Blogs from Ontario, Canada, North America - page 12

Leaving home at 11pm, we made a quick stop in Lindsay to see our sweet pea River and daughter-in-law Amanda. Quick kisses and some little gifts and we were out the door. Our baby has now been dropped off at summer camp and judging from the videos and photos, he’s loving it already! Trafffic is a little worse then we were anticipating. Guess the rain set cottagers home super early! Axel has officially been driving now from 11-4:45pm. Poor guy! We have one quick stop to make and we are currently 10 minutes from the airport. ... read more

At the airport checked in with no problems. I do a bit of shuffling with her luggage as we were 10 pounds over. Do you or take you to Iceland and still one and a half he goes over but he let us go through anyway. So I ended up checking his carry-on because it was too heavy and we are off to our Nexus gates. Security was not busy at all. We can undergo the ferry lounge where we may have indulged in one too OK three or four glasses of wine. Had. Rice with butter chicken not bad :) We sat and watched the planes come in, gave thanks for the life we have, our children, family and grandchild and wished we could have brought Mazu. Ok we miss him a little already! The ... read more

We pulled out of camp at 9:30 into a cool morning—62 degrees with clear blue skies and the wind blowing. Our first stop was at the Canadian Mint where we promptly signed up to take a tour at 10:00. The tour was interesting and had a larger crowd than we would have thought on a Monday morning. Everyone was quite respectful to the docent who walked us through the area so we could all hear what she was saying. The Canadian Mint has contracts with over 72 countries throughout the world, including the US. They do NOT mint coins for us, however, they do supply some of the blanks we use to mint our coins in the States at one of our four mints. They do a lot of specialty coins, such as the Olympic Medals, ... read more

„...I got your smile, that‘s all that matters“ Kanada: Das lang erwartete Grande Finale dieser Reise. Nach Sommer, Sonne, Strand und Lebenslust wartete Toronto darauf entdeckt zu werden. In meinem Kopf spielte sich einiges ab, zwischen Wolkenkratzern, hektischem Stadtleben, Fastfood-Großketten, Straßenmärkten und Kultur-Events. Doch wie schon so oft wurde ich überrascht; es folgten sehr entspannte, glühend heiße Sommertage - am Strand! - quasi eine Fortsetzung meines Kapitels in Mexico. Nur diesmal auf Englisch.Gute kanadische Musik zu diesem Blog: Xavier Rudd und Hey Rosetta! Zum Einstieg ein kleiner Schwank aus Downtown Toronto: Ich war in einem kleinen Vintage Shop auf der Queen Street u... read more

Had a wine tasting tour in Niagara on the Lake booked today, including a visit to a lavender farm and a ginseng tea shop. Weather forecast was awful, so set off with rain jackets and umbrellas to the pick up point (which was the hotel next door). Ended up with a group of eight, in a small bus, a mother & daughter from Michigan, two couples from Orlando, Florida and us! First stop was Neob Lavender (were a little concerned when the guide/driver said we were going to a lavender shop, but there was more to it). They have a lavender field, a greenhouse where they grow different sorts of lavender and other essential oil producing plants and a distillery for the essential oils. Had a tour of all of this, very interesting, then into the ... read more