Denise and Hans yesterday welcomed the new exchange student from Japan. Until recently the ~15 year old girl was known under the code name of 'The new Yoko', referencing the name of last year's student. When she made her entrance it became clear that she would not be known under that name for long, because she's quite a character. Last year I had Google Translate translate the phrase "Hans has a big belly" into Japanese. When Yoko last year realized that this was actually what I had meant to say, she shyly giggled behind a raised hand. Saki, on the other hand, just laughed outright and made reference to the blasphemous line repeatedly though the evening.
And this difference in personality also shows in these pictures taken together with Max:
I did not go to the actual parade (work got in the way again), but the next day we drove to the float-plane harbour in Sechelt.
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| Let's hope they have enough fuel, eh Denise? |
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| jelly fish |
The same night Denise remembered the fireworks just in time. We got to Gibsons at 9:45 pm and witnessed a fireworks display that I would not have thought the small town of Gibsons was capable of (financially or logistically).
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| House boats in Gibson's harbour pre-fireworks |
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| Ka-boom |
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