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quite a thing to see (Jet lag kept waking him up early in the morning, and revealed something of Russian life he’d heard about but hadn’t imagined he’d ever see. “The Russian women, at four o’clock in the morning, were sweeping the streets with willow brooms. It was quite a thing to see. … We’d read about that in books, but to actually see it in progress was much different.” (nsnews.com) ART Vancouver); unusual sight (It was around 12:52 p.m. on a sunny Saturday when SeaBus Captain April Larson noticed an unusual sight. “It looked like a seaplane was floundering in the water. We didn’t hear anything yet on the radio. But it looked like it was in a bad position, so I decided we should go over and see if we could help,” she said. (buzzer.translink.ca) ART Vancouver) |
