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North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto September 9th 2015

It has been six weeks since Erin and I returned to Canada after a year of touring China… it already seems like it was all a dream. Our year away was an incredible experience, though it is good to be home in a country and culture that – for me – I understand. I can sum up our China adventure by saying that we take so much for granted in North America; one can never understand all that we have until traveling for an extended period amid such a different culture. It is hard to comprehend the freedoms and gifts we have been given simply by being born in Canada. Many have asked if we will go back to China, and our answer is no. We may of course visit again one day, but we will ... read more

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto September 7th 2015

Geo: 43.6147, -79.4803Over the Hump. Second half of our five months in Ontario. Putting the call out to all of our friends to join us for Tony's 70th birthday celebration: October 29th, 2015 - Come join us in February! See how 70 is the new 50.Hi Everyone,Some of you have heard about our big plans for February, some have not. In case you haven't heard, Tony is turning the big 7-0, yes, 70 years young in February! We want *you* to come celebrate with us! After all, they say that 70 is the new 50. Come see our what our life is like down south and see what keeps Tony so young! You all know Tony. He certainly doesn't look, feel or ACT 70 years old, now does he?!? ;)Here's how the plan was formed: To ... read more
Hi Probyn. :)
Labour Day Weekend = Toronto Air Show
Getting ready to leave the dock.

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto August 7th 2015

Here we go again. With this trip I will have been to every continent (N/A Antarctica). I was not certain which country in South America I wanted to go to but a lot of travel buddies recommended Machu Picchu. I unfortunately chose too late to take the traditional Inca Trail trek so after looking at the other options I went with the Salkantay trek. It is a more difficult and a day longer hike. There are also a ton of companies to choose from but I chose Bioandean based on recommendations from friends. Day of flight was Friday afternoon and my younger brother drove me to the airport. Airline was Avianca which is a South American based airline and provides cheap flights all over South America. There uniforms are all red with a red fedora hat ... read more
avianca

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto July 20th 2015

Sitting at the bar with two nice looking Medalists from the Pan AM games here at Toronto international airport. To my left, the Brazilians sit with less then a normal sense of humor and to my right good ok' Canuks headed to Barcelona for 8 days. Married 23 years with 3 children...maybe 4...if I hadn't had so much wine I could recall. We chuckle at various things that occur through the two hours and talk about our trips. Great looking couple and I would put money on if we weren't headed in different directions, we would be great friends. The staff at this Indian food bar are friendly and comical. I have spent well over $50 enjoying some Indian fare and Italian white wine :) life is good! I have been able to chat with a ... read more
silver medal pan Am games
I was too embarrassed to ask them for a picture
lots of leg room!

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto July 2nd 2015

Geo: 43.6485, -79.3854We wrapped up Iceland and Part 2 of our somewhat aimless wandering.How do we define Part 1, Part 2, etc of our worldwide wanderings? The site we use for the blog (TravelPod) has a nice feature which allows you to create softcover books/journals which include all of the blog posts, photos, and maps. As some (all?) of our readers have pointed out, it can be somewhat time consuming to work through each blog and all of the attached photos. And apparently TravelPod agrees (and/or didn't anticipate too many people traveling non-stop for multiple years- Aug 11th was our 4 year anniversary) and there is a limit of 3 books and 500 pages per book- hence Parts 1 (1,500 pages), 2 (close to another 1,500 pages), and potentially Part 3? It's a great souvenir and ... read more
Part 2- South Africa
Part 2- Easter Island
Part 2- Iceland

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto June 25th 2015

Our adventure started at home, believe it or not. I ordered a taxi for ridiculously early in the morning. The guy arrived on time, but the car was a little bit small. We all sat with our baggage piled up on us all the way to the airport. I think the driver had a good laugh. Airports are always fun. If you're masochistic. But we got through it OK and boarded our flight. It was a long flight to CDG, Paris, but not too bad. And the stopover in Paris was short and sweet. Well, not so sweet, but we'd only discover that later... We boarded our Boeing 747 to Toronto. The kids were duly impressed by the sheer size of the thing. That flight was even longer but the kids enjoyed it more, Each seat ... read more
In Toronto

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto June 25th 2015

Our first morning in Canada. It took us forever to get organized and out of the hotel, but we finally made it. We drove downtown and went for a walk all around the center of Toronto. Roger Center, up John and then along Queen Street, through Eaton Center. A nice mall, but a mall. If you like window shopping this is a good place to go. We exited the mall to Trinity Square, where there was some sort of outdoor event, live rock by the Luke Austin Band (very good, apparently their first album will be out soon), used book sales and giant board games. We got a couple hotdogs from a street vendor (ya gotta do that once, right?), and heard some jazz outside City Hall. We saw squirrels at Osgoode hall to the kids' ... read more
Squirrel
CN Tower
St. Lawrence Market

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto June 21st 2015

Truly, this is just a continuation of yesterday. We drove through Chicago shortly before midnight, through light rain and gorgeous lightning strikes that thankfully did not come close. Jeff slept a little; I slept a little. The boys slept all night. It was beautiful, but we are too old for this. I had planned to go to the Royal Ontario Museum as our first stop, but didn't count on how slow 100 km/hour is, nor on how many people there would be in Toronto. We drove along the runners for the Toronto Triathlon, saw the bikers and the swimmers. Toronto to Ottawa is also not a short drive, so we decided to only have one destination for the day: the Hockey Hall of Fame. Jeff has played hockey for 38 years or so, with no plans ... read more
The Grand Hall
Wandering Toronto
Brookfield Place Mall

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto June 17th 2015

Geo: 43.6601, -79.4165It has been lovely to stay somewhere long enough to be able to unpack and have a proper home! 308 Harbord you have been lovely! Lets go find a car, drive on the wrong side of the road to somewhere near a beach ;) So at the moment I am sat on someone's driveway, with all of our stuff and a load of wedding stuff alexis couldn't fit in hers waiting for James to appear with the rental car. Getting stared at ALOT!! Haha! Our taxi driver was lovely and rang up the rental place for us to check he was abandoning us in the right place! He also helped me unload and was very chatty, therefore I didn't mind giving him the expected tip!!... read more
All the stuff!!
Moving house!!

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto June 16th 2015

Geo: 43.6586, -79.4145To make most from our city pass, we decided to trek up to Casa Loma, the oldest castle in North America! Built in 1911 by a guy with more money than sense! I was on top of a hill but no moat, arrow slits or battlements! At home it would just be a stately home!! It was lovely though, 3 floors, a towers, lots of guest suites, the lady of the house was a keen girl guider. There was a stunning conservatory with a stained glass roof. A tunnel, under the roads, warmed by steam from furnaces, linking the main house to the stables, garages and green houses! As I said, more money than sense! He actually became bankrupt because if the war and it ended up being taken by the government due to ... read more
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Glass window




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