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this evening, andrew, shannon, b and i went to upper canada village for its 'alight at night' event. it was a crazy adventure. éamon was pretty out of sorts, and cried almost the whole way there. then he cried a bunch while we walked around. but eventually he fell asleep and we enjoyed walking around and seeing the lights. at 8ish, we decided to take the train ride (which usually costs extra, but was included with our ticket). we had to wait a little while, because one left just as we were arriving at the station. but eventually we all got aboard and were ready for some train-riding. about 10 minutes into our ride, the train started making loud, strange sounds, and it started to become clear that something was wrong with the car in front of us (we were in the front seats of the second car). the people in the car seemed completely obvious, which just contributed to the strangeness of the incident. eventually the driver stopped and we were able to see that the back wheels of the car had derailed. no information was given to us. we waited inside this strange christmas tunnel beside a snowman and a mechanical elf for at least a half hour. eventually, they drove us back to the main centre. thankfully the gift shop and cafe were still open, even though the village itself was closed. all in all, it was super bizarre and memorable :p

another highlight of the day is that we got a new stove! i love that the knobs are at the front instead of on the 'headboard' (i don't know the stove equivalent name). i'm looking forward to cooking on it tomorrow!

we built this city, we built this city on rock and roll.