Sunday,
July 10, 2016:
Surveying Surrey in British Columbia, Canada
We
awoke and breakfasted at Margaret’s. Her unit was just a three minute walk away
and it was a sheer pleasure to pass by the homes of the folks in Chelsea Gardens
which is superbly landscaped and truly a dream environment for the retired.
Llew and I kept thinking that we would not mind buying a place there ourselves!
Margaret had a fabulous Continental brekkie ready for us: cereal with milk,
English muffins and French croissants with butter, jam, mango juice and coffee.
It was fit for a prince and we ate well.
We
then bid her goodbye and called a cab to take us to the home of our friends
Louella and Kevin (parents of the bridegroom) so that we could have some private
time with them—because apart from wishing them briefly at the wedding, we had
really not interacted with them at all. They were very obliging indeed in
having us over and we really did spend a delightful morning in their beautiful
home and garden which we were visiting for the first time. The Euro UEFA16
finals match was on between France and Portugal and most folks had congregated
in the family room to watch it. Llew spent a while taking in the excitement in
front of the telly while Louella gave me a tour of the gardens pointing out
beautifully established trees and newly planted ones The garden was a riot of
lovely color and with perfect temperatures outside, it was truly a pleasure to
sit there and enjoy the ambience of it all.
About
two hours later, we called another cab to take us back to Margaret’s at Chelsea
Gardens and it was not long before she drove us to Apna Chaat House for a really unique lunch: Indian chaat which is
basically street food served all over the country. We ordered an enormous
portion of bhel puri and Punjabi Mix which was dahi, sev, batata and bhel puti
all mixed together. The portions were huge so that with kulfi falooda that
finished our meal, we had ourselves a royal repast—and a most unusual one for
Llew and me who do not have many Indian eateries where we live to indulge our
nostalgic teeth!
Back home with
Margaret, we adjourned to our room for another shut eye—we realize that we have
lost out on a great deal of sleep, thanks to early morning risings to whale
watch and late evenings out at the Piano Bar. Still, we are not complaining.
There will be time enough for rent when we get home.
Margaret called us back
to her place for a drink before dinner to which she was treating us—at Tasty Bistro in Surrey. I had a beer, Llew
had red wine, Margaret had a rum and coke and then it was time to drive off to
one of the best Indian meals I have ever eaten. We ordered Chilli Paneer, Kadai
Chicken and Fish Curry over rice with garlic naans and we had a Kulfi for
dessert. This meal was truly different from anything we had ever eaten plus we
had the pleasure of seeing Margaret’s son Glen and his girlfriend Ann who made
super company. Overall, it was truly a good evening and a really fun time for
us.
It was about 10. 30 pm
when we got to bed after yet another lovely day in the company of friends of
whom we are very fond.
Until tomorrow…
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