mostly put up front...it is cos we do as told, we follow instructions and don't mess around." so our attitude paid off then, we did as we were told (same for Tonda) and I guess we kinda got rewarded by being placed up front, near the actors several times. Of course the same went for others too! Not just us lol. Also this gives no guarantee for ending up in the actual final cut of the movie either. It was just cool to see EVERYTHING up close if you know what I mean.</div><div><br /></div><div>They did some rehearsal rounds with Kristen's stunt double and then it was time for Kristen to do the scene. We were told NOT to step aside for Kristen, she was suppose to push us aside to make her way thru. In between takes I looked at her again, she was acting like a boxer going into the ring sometimes, jumping around getting ready, other times she had her ipod on dancing a little, focusing. Then she kept walking back to the spot she ran from several times of course, one time she walked RIGTH by my again and I stepped aside cos some camera guy came along to show her something.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also heard her asking for reassurance from the camera guy there as she didn't seem to be comfortable with pushing ppl aside like that. It felt awkward but the camera guy said it looked good and for her not to worry, "I know this may feel awkward for you but trust me it's cool". Waelchen got pushed aside by Kristen but they were told she would do that so they were prepared, she said Kristen didn't like doing that but the scene called for it so she went for it being a pro. Waelchen had no objection to this LOL.</div><div><br /></div><div>After a few takes...Chris Weitz came out to say "we got our last shot" and basically that LONG day (It was seriously hot that day and both crew, and extras were more or less FED up at this point. I just wanted to LEAVE lol.) was a wrap also. So yet again we headed for the Fortezza one last time to hand in our badges and capes and pick up our documents and personal belongings. Lorri and Tonda as paid extras had been asked several times to come back on Saturday as they ran behind schedule of filming background crowd but both refused as they had other plans on Saturday. I wasn't asked but if I was asked I would say no too as vampirefreak101 and I had other plans too and waelchen had to drive back to her hotel in Florence in the evening so she wouldn't even be in Montepulciano on Saturday.</div><div><br /></div><div>So after a long day we were finally done, our experience as movie extras were over but we were happy over the experience. Waelchen and I waited for vampirefreak101 at the gate by the Fortezza again but waelchen had to get going as it was getting late. So we said our goodbyes and I relaxed while waiting for her to come there. Again she was excited over her own experiences that day, she had met Kristen at the daytime hotel there. We finally made our way down to a bus stop to catch our bus back at our hotel and we were both totally exhausted. Got into bed and I think I actually fell asleep asap my head hit the pillow!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Saturday May 30th. 2009:</b></div><div>Since my time as being an extra was over we had no big rush to make it back to Montepulciano asap we could in the morning, we took our time having breakfast, packing and checking out, and then took the bus back to Montepulciano one last time as there were a fan convention taking place in the park were I had lunch with the extras the day before. We took our suitcases with us as we only had carry on luggages anyways. Walking around the Piazza Grande, saying goodbye to ppl we had met, and I talked to the cool guy who were one of the head bosses for the crowd control. I asked to have my pic taken with him and asked where he really was from. He said originally from Italy but he now lived in Toronto, Canada. We also got confirmed from the other staff that they were indeed completely done filming and was happy to go home lol, It was kinda sad seeing ALL of the flags gone, they were taking down the fountain as well. It was kinda sad to see it all go but also nice to see the Piazza Grande back to it's original form.<br /><br />Video of the Piazza Grande without the flags<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz_TgBWsuH1NpHeW9zx3Bhm62yDuy6xQQF0x7N6544iWMphxH6NeruL4NshCrjaftB3mPogKji98oxjrQS9Mg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />The coolest guy from the crew, originally from Italy, now living in Canada, (just was told thanks to Laila who read a report on Twilight Italy that his name is Rocco!) sadly never got his name. This was suppose to be a pic but my camera was set for video when vampirefreak101 took the pic lol:<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz6YKM8c8iLAVe6L311x1j4KNgNkcYu8B1709FSatMHQgLRV9Bz0T80LDzd77XksQsr_OIwmUY6KYeImBi36g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />I shopped for some souvenirs and then we had lunch at the restaurant nearby the daytime hotel again. This time there were some girls outside the hotel and this time it wasn't for Rob as he was done filming on the previous Thursday. These girls waited for the latest charmer, Charlie Bewley who plays one of the Volturi characters: Dimitri. He walked by our table and we greeted him. I said "You are so gonna get mobbed soon lol. He just laughed. He recognized vampirefreak101 as they had spoken several times during the previous 2 days lol. She was very charmed by him hehe.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then we headed to the park to check out the convention. Wasn't much to see for us really but I am sure it was fun for the Italians as everything was in Italian anyways. We decided to go to the bus station to wait for our bus to take us to Chiusi and then the train to Perugia as we were staying there overnight to Sunday and then fly back to UK (then me later on back to Norway from UK). So we got there and didn't wait that long for the bus to come. After a few hours journey we finally arrived in Perugia (changing trains at some town I forgot the name of lol).</div><div><br /></div><div>Well there we took a taxi from the Perugia train station to our hotel, turned out to be a really nice 4 star hotel and brilliant service. Sangria Palace Hotel i think it was called and it was within walking distance and escalators from the main shopping and restaurant street and the Piazza at Perugia. We checked in at the hotel, they had reserved a different room than what vampirefreak101 had booked, she had booked twin beds and they had us down for a king size bed. They were so gracious, they gave us two options: wait for a new room to be ready with twin beds or upgrade our booking without extra cost to a two room apartment of sorts with a shared bathroom. They offered to show us this and we agreed to check it out. Once we saw it we went for it of course, I mean we had our own room now, one had a double bed and the other had twin beds. I took the one with twin beds and she took the one with a double bed. To top that they even had 2 spare tickets for the shuttle bus to the airport which they gave us free of charge! Nice!</div><div><br /></div><div>We then got ready to check out some of Perugia while we were there..taking some pics, did some light shopping, went to a restaurant where we waited for AGES for our dessert cos they "forgot" our dessert order...nice..NOT lol, but the food was nice! Then well back to the hotel we wanted a drink before going to bed. We asked the guy at the front desk where we could order our drinks and he just told us to take our seat wherever we wanted too in the lobby/restaurant area and the bartender would come shortly to take our order. Right after he came and we ordered our drinks. We were both surprised how cheap it was really. 4 € per drink and when I calculated that to Norwegian kroners I had to laugh, ridiculously cheap for me! At a 4 star hotel! In Norway my glass of red wine would be twice of what I paid there...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Pics of Perugia<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBUW3JgRKexCPyTDeev5t1l7G3aCVe2pcxd_0qmGG2lVaRdnU_wSRlyupXAL2mjz4Ue_dsvZTlUc6Rj3z6YLrZo18XW8kMFcITkny9H9t_e46-Aj4Z5BEnv9A8ciHi238jqyqPvatxQM/s1600-h/Buildings+surrounding+the+Piazza+in+Perugia.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBUW3JgRKexCPyTDeev5t1l7G3aCVe2pcxd_0qmGG2lVaRdnU_wSRlyupXAL2mjz4Ue_dsvZTlUc6Rj3z6YLrZo18XW8kMFcITkny9H9t_e46-Aj4Z5BEnv9A8ciHi238jqyqPvatxQM/s320/Buildings+surrounding+the+Piazza+in+Perugia.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343141121506059346" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_aKDPr5tk02AR0eA3i2hNmfh4ulO68M8yzZtP32Yh9y7hVnOVNLiv2b1StDkvrXEwx3lt8SADnf3ZbzZ77RdP_oc746vqtsgeRRa25N8mSfLzE0AnIAUXmt1-SmLav3o6ndGYVvlBg4/s1600-h/Buildings+surrounding+the+Piazza+in+Perugia+%283%29.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_aKDPr5tk02AR0eA3i2hNmfh4ulO68M8yzZtP32Yh9y7hVnOVNLiv2b1StDkvrXEwx3lt8SADnf3ZbzZ77RdP_oc746vqtsgeRRa25N8mSfLzE0AnIAUXmt1-SmLav3o6ndGYVvlBg4/s320/Buildings+surrounding+the+Piazza+in+Perugia+%283%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343140964132051810" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshoffeQkVOyumsZrJYK-85QNXrG_kjraj1XKe9qusrI4c24-UN16mangR3aZvRxJAAr15M0M4NiD8099t2bsyuMZ7wPNqwD6oEpSYtqC_BUqoGzw16sNxZFrtbI4bBbafo1lblfHLJwk/s1600-h/Building+we+came+out+from+after+taking+the+esclators+to+the+Piazza+in+Perugia.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshoffeQkVOyumsZrJYK-85QNXrG_kjraj1XKe9qusrI4c24-UN16mangR3aZvRxJAAr15M0M4NiD8099t2bsyuMZ7wPNqwD6oEpSYtqC_BUqoGzw16sNxZFrtbI4bBbafo1lblfHLJwk/s320/Building+we+came+out+from+after+taking+the+esclators+to+the+Piazza+in+Perugia.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343140805653923938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5RjFWL1smhTaDGhpH3CYrzwJ7HEFtpM-hacDJZwBB_k2M19bxQMBFBVIo5tcyYo5k2u2lVae5qfRaoih5OBXwiIFPxkE7ioiaYReA8ATgpymwVCG_R7gKnrL4SnnoxXdXAPFGmUAA3M/s1600-h/Newlywed+couple+at+the+Piazza+in+Perugia.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 157px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5RjFWL1smhTaDGhpH3CYrzwJ7HEFtpM-hacDJZwBB_k2M19bxQMBFBVIo5tcyYo5k2u2lVae5qfRaoih5OBXwiIFPxkE7ioiaYReA8ATgpymwVCG_R7gKnrL4SnnoxXdXAPFGmUAA3M/s320/Newlywed+couple+at+the+Piazza+in+Perugia.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343142890433831490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div></div></div><div>Then finally off to sleep...again I fell asleep immediately.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Sunday May 31st. 2009:</b></div><div>Last day in Italy before flying off to London first then Norway later in the day.</div><div><br /></div><div>We had booked the shuttle bus to pick us up at 9 AM. We got up in due time to get ready, have breakfast and pack. Fully rested but still kinda feeling the past week's events exhaustion on us. At least I did lol.</div><div><br /></div><div>So after a BIG breakfast there it was time for the shuttle bus. It was a cloudy day and it also started to rain. Arrived at the airport and later on when it was time to board the flight it just BUCKETED DOWN...yep I got soaked! The rest of the day was uneventful, just mostly consisted on flying, eating dinner at Stansted and then waiting for my flight from Stansted back to Norway. I landed in Norway at 7:30 PM that evening. Mom was nice enough to pick me up at my local airport and around 8:30 PM I was in my house. </div><div><br /></div><div>The evening went to check out the latest twitter messages and just surf around on the Twilight/Rob sites I go to...and also to the Lost and Bon Jovi sites I go to. I then had to go to bed cos I felt exhausted again. Luckily Monday (yesterday as I write this) was a national holiday here so I had all day to chill. I did intend to write this report on Monday but my mom wanted me to come over for a visit. So when mom calls, esp. with her being sick, my step dad battles cancer I did not have the heart to say sorry I cannot come. I went to visit them and it was a nice day.</div><div><br /></div><div>On Tuesday June 2nd it was back to reality...work. UGH.</div><div><br /></div>OK that's all I had to share for now, will post updates to this adventure as I get pics from friends in a separate blog post(s)!Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04019511596139342354noreply@blogger.com5