Canada Day - a second time.

If you want to listen to the beautiful national anthem "O Canada" - which by the way is the only one aside from "Land der Berge" and "God save the Queen that gives me goosebumps when I hear it..

A 1980s version in the English and the French version (and a third one that I don't know).


Lyrics:

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

And here the already legendary version of last year's Oiler's playoff game on 26 May (the day I arrived in Canada!) where the singer stops and the crowd sings:


And now I'm off for the day's festivities!

Haha, now the under 20 world cup adventure has definitely begun for me too. Yesterday some official called at the office and asked whether the boss wants to represent the institute at the match next Thursday. (Which he didn't really want to because he doesn't like football. But as it is a big event he will go.) Anyway, our dear Sylwia was so thoughtful and nice to ask whether they have two more tickets for the Austrian researchers. Haha! So Matthias and I will be watching Austria vs Canada. In the VIP tent Edmonton's Austro-Canadians. Wicked! :)

I heard this yesterday morning on CBC radio:

"It's Wednesday, June 27th. Tony Blair steps down as the prime minister of Britain today and is expected to take up a new post as a multinational peace envoy to the middle east. Currently it's a move that finally lets Tony Blair enjoy the fruits of the war he worked so hard on." (cbc.ca/thecurrent)

As a result of the antenna of my radio being broken I don't get FM (all the rock stations etc) but only AM channels. The best choice is CBC, so I'm listening to the news every morning during breakfast. The best part (unfortunately I always only get the fist 15 or so minutes of it because I have to leave for work then) is "The Current", which features short info-parts and discussions on various current topics. The best of it is also available online as podcast. Check it out if you want..