Blogs from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 37

Saturday, July 10th Toronto Blue Jays versus the Boston Red Sox. That's two of the heavyweights of the game we've seen now, both times against Canada's only representatives in the Major League. The Blue Jays are nothing special, but boast good records against the Yanks and Red Sox this year. Last night as we met Mitch for a tasty little dinner in Toronto's restaurant/bar district the Blue Jays were 8-0 down within 4 innings. That might explain a half empty Rogers Centre. Baseball's a funny thing in that respect. With a game a day more or less over the summer months and America's complete coverage of every angle that you could possibly want, including inside the players' trousers as they made that diving catch to the left, there's little reason to regularly fork out the 10 ... read more

Thursday, July 8th Our short stay in NY is over, Amy and Mike have the final tounches on their wedding to plan. Superb hosts, lovely place. Thanks again to both. We arose at 5am (about the same time as Wall Street Mike) to get the tube to Penn Station. I got chatting to some American sportswriter who passed on his views why Americans hate football. Sorry, soccer. Mostly it seemed to be about concentration span/lack of intelligence. He managed to squeeze in the standard "oh bloody 'ell" in a posh English accent. Why do they all do that? Our Amtrak train was comfortable, housing all types including some Amish - never seen those before. They looked over with envy at my DS. I looked over in envy at thier crazy beards and old-timey hats. The view ... read more

The Gay Pride Parade. The parade must have been two hours long in the blistering heat. The week end attracts about a million visitors to Toronto. There's a very prominent sub-culture of gays just two blocks north of my residence, but this week end the whole street lights up with big burley guys in leathers holding hands, really big transexuals strolling about , muscle men in their speedos and if you're familiar with Saturday Night Live, you'll understand "Pat look-a-likes". The parade had representatives from the Toronto Police, The Mounties and even the the British Bobbies (see photo). Political celebrities included national political leaders and local mayoral candidates for the upcoming election and even TV's Rick Moranis was there. The whole parade route was lined at least three deep with spectators. Unless you got there ... read more

So begins another grand adventure! I love writing in airports… I love airports period. I don’t know what it is about them - the hustle and bustle perhaps? It’s just fun to people watch such an eclectic crowd. Duty-free is so nice and cheap here… I hope Reykjavik’s prices have gone down since last time - I’m sure they have considering the economy over there. I’m tempted to bring Brennivin back again just to make people try it… gah, that stuff was fierce. And not in the good way. Bus ride to Toronto was quite the journey. For starters, I sat beside a mother/daughter form Iceland haha. What are the chances?! I saw them again at the airport, and then sat one row behind them on the plane lol. They teased me that I was stalking ... read more

Here we go! Very helpful people to get us through customs and to gate. Little vacation snack and board. Plane and seats fantastic!! Got a little sleep watched Shutter Island and had a wonderful dinner Ricotta Ravioli!... read more