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- Name: Patrick
- Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
I'm an Engineer working in Tyne and Wear, having moved from Belfast 3 years ago. Before the move I had never lived away from home and have had to work alot of things out for myself. I'm a big fan of Ice Hockey, in particular my team the Belfast Giants who I travel to see all over the UK. I also have a beautiful fiancee Victoria with whom I live in Gateshead. I also publish a weekly Ice Hockey Podcast with my friend Aaron, available on iTunes called A View From The Bridge
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Between July 9th and August 20th 2004, Patrick Smyth and Claire McAllister will travel between Vancouver and Toronto on a whistle-stop tour of the Worlds 2nd biggest country.
Sunday, July 25, 2004
Gold in Dem Der Hills....
A long long lie in meant that we were about 2 hours late for meeting Angelo. We hoped to get food in a place called Uncle Alberts, it sounded great in the lonely planet... but it didnt exist anymore, so it was back to O'Byrnes and what was on the breakfast menu??
Soda Bread!!
It turned out to be a wheaten Soda, but nice none the less. It was the waitress who suggested we head out to the Klondike Days festival near the Oilers stadium. A festival comemerating the Klondike Gold Rush, So in the blistering heat we made our way out there by metro.
$8 to get in, we walked around for ages. There was a casino, a theme park a huge beer tent. We both took part in a number of things, including a pugle fight like in gladiators and a VR game that was alot of fun.
Beer was needed so a cool down in the tent where a band was playing 80's hits. It was so hot and humid. Claire enjoied a wee while in the petting zoo before we had to head back. A few pics by the Wayne Gretzky statue and we hopped back on the metro back to the hostel.
After a quick visit to the web cafe, it started to belt down with rain as angelo and I had to walk back to the hostel. He hated it. I loved it.
The three of us headed to a mexican place for quite a large meal. (tho the bill came to only $70) and retired for a few drinks in a bar up the road called the Elephant and Castle. Where the barman allowed Angelo and I to play NHL2004 on his PS2.
Patrick + Claire
Soda Bread!!
It turned out to be a wheaten Soda, but nice none the less. It was the waitress who suggested we head out to the Klondike Days festival near the Oilers stadium. A festival comemerating the Klondike Gold Rush, So in the blistering heat we made our way out there by metro.
$8 to get in, we walked around for ages. There was a casino, a theme park a huge beer tent. We both took part in a number of things, including a pugle fight like in gladiators and a VR game that was alot of fun.
Beer was needed so a cool down in the tent where a band was playing 80's hits. It was so hot and humid. Claire enjoied a wee while in the petting zoo before we had to head back. A few pics by the Wayne Gretzky statue and we hopped back on the metro back to the hostel.
After a quick visit to the web cafe, it started to belt down with rain as angelo and I had to walk back to the hostel. He hated it. I loved it.
The three of us headed to a mexican place for quite a large meal. (tho the bill came to only $70) and retired for a few drinks in a bar up the road called the Elephant and Castle. Where the barman allowed Angelo and I to play NHL2004 on his PS2.
Patrick + Claire
