Monday, April 02, 2007

Birthday Boules Bonanza

On Saturday we celebrated Erik's birthday. On the agenda was a rousing game of petanque followed by some beer and poutine at the Quebec bar.

Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate, and turned our boules court into a muddy mess. Plan B of heading directly to the Quebec bar was foiled by the fact that the Quebec bar wasn't open yet. Luckily we there was an Irish bar willing to take us in, where we warmed up before moving on to the home favorite. It did eventually stop raining, but by the time it had the parks were all closed. So we set up shop in a square and threw the balls into a fenced off treed area. A good time was had by all, and I'm sad to say that I think the French team won. But who's really keeping score?


At the Irish bar



Some action shots


Collecting the boules




Alex (2) prepares some drinks


Erik enjoys some Pastis, a traditional southern French drink




The 'French' team


The 'Canadian' team

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