Team 9 - The Comedy of Errors

My first Edge journey began with an early wake up call at seven a.m. followed by a quick breakfast and a short drive to Walnut Grove Secondary. I arrived at the school at seven forty and walked to the new gym where I met up with my fellow Edge-mates.

Once attendance was completed by Mr. Wilson we boarded the buses for a somewhat boring and slow one and a half hour trip into Vancouver. I sat in front of Riley McEachern and patiently waited in the small bus driven by Mr.Stead. After an agonizingly long ride we finally arrived at Kitsilano pool.

The Edge teachers took control and introduced us to group and personal equipment lists for our Garibaldi trip. After concluding their trip preparation speeches they set us loose on an interesting group scavenger hunt. The first order of business on the scavenger hunt was to go to a store and determine what decorated the outside glass. The vegetable store's glass windows were decorated by leaves, representing organic food. After leaving the food store we walked north two blocks in order to find an apartment building which was actually an old school. The scavenger hunt continued and gave us the opportunity to not only explore Kitsilano, but to sniff some beautiful flowers as well. Our group officially completed the scavenger hunt when we made it to the massive brownish statue dedicated to a captain of a ship. Although we arrived last, our tired group still maintained its hopes of winning the mysterious prize.

An amazing lunch at Flying Wedge Pizza directly followed the scavenger hunt. Lunch was rejuvenating and delicious. I ate a turkey sandwich while Jeremy and Riley devoured a pepperoni pizza. Truth be told, lunch at Flying Wedge Pizza was one of the highlights of the trip!

After lunch the Edgesters and I walked to Bard on the Beach where we watched the hilarious Shakespearean play "The Comedy of Errors." The play began when Egeon, a father of two twin boys, was captured and sentenced to death for illegally entering Ephesus. Egeon was searching for both of his sons, one which he has raised on his own and the other that was lost at sea when Egeon's boat crashed years earlier.

Confusion arose in the play as both Antipholuses, identical twins, attempted to figure out why everyone was acting so strangely. Antipholus of Syracuse received a gold chain from the goldsmith, Angelo, while Antipholus of Ephesus was jailed for failing to pay him. More confusion existed in the play with the Antipholuses' servants, Dromio of Ephesus and Dromio of Syracuse. The Dromios were also identical twins who do not know of the other's existence. The play reached its climax when both Antipholuses and Dromios finally met their long lost family. Egeon was released from prison and met his long lost sons and his wife, the Abbess of Ephesus.

My first Edge journey concluded with a peaceful bus ride back to Walnut Grove Secondary. I must say that I am looking forward to my next adventure with the Edge program!