Adventures of the Grey Cup kind

November means two things to me; adding another year to my age and my annual trip to the Grey Cup. This year, the Canadian Football League Championship was played in Winnipeg. It marked my 6th Grey Cup overall and 5th in a row. As my rotation ended conveniently a few days prior to the festivities beginning, I arranged my flights to go directly to Winnipeg from Yemen. It was great to see my annual friends again. As always, the parties were great and the usual ridiculousness and stupidity ensued. Unfortunately, the game did not live up to Grey Cup standards, but the weather was great. In the end, I was in Winnipeg for 5 nights and was quite relieved to get home on Tuesday.

Every year, we try to make a point of doing some exploring in the host city. Our non football related adventure in Winnipeg consisted of touring the Canadian Mint. The tour was really quite good and definitely worth the visit. Interesting note: I would be worth about $2.3M if I was made of gold according to one of the interactive displays. Another highlight of the weekend was seeing Tom Cochrane play live with the Winnipeg Symphony on Saurday night.