Burlington Road Trip

February 23, 2008 by Steph.

For those who do not know, Burlington is south west of Toronto http://maps.google.ca/maps?daddr=Burlington,+ON&geocode=&dirflg=&saddr=ottawa+ontario&f=d&hl=en&sll=43.32616,-79.79855&sspn=0.31369,0.748444&ie=UTF8&z=8….. We stopped at a trucker’s restaurant on the way there for lunch, lots of burly trucker guys… Arrived in the hotel in time for a nap…. first matches were at 19h30…. we travelled all this way to play each other… Viola played Stephanie and beat her (of course:) However Stephanie paid off a respectable showing and took off a game while Paulette was in the harder draw…. Paulette had a tough run today, but it improved as soon as she realized that her opponent was left handed.. Note to self : always check what hand your opponent is holding the racquet End result is that Viola and Stephanie are going to play the opposite semi-finals (against Po’s adversaries) tomorrow - hoping for a Ottawa final, possibly with Penny reffing

After our rousing match of squash, we watched a few games entertained by Sam Cornett, Shauna Keithing then it was back to the motel for a sparkling shiraz, with salmon pate on absconded bagels - Dinner was at the Jack Astor again with yet another Barefoot Merlot (very good) and we are now back at the hotel finishing off the casal thaulero SANGIOVESE and our suckers…. life is good. hope yours is too.

 Po, Vi & Steph

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