May 2-4 Weekend

On Monday the 19th of May we had the Victoria Day public holiday, which celebrates Queen Victoria's birthday. Her actual birthday was the 24th of May, so the holiday is often referred to as "May 2-4", which just happens to be Canadian slang for a case of beer (i.e. a 24 pack). The traditional Canadian way to celebrate this holiday to is to go to "the cottage" for the weekend and consume said 2-4 while soaking up some sunshine after the bitterly cold winter.

Having no cottage, we went on an Ontario road trip for the day. We had an impromptu picnic in the sun at Guelph (a university town), walked around Elora gorge and had an ice-cream in a park before driving home again. I can't begin to tell you how wonderful it is to just Sit. Outside. In. The. Sun. It's amazing to feel warm again after so many months of sub-zero temperatures!