... Yesterday night, I had the amazing opportunity to attend the Christmas Concert with the Nadem Band at the Royal Theatre at Victoria, BC... happened that I was in the city ...

... anyway... the concert was wonderful... the musicians, the speaker, the singers, the show, the place...even the weather!!...

... but as always happen... no everything is perfect... usually there is a dark spot that brokes the perfection... and last night was not the exception... usually I don't use this space to complaint others behaviours... but I was encouraged to do... and I really feel I shall do it!!!

... I am a person that respect laws and policies... on the theatre are signs stating that recording is not allowed...nothing about cameras or photos... althought that I asked to the ushiers and they said to me that there was not problem at all for taking photos... photos are allowed if they are taken without flash... I was OK with that... and I behave following that policy... I took few shots without flash....

UNTIL...

... the ushier from the right wing of the second floor, aproached to me and reprended me because I was broken the rules... I said to her that I asked... although the signs never prohibited photos and besides I was not the only one... we were at least a dozen persons taken pictures and most of them were using flash... I was not!!!

... anyway... I was so upset, I was almost in tears... that was not fair to me... that makes me feel like discriminated and that feeling was increased during the rest of the concert because it was full of flashes from other cameras all around the theatre... at all times!!!

... at the end of the concert, I just want to tell everyone that the Royal Theatre should have consistency with its policies or at least train its employees about the equity delivery service to the customers...

... or at least state at the beginning of the show that the photos are prohibited... so people don't get confused and feel discriminated as I was!

... when we were walking away from our seats, I just couldn't avoid to take some shots of that lady... I won't post a neat and clear one... but at least this blurry one...
....just for feel a kind of relief of what she made me feel last night... I don't know if was because I am not as white and pale as she is... or just because my accent, or whatever reason she had against me... but at least I have a real reason against her...

I was not broken a rule... I was not disrespectful... I was not ignorant... I was just acting like any other person at the place...
... when my husband has to stand up from his seat to be honoured as other colleagues I saw many people taking pictures and I was punished and prevented to do the same...

...once again... was it fair???

El fin de semana pasado, primer puente de la temporada soleada de este lado del polo, motivo: Victoria Day, Día de la Reina Victoria. Se celebra el ultimo lunes antes del 24 de mayo, en honor al cumpleaños de la reina Victoria y en honor a la soberana actual (Elizabeth II), quien es reina de Canadá. (a que no lo sabían, cierto?). Esta ultima no cumple en mayo, sino en Junio, pero igual, se sigue celebrando su cumpleaños en mayo, y en varias ocasiones ella ha estado en Canadá para soplar las velitas y dejarse cantar el sapo verde tuuuuu yyuuuu..... bueno... gracias a esos cumple cumples, tuvimos unos días de descanso y cambio de rutina, el viernes, 18 de Mayo , Dia de Santa Alejandra ( que por otras curiosidades tambien es Santa Sandra :) ), tomamos carretera rumbo a la capital... pero hicimos una paradita en Guelph, para pegarle un saludito a Maco y compartir un delicioso tinto colombiano.



Estuvimos llegando en la noche a Kenstville,Ontario, a unos 40 minutos de la capital canadiense, donde armamos carpas y fogón de leña, preparamos aguadepanela, arepas de yuca y hamburguesas como gualdicena.





















El sábado, 19 de Mayo, recordando al cumpleañero Germanol decidimos celebrar su cumple cumple a larga distancia visitando el centro turístico de Ottawa












y en la tardecita visitamos a Los Pitis en Gatineau (provincia? nación? de Quebec), vaya reencuentro tan agradable, nos tuvimos que ir corriendito antes que nos cerraran las puertas del parque provincial a las orillas del Río Rideau, Ontario.




Domingo, 20 de Mayo, cumple cumple de Daniela Gabriela, happy birthday desde la distancia, día friiiiioooo y lluvioso, que nos aperezo (??) para seguir en plan turístico y nos permitió compartir mas tiempo de visita y deleitarnos con un delicioso sancocho muy colombiano en el PitiHogar.





No sin antes haber dedicado tiempo para la cultura en el museo nacional de artes.



Lunes muy de madrugada, los demas campistas, huyen del camping, por miedo a los trancones del regreso, y nos alcanzo a dar algo de pánico de imaginarnos la congestión de las autopistas y trancones interminables, asi que a levantar carpas, y alistarnos para la manejadita de mas de 6 horas entre la capital y el suroeste de Ontario. Eso si, sin olvidar que teníamos invitados a desayunar, salchichas con tocineta al carbon, pan de ajo con queso fundido, hojaldres rellenos de chocolate, aguadepanela, y bueno, como no llegaron los comensales... todos decidimos que NOS TOCO engordar y disfrutar de las porciones extras.... pero cosa de 10 minutos antes de salir del parque, llegaron nuestros amigos, con almuerzo incluido, y a pesar de no haber pasado mas de 2 horas del desayuno, nos dio pena despreciar las hamburguesas, con un olor irrrresssistible que deciaaaaa......comeme!!!y pues....nos las comimos..... a las 2 pasaditas de la tarde, agarramos carretera y estuvimos regresando al hogar dulce gualdihogar, sobre la medianoche....

Fotos???? siiiii ..... con gusto se las comparto.....aun no las bajo de la cámara.....pero tan pronto las tenga disponibles o las subo por acá, o se las mando a los privados.... les parece???
Por lo pronto, agradecer las atenciones y los recuerdos superagradables de los anfitriones, en Guelph y en Ottawa. GRACIAS MIL!!!!
P.S: No nos hemos reportado, porque decimos ahora mas tarde y en esas se nos hace requetetarde y ya no hemos llamado... (sonrojada).... los llamaremos en estos dias....mientras tanto....ajuiciense.....