friends in the city

The rowers descended on Vancouver this weekend. All my national team rowing friends (minus the two that are still rowing and chose to race at Head of Charles in Boston instead of catch up with the rest of us) came to town for the weekend. 2 arrived from Calgary, another 2 from Toronto and then there are the 3 of us in Vancouver/New West.

All of us hasbeens were hosted by Rachel. Drinks and excellent cooking nourished us while we traded stories about what we are up to now, and reminisced about the years we spent training together 3 x a day 6 days a week. We walked the seawall and the out of towners enjoyed the view of the city and the fall leaves. Saturday night 6 out of 7 made it out the door to a bar. 3 out of 7 stayed out long enough to hit the Roxy after midnight. I think I was asleep at that point.

Brunch this morning at Subeeze and then they headed for the airport. So great to spend a weekend with people that know you really well. It was so relaxing and my abs hurt from laughing for 2 days.