Sunday, July 31, 2016
Not long after waking I found out on my phone that Justin Trudeau announced that he will march in today's pride parade. He's the first prime minister to do so in Vancouver Pride. Tony and some others chose to get dim sum, but I really wanted to see Trudeau, so for breakfast I quickly ate last night's salad with some tap water and headed out. I found a spot and watched the parade for about 20 or 30 minutes and then he appeared—not just himself but seemingly his whole family. Such cheer! At the parade I met Shaun who sat nearby with a group of friends. I watched for some time more—maybe an hour then walked around. A nearby church had a table with free lemonade, which I gladly accepted. Continuing on I stopped at Starbucks for a turkey panini and mocha, resting for some time. I continued to the Harbour Cruises dock to meet Tony, Tadija, and others for the CruiseyT GoGo Pride Cruise: markus oth amos tim pierre (ketchy?) David ian. Afterwards David gave me a ride to my hotel along with Oth and Pierre who were getting dropped off elsewhere. To bed.