Shakespeare in Vancouver

Sara and I left the house around 11 AM today and walked 20 minutes through nice neighbourhoods and green parks until we arrived at some white tents - Bard on the Beach, the annual summer Shakespeare festival. We didn't have tickets and the play was sold out (the second last showing for the season), but luckily we waited around and bought some tickets from people that didn't show up.

The show was excellent! We had both read the play plot summary ahead of time., which really let us enjoy the play (otherwise I'd have had a hard time following). The acting was great, and the second half of the play was quite amusing. The show ran from 1 - 3pm, with a 20 minute intermission.

After the show, we walked back home, appreciating the sunny weather. We've been very lucky with weather since we got here.

Tomorrow, we have breakfast plans with Brandon M - my roommate from a summer program I attended in 2001. Then in the afternoon we're off to SFU Burnaby to visit my first cousin Mary Jo who's started first-year university there.

-Rob