Blogs from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 19

Départ presque à l'heure en Boeing 777-300ER. 5 850 km de Paris à Montréal. Départ à 14h00 (Heure de Paris) et arrivée à Montréal à 15h20 au lieu de 14h50 (heure de Montréal) soit 21h20 (heure de Paris). Il fait 9 degrés avec une pluie fine. Il faut, en plus récupérer les bagages pour passer la douane. Il y a un monde fou et nous ratons la correspondance prévue. On est mis sur un autre vol qui nous fait arriver à Toronto à 18h30 au lieu de 17h20 prévu à l'origine, soit minuit et demie (heure de Paris). Ici bonne surprise, le ciel est clair et il fait moins froid qu'à Montréal. C'est au moment d'embarquer pour Toronto que je m'aperçois que j'ai perdu mon téléphone portable (plus de possibilité de texto ou de contact avec ... read more

The weather is warming up and the day is getting longer. Welcome to spring ! Enjoy the flowers and colors scattered around the streets, people's yards...... read more

Well, this is the first blog post of hopefully many.. About a month ago, I left my corporate middle-management marketing job. I was ultimately over-worked, over-stressed and burned out. After 9 years busting my ass at the same company, I was tired. My personal life was nearly non-existent. (A large section of text on the realities of my work life-situation has been redacted)... As my tolerance and job satisfaction were dwindling, my father mentioned to me that I could always just take time off and not go right into finding another job. The prospect of no income had never occurred to me. I loved to travel, and every year saved up every single vacation day to take a big trip abroad. But it was always rushed and never enough. I had been in school/working or just ... read more

hello friends, i am sitting at a comupter station inside Shawn's parents house in a city called Thornhill in Markham outside Toronto. Nice drive but long. We drove it in two days. a little tired. we stayed in Sault Ste. Marie last night at the Algonquin Hotel. Two bands were playing at the bars that night. i enjoyed the music from the room until late in the night! but i did manage to get some sleep. the next morning i woke before sunrise to watch the sun come out over the horizon, the water all aglimmer. there was a large barge coming up the river tooting its low deep horn. near the shore were ducks that i could observe frolicking in the water and getting their morning meal. some ice flows near the shore were interstingly ... read more

Geo: 43.6485, -79.3854Landing in at Pearson airport was a bit sad. It was nice to be home (although I'm not sure it feels like home anymore), but the screeching tires on the tarmac marked the official end to Part 1 of our world tour. We're going to try to stabilize the Canadian government by paying our taxes for the last couple of years, catch up with friends who long ago routed all of our emails to their spam filter (DH who??), and hit the nearest gym to see if we can rediscover well hidden six packs. That said, it does feel like the adventure is over (at least temporarily). It seems a good time to look back over the last couple of years with misty eyes and to try and list some of the highlights:The Top ... read more