Our pictures from Canada are online at http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/bobbles_canada_may2008/.
You’ll notice a recurrent theme. As we were packing our bags prior to leaving, we realized that a small plush Bobble the little blue owl had been living in my backpack for close to a year now. How could we be so cruel as to evict him from his home? We couldn’t, so we took him with us and cataloged his many adventures.
It was quite astonishing to see where we managed to make him end up. He was an instant hit with everybody that interacted with him. I was shameless in trying to get him anywhere I could (Katy was mortified on more than one occasion). My motto was if you don’t ask, you don’t get. Because of this, we managed to get him:
- In the plane cockpit on the way to Canada. I knew I wouldn’t be allowed so I asked one of the stewardesses if they could do it for me. Apparently the pilots had a blast with him.
- In the subway, on the train and in the bus
- At several restaurants including Weinstein & Gavinos, Bishoku, St-Hubert, Le Cochon Dingue, Le Petit Cochon Dingue, La Creperie Bretonne, Starbucks, Second Cup, Delices d’Erable, Ming Tao Xuan and the breakfast buffet of the Casino Hilton.
- At the Montreal Botanical Garden. We got some cracking shots of him with Elvis and Jeff (the Foo dogs that guard the Chinese Garden), in the Japanese Garden and in the Zen garden
- In the Petit Champlain street in Quebec City, where he got into no end of trouble
- Inside the Notre-Dame-de-Quebec basilica (but we was well-behaved and lit a candle for good luck to those who need it)
- In the wheel house of the Louis Jolliette river boat as well as with the historical tour guide (that one mortified Katy)
- Inside the Hull Casino (even though it’s not technically allowed, Bobble managed to charm the lady head of security to allow the picture)
- Inside the projection room of the IMAX theater at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (please note that the projector is probably worth upwards of a million dollars).
- In the Canadian gallery of the Museum of Civilization
- On Glenn Gould’s grand piano
- Doing computer tech support
Never underestimate the power of the owl! We got some pictures that still manage to crack us up! All in all, Bobble had a great trip, ate waaaaay too much for such a little blue owl that he is and tried to kill himself with chocolate on more than one occasion.
Having said that though, he was very tired at the end of the trip and was glad to be back home.
