Wedding in Vancouver

Congrats to my cousin and now, cousin-in-law?, H and C!! They got married in Vancouver yesterday. What a wedding! It was super fun and different from the usual 200+ person wedding extravaganza. She had her ceremony on the "Spanish Bank Extension, on the western-most point, under the tree before the rocky strip" - no map was included with the invitation. And then after the short wedding ceremony, we had the afternoon to explore Vancouver - we went to Aberdeen mall and bumped into every possible chinese person we knew in Vancouver, ate a Beard Papa's cream puff with a fresh mango sago shake, had a light meal at a Shanghainese restaurant (authentic because of the incorrect spelling of their name: Shangnhai Cuicine), and topped it with bubble tea. Then we got on the M.V.Hornblower "located at the north end of Denman St" - again no map - and enjoyed a dinner reception cruise around Stanley park and English Bay.



I have been fortunate enough to attend two weddings now on cruise boats and while they only really work for weddings with up to 50-60 guests, so far they are the most enjoyable and memorable becuase they are so intimate. Sure, the thought of being stuck on a boat for a few hours with a group of people that you may not know and like may sound like a disaster waiting to happen, but actually it seems to work out just fine. I believe it is because wedding guests tend to get along for the sake of the couple getting married :P. I was bummed out that I couldn't take the wedding favour home with me - a lavender seedling - because I had to cross the border back into the US and you can't bring live plants across the border. :( It was a long day yesterday - waking up at 5am in Seattle to get to the beach in Vancouver by 9am and then running from the boat once it docked at 11pm and driving back down to Seattle and getting into bed by 2am. All well worth it!