Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Saanich Fair

The Saanich Fair is Western Canada’s oldest continuous agricultural fair. Since we moved to Victoria back in the summer of 2004, we have attended this annual event every year (besides last year when we were in Costa Rica).

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Watching the sheep shearing

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Léah is not too sure what to think of the sheep shearing

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Learning how blue jeans are made

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Playing in the hay

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Pirate tattoos

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The rides

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Food from different countries

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Cheese Blintz from the Jewish Community booth

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Lángos from the Hungarian booth (the original “Beaver Tail”)

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Onions the size of Gabriel’s head…

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… and other absurdly large veggies

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Some friendly sibling wrestling to end the day

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